Award-Winning ESL/ELL Tutors serving Seattle, WA

I graduated from Western Washington University in 2013 with my B.S. in Geology. I helped teach Geology 101 and 211 lab classes all throughout college. I moved to Japan for a year and a half to teach English to students of all ages. It was there I discovered my passion for teaching.

...student a creative approach towards the topic along with giving enough time to practice. In the past my students have come from a variety of backgrounds and different socio-economic levels. The best part of my day is always working with students and seeing the joy in their eyes when they finally grasp the concept which...

...principal and teacher, as well as a university lecturer, and this experience has been rewarded by the visible and measurable successes of my students. My fields of interest and expertise are generally known as the humanities, and include literature, social studies of various kinds, and philosophy. I have also worked in special education with a...

...but also with MS and HS English and Literature. Prior to this, I was a Writing Tutor at the Writing Center at my college, working with adult learners and English Language Learners. I will be graduated and fully certified as an Elementary School Teacher in the summer of 2020. I love working with children and...

Hi! I am a recent graduate of Johns Hopkins University who has a wide variety of hobbies such as going on drives, playing my ukulele, going on hunts for sunset photography, and more! I'm a dedicated early riser who wants to help students learn in their own ways to maximize their unique talents!

...need as we go and how to interact based on how you interact with me. Some people need more hands on examples and some people need more reading. Everyone is different and I know that if you get a class with me you will end up figuring it out. Sometimes I won't know the answer...

Students do not care what you know until they know that you care. I believe in building a relationship based on trust in order to effectively teach.

...and went right on to complete an intensive TESOL program and started my journey of teaching abroad. I taught for 4 years, many levels from little kids to adults. I started tutoring when I was in high school with middle school kids, and continued it in college as well. In college, I tutored Adults in...

...Nurse in the Operating Room at a Level 1 Trauma Hospital. I am excited to have joined the varsity tutors team so that I can still help students through their journey in school around my other work schedule. Other than assisting as a tutor, I love to play volleyball, basketball and ping pong. I am...

I am a freshmen at Green River College at Auburn, Washington. I took four years of French at High School. I took 3 AP classes: Ap Human Georgraphy, Ap environmental science, and AP English Composition. I took Intro and Organic Chemistry at Green River College.

...passionate about adjusting the curricula I use in ways that are relevant to my students' culturally and socially-influenced learning styles. I'm always primarily concerned with helping my students attain the goals that they see as right for themselves. I think it's important to let each student be their own kind of learner. I have been...

...explored writing through advanced coursework and public presentations of my works. I have been complemented many times for my original voice and highly organized essays. I also enjoy writing and editing for others and would love to do so through this site. Something very important to know about me is I love to laugh. So,...

I am an engineer who loves teaching and tutoring. I tutored math as an undergraduate student and taught labs as a grad student. After working years as an engineer, I went to Southeast Asia to teach because it is the job that I love the most. I look forward to working with students and enriching...

...the main participant in helping design your tutoring plan/curriculum course. I been working (as a teacher and administrator) in international education for 20+ years. I have a Masters of Arts in Teaching - TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). I have a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in French. My student focus...

...skills such as Mindfulness and Behavior Therapy. These are skills I wish had been taught in schools to help youth learn to work with adversity in the challenges they will face growing up. As for my teaching philosophy and tutoring style, I believe in using positive reinforcement to encourage students in their studies. The creative...

...the performing arts to creating video ethnologys of a foreign culture. Traveling with over 30 kids already has its challenges, but when we throw in the added variables of the political climate or language barriers of Guatemala, Guyana and Morocco, educated improvisation became a powerful tool to our success. I lived in many of the...

...double minor in Finance and Computer Science. I graduated with the IB Diploma and wrote my EE on World Studies: Psychology and World History! In high school, I was heavily involved in DECA ( as a national titleholder), FCCLA (regional board), and now serve as secondary chair of Delta Sigma Pi (professional business fraternity) and...

...a student I also interned at a language school in Japan, studied abroad in Hokkaido, Japan, and volunteered as both an ESL and conversation partner. I have recently been hired on by the government JET Program and will be moving to Japan this summer to teach English. I want to help student achieve both their...

...2016 with a double major in Human Resources and Information Technology. I graduated at the top 2% of my class out of 20,000 undergraduates. I'm passionate about mentoring other students to succeed in school. When I was younger in elementary school, I struggled with academics (particularly reading & writing) but I overcame the struggle and...

...Work at the University of Southern California. I have had tutoring experience with adults and children alike.I have worked as an ESL teacher, a tutor for both graduate and undergraduate students and am currently in my second masters program. I love teaching and learning new things within the profession of tutoring and teaching students and...