Award-Winning Elementary Math Tutors for Students in Burien, WA

...one on one instructional time to transform student attitudes and outcomes. I seek to empower students to better understand themselves and succeed in life. My approach to tutoring is based on games and questioning, to bring fun, and thinking together to create effective sessions that improve student self esteem, effectiveness, and ability.... Student engagement is key. When students are engaged and curious, they bring their best thinking and work ethic. Connecting work with students’ lives increases...

I love the look a child gets in their eyes when they begin to understand a concept that has alluded them in the past. Whether teaching my class or working one on one with a student, seeing that success is what I strive for.... All students are capable of being successful. As a teacher, it's my job to identify the strategies and resources that will put each student I work with on the path to success.

...inmates towards better, more enriching lives seemed ideal. During that time I learned much about the criminal justice system and had direct exposure to the effects it can have on individuals and families. I sought every opportunity to improve and enrich the operation of the facility and the lives of those within. I am interested...

...methods to the real world, in particular through the study of physics. One of my greatest strengths in this regard is my ability to approach a problem from multiple angles. If the first approach I suggest for a problem isn't clear to a student, I can usually come up with an alternate, sometimes more intuitive...

...made it my mission to align myself with work that gives me the opportunity to help students realize their potential. As an individual who grew up in a low income single parent home, I know first hand what a good education can offer. I am part of the first graduating class of the Partnerships in...

...have been working with kids for over a decade now and am a certified teacher with a Masters in Elementary Education from the University of Puget Sound. Through my undergraduate studies, I received a Bachelors in Music and a minor in English. I lived in northern California for two years teaching for AmeriCorps where I...

...Washington. The research I did for my MS degree focused on Geomicrobiology, which combines Geology, Biology and Chemistry. I love thinking about science and learning how the world works. Studying a topic that combined many different sciences allowed me to spend time learning as much as I could about these fun subjects. During graduate school...

...includes economics, business, finance and statistics. I started helping my friends and siblings with their homework and assignments. In college, I worked with student athletes and tutored a wide range of topics including math, statistics, history, geography, french, economics, finance, business and statistics. My approach to tutoring and teaching is simple. I want students to...

...earned my teaching credentials, with endorsements in elementary education and ESL. I have been working with children now for over 17 years preschool through 12th grade as well as teaching English as a language to children and adults. I love children for their joy in and enthusiasm for life and learning. I have two high-school...

Hi, I am a recent graduate from Whitman College with a degree in Economics and Psychology. I love to play soccer, climb rocks, and bake pies! I am tutoring to keep my academic skills up before going back to graduate school next year. Looking forward to working with you!

...name is Brendan and I am a committed educator who believes success is possible for anyone. Through education an individual can change their life and develop skills to change the life of others. It is my goal in life to pass on my content area skills and my life experience to benefit everyone I come...

I'm fun, approachable, and want to guide my students to learning. I am a current teacher. I am passionate about education and helping others learn, and understand that learning is different for everyone. I always work to adjust my teaching style to a student's individual needs.... First, I believe that every student is capable of learning. Every person has the right to a good education, and it is the responsibility of the teacher, whether classroom or...

...always been very proficient at math, scoring high grades in class as well as achieving high AP and SAT scores. I have experience tutoring friends and classmates unprofessionally and have achieved positive results. I want to apply my skills to the field of engineering, but will need to work part-time jobs in order to fund...

...feeling of joy that comes with learning. When the subjects are interesting and fun, the effort fades away. I have worked with AmeriCorps' City Year program and spent a year watching over thirty students trying to complete their freshman and sophomore years of high school at the same time. I was also a general tutor...

...for various purposes, including SAT test prep, supplemental learning, and as a primary teaching resource. To that end, I have endeavored to truly understand my students on a personal level to make sure that the way I am tutoring them is the best way for them to learn. I have constructed lesson plans for both...

...tests taken, including 5's in Calculus AB, Spanish, Biology, Statistics, US History, Comparative Government and English Language). As a tutor in the humanities I bring a strong command of writing mechanics and research and argumentative strategies, as well as background in history (a subject in which I've completed a minor) and Spanish (including a summer...

...tutoring. With my BAs in English and Spanish, I specialize in literary skills -- from 1st grade decoding practice to college essay organizing. Bring me your writing assignments, your confusing poems, your phonics challenges, and I will do my very best to explain and practice in clear, creative ways. Nada me d mas alegra que...

...analogy until I find the explanation that clicks with a student, utilizing artistic methods like visual arts or dance to help explain things, or finding ways to take the chore out of learning, I go above and beyond with my students. I think learning is fun as well and have a diverse range of interests...

...raise their class grade. The textbook introduces approaches that teachers will likely use in class, and students should familiarize themselves with those in advance in order to be active in class. But, if this is not the case, I will pick independent materials which students will work on along with me. In both cases, I...

...the use of words. I am interested in what makes a statement good and powerful and invokes feeling and thought. Primarily I studied Japanese at university, but I also studied English, literature, and mathematics, and I consider these studies ancillary to one-another. Japanese, though, is my main interest. It is my playground, the language that...