Award-Winning HSPT Tutors in San Francisco-Bay Area, CA

...2011, I received my California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential. I have been working in classrooms, providing academic support, since 2004. I have extensive experience working with individuals with special needs, from moderate to severe, and the gifted population. I am highly adept in tailoring education to fit each learner's needs, while maximizing output, motivation, and self-confidence. I sincerely enjoy working with children, listening to their stories, and sharing a laugh as I impart knowledge in...

...through high school. Before I begin teaching, I like to find out what my student already knows and how he or she learns best. Then I can find the best way to teach. My goal is that my students enjoy learning, build confidence, and learn a lot. Although I believe it is important to learn facts and procedures, it's most important to learn how to learn and develop an understanding of the subject. I look...

...I particularly love learning, studying, and helping others with math - I find it rewarding when I'm able to help either myself or another through a complicated math problem or concept. The most interesting part of my education in engineering has been seeing how well I am able to adapt my engineering education to solve problems in other walks of life. I hope to impart this concept on my students - that once skills are...

...taking the tests necessary to join a program. In the mean time, I have been tutoring extensively. Most of my tutoring experience is with Math and SAT preparation. I particularly enjoy working with students on standardized tests as they provide the most common avenue for me to work on reading and writing with students. Additionally, I tutor Economics when I can. I think my tutoring style can best be described as Socratic; my main mission...

...practitioner. Prior to UCSF, I worked part time as a tutor at a tutoring center in Southern California. My experience with teaching has primarily been with school age children, from kindergarten to middle school, and some high school students. The subjects I helped teach ranged from most elementary school subjects, such as grammar and arithmetic, to middle school subjects, including Pre-Algebra, Algebra, and Essay Writing. Though I tutor in a variety of subjects, I enjoy...

...excel at writing. As a student, I excelled in all my courses and loved most subjects, particularly Math. After my undergraduate career at the University of Nebraska at Kearney, I spent two years teaching Environmental Science to students before starting my graduate career (also at UNK). I love sharing my knowledge and love of the outdoors and our natural world with students of all ages. While in Nebraska, I took any opportunity I could to...

...I scored a perfect score of 12/12 on the essay portion of the SAT in high school, then majored in English Literature at UM and earned a 3.7 major GPA. I am also a state certified teacher in English, grades 6-12. These skills and experiences have since translated into a burgeoning pedagogical career, starting in my undergraduate years at UM. I worked with a number of students on a wide variety of topics and writings,...

...to Bangalore, India where I worked as a research assistant for a biotechnology company. I am currently doing cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco in a melanoma lab while I apply to medical schools. In high school and college I tutored students in English and Math, two of my favorite subjects to teach. As the daughter of a third grade teacher, I place great importance on education. I have witnessed the positive...

...tutoring! I am available to tutor the general SAT's as well as the SAT US History subject tests. Moreover, these skills carry over to many of the high school placement tests, such as ISEE, HSPT, and SSAT, which I have experience in as well. Furthermore, I have an applicable set of skills for any subjects pertaining to public health, economics or business. In conjunction, I can also provide assistance and guidance for essay writing and...

...Area, and I attended all French-American Bilingual schools through the end of high school. In college, I spent some time studying and living in Ecuador and Peru, so I also speak Spanish. I have worked with students of all ages, from elementary school students just learning to read to Masters' students trying to perfect their theses. I am interested in a broad variety of topics (I completed two majors and two minors in college), and...