Award-Winning English Tutors in Bellingham, WA

...I've had the privilege to study in a range of places, including Colorado, Washington, and Valparaiso, Chile. The teaching opportunities I've been given include weekly lessons with exchange students in the U.S, as well as volunteering with Valpo Surf Project, a non-profit that teaches English to underprivileged youth in Valparaiso, Chile. My time spent in...

...my greatest strengths as an educator is meeting each student's unique needs by developing a personal understanding of each one of them. I achieve this by seeing and assessing the students as individuals and differentiating my lesson plans to accommodate multiple intelligences. My goal is to increase student motivation, awareness, and understanding while implementing interdisciplinary-based...

...they face both academically as well as behaviorally in school. I have worked with adjudicated students at a wilderness camp, taught in public schools with students who have IEP's for emotional/behavioral difficulties, supported teachers through various special education needs, and have taught subjects such as reading, writing, social skills, history, and math. Needless to say,...

...schools within the Miami Dade district. I opened and expanded an International Baccalaureate program at John A. Ferguson HS, where I became an IB certified teacher, later on training and supervising 16 teachers in 8 different languages offered at the school. I taught and led an ESL department in Boston, MA for two years; where...

...Women's and Gender Studies but I have also taken many other course I have become very familiar with. My view point on teaching and tutoring is to help students by leading them to answers but letting them come to answers on their own to instill confidence and leave them more capable in the future.

...favorite subject to tutor is Algebra because it is used frequently as you move up through mathematics course work. I am very patient, I believe that everyone has the capability to succeed in math, and sometime you just need to approach problems and concepts from a different perspective. I love to bake, travel, and take...

...for a month. This was something I excelled at and enjoyed very much. In my twenties, I turned writing into a career. My hope and desire is to help youth of all ages find their 'inner author'just as my teacher helped me. As a magazine editor, I enjoyed working with youth who would write for...

...reading, and writing primarily. My goal in each of my sessions with students is to get to know them, their learning styles/needs, and how to present information most efficiently. My tutoring style is very preparative and hands-on. I'm constantly learning and adapting as I assist students, so they take away the utmost positive experience. I'm...

...a B.S. in Biology & Environmental Science. I also loved and excelled at Chemistry. I was a teaching assistant and resident advisor in various classes throughout my college career so I have experience tutoring a wide age range of students. I hope to make whatever subject your student is struggling with not only easier for...

...I speak and write Mandarin Chinese (although far from perfectly!). Learning a foreign language, especially one so different from English, has been a long-term and ongoing project. One of the most important things I’ve gotten from learning Chinese is a sense of humility and forgiveness. Learning can be hard—and every teacher will tell you it...