Award-Winning History Tutors in Mountainview, CA

...am also in an accelerated Master's Program for Education. I have a Preliminary CA Teaching Credential as well. I have been working with children since I was a child myself when I started babysitting at the age of 12. I have worked with all age groups from infants to those in high school in a variety of settings including nannying, being a camp counselor, interning in a Pre-K classroom, a Kindergarten classroom, and currently a...

...on gender and race in 20th century America. I received my Bachelor's degree from UC-Berkeley in 2008, where I majored in American History and minored in Gender and Women's Studies. In between undergraduate and graduate school, I was the Assistant Director of a tutoring company in Wisconsin for three years, where I tutored students of all ages in a variety of subjects, including test prep, math (through advanced algebra), writing, reading, phonics, and study skills....

...in my major. I earned a Certified Public Accounting license in 1982 after working for CPA firms. I lived in Australia for seven years, during which time I began working in financial management for non profit organizations. I continued this type of work in the San Francisco Bay Area for twenty years before taking up work in education. Last semester I tutored a SF City College student in accounting. In the past, I tutored students in...

I earned my PhD in Humanities in the History of Consciousness program at UC Santa Cruz in 2012, and have since been teaching classes in the arts, writing, philosophy, and environmental studies at UC Santa Cruz. I love teaching and working with people to improve their confidence in thinking, analysis, and writing. I love to surf, bike, and take my dogs to the beach.

...traveling all over the world on different important missions and tasks. My favorite place to live was South Korea, but Germany was also pretty amazing. I graduated community college with three A.A.'s in Sociology, Anthropology, and Liberal Arts. Shortly thereafter, I attended the University of Southern California. I am a proud Trojan, born and raised in Los Angeles. At USC, I had the opportunity to win several fellowships and scholarships, which enabled me to design,...

...At UVa, I have done extensive individual tutoring work primarily with writing and composition students. I also have worked at an education nonprofit in Lower Manhattan where I assisted small children in a variety of educational settings. In college I worked as a tutor for children and with young adults in Hanoi, Vietnam. I also have a background working in New York. I take an individualized approach to my teaching by assessing the interests of...

...tutor a variety of subjects in the social sciences and humanities including History, English, and Psychology, to name a few. My experience includes years of working with children and young adults on reading, comprehension and phonics, writing and essay preparation from research papers to college admission essays. I also spent many years supporting students in the improvement of study skills, organization and time management. Since I am fluent in two languages and studied a variety...

...am currently pursuing my master's degree in Speech Language Pathology at San Jose State University. I've worked with kids, infants to late teens, for over a decade. From babysitting and nannying to tutoring and being a counselor at a special needs camp, I have enjoyed the opportunity of working with kids in many different settings. I've volunteered to help high-risk children with their homework and been a group leader for a special outreach program for...

...in Business and a Certificate of Advanced Study in Adolescent Education. I spent the last three school years teaching Social Studies at Canisius High School, a prestigious private high school in Buffalo, NY. While I am a Social Studies teacher by trade, I have helped students in multiple subjects. I am able to tutor Social Studies, ELA, Mathematics, and SAT prep. I also help students with their study skills, time management, and organizational skills as...

...Oxford University, where I experienced the benefits of tutoring from the student’s perspective. My goal in tutoring is that my students will enjoy the process of learning and will emerge being able to think and communicate more clearly. I’ve been tutoring and teaching since my first year in college, starting with tutoring freshman chemistry and most recently working as an ESL instructor at a Chinese university. I enjoy tutoring history and writing the most because...