Award-Winning IB Mathematics: Analysis and Approaches Tutors for Students in Kirkland, WA

...students throughout my time at Columbia. As a tutor, I understand that each student is unique. Instead of doing to same routine, I like to develop a tutoring strategy that caters to each students' strengths and learning styles. I like to incorporate a diverse group to learning modes including written work, active discussion, real world demonstrations, videos and interactive computer modules. Using all of these tools and my own experience and knowledge, I hope to...

...in Southern California, and I have lived in the Northwest for seven years. I enjoy tutoring Math of all levels up to Pre-Calculus, as well as SAT (both Math and Verbal), Language skills, and History/Government. Having taught at both a small private school and large urban public schools, I have broad experience with different learning styles, backgrounds, and abilities. I find it highly rewarding to help students and guide their progress toward mastering. If something...

As the oldest of five children, I have extensive experience as both a mentor and a teacher. I received my undergraduate degree from Emory University in Anthropology, with a focus on religion and philosophy. After graduating, I spent three years in Africa and Asia working in sustainable development and teaching English to both adults and children,...

...Human Resource Management from the University of Kent. I also hold a Masters of Arts in International Relations and a Bachelors of Arts in American Ethnic Studies and Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. I love being able to help people through fun and innovative methods of learning and craft my sessions to accommodate my students. When I am not teaching, I enjoy cooking, baking, decorating/diy, art, local events, and rediscovering Seattle. I look forward to working with...

Hello! My name is Brendon Davis and I am a student at the University of Washington. I am studying molecular biology and I hope to some day do research on diseases. Learning is a passion of mine, and I love to share understanding and ideas through tutoring!... When I both learn and teach, my goal is to make connections between various subjects and one's own experiences. By sewing a thread through various concepts and into other...

...language arts umbrella. When working with students, I don't worry about where they "should" be, instead I focus on where they are, and where they want to go. Two things I find especially rewarding are helping a student discover their own unique writing style, and helping a student to overcome anxiety in public speaking. Outside of school, I enjoy playing video games, watching football, and collecting comics. I also write speculative fiction, and have published...

...that they are going through which makes it easier for me to work with them. With my experience and knowledge, I can help them succeed in their classes. While I tutor a very broad range of subjects, I am most passionate about sciences such as chemistry, biology, microbiology, and math. I really enjoy helping students with their homework as well as preparing them for exams. In my opinion, the best study environment is fun and...

...and math and I spent hundreds of hours in the school system both tutoring and classroom teaching. In addition to the time spent in public schools, I spent the last two summers as a teaching intern at a prestigious independent school in New Hampshire and this fall I taught at an experiential education school in CO, where I mentored students on multiple two-week backpacking trips. It is my belief that learning math is a perfect...

...student at the University of Washington School of Law. In the meantime, I work as a legal assistant at a law firm in downtown Seattle. My academic passions include History, Philosophy, Literature, French, Latin, and Psychology. I particularly enjoy tutoring students in any subject that involves reading and writing, particularly composing and editing essays and other written work. I believe that with perseverance and some capable guidance, a student can work to overcome any learning...

...challenged me in the past, so I know from experience how rewarding it is to finally understand a concept. I want to help students achieve this feeling. I also love helping students with writing. Writing is such a creative and fun process for me, and I enjoy helping students express themselves creatively on paper. My teaching philosophy is that every student I tutor is also an incredible teacher for me. Each student's learning style is...

...French, so humanities subjects (including reading and writing for test prep) are especially fun for me. (Though I am very comfortable teaching math as well). I spent my junior year abroad: first in Montpellier, France, studying French literature and art history, then at the University of Cambridge, studying Shakespeare! I love to travel, and hope to do more of it in the future. I also enjoy helping students with their French language learning goals, so...

...to share what I know in a way that inspires and educates students. My passion for education stems from a desire to become more aware of the world around me and to help others do the same, whether in the form of writing a paper, passing a test or understanding new concepts. My favorite subjects to tutor are biology or writing. In my spare time I enjoy the outdoors, playing piano, sports and reading.

...helping them through the essay process: seeing their ideas and arguments take shape and come to life on the page is very exciting for me. Education is one of the most important values in my life: it is indispensable not only because of society's increasing valuation of it, but because it makes us more well-rounded and flourishing people on the whole. I am a firm believer in the idea that learning should be fun -...

...as a tutor for a 4th grade student from Somalia, and I realized how much I love tutoring in literacy and ESL. I always take a positive approach, and I appreciate the opportunity individual tutoring provides to celebrate each accomplishment and move at the best pace for each student. I value intrinsic motivation for my students, and my goal is to make learning enjoyable and each lesson something my students look forward to. I am...

...answer a question will answer just that-one question. Teaching to the concept will allow you to answer the question and all other questions that employ a similar strategy. I also advocate for showing work and repeating steps to synthesize the learning process after a problem has been solved. Outside of education, I'm a big fan of music and live concerts (I produce and perform live electronic music as a glorified hobby), Seattle culture, and cats.

...in a way that they can comprehend. And second, of a deep belief in the interest and importance of the thing taught, a concern about it amounting to a kind of passion. I believe a teacher ought also urge his students to think critically. It's almost always the case that rote memorization of facts or data cannot impart the same deep understanding of some subject or issue that becomes possible through critical examination and asking...

...working one on one with each of my students. In addition to teaching, I am a writer, and I've been editing my own book lately, soon to be completed and published. I have had poetry, prose and articles in local magazines and newspapers. Both my BA and MFA degrees from the University of Washington and the University of California, Irvine respectively are in creative writing, so that is my specialty. However, I can help with...

...Washington in Drama: Performance and Education. After college, I became certified to teach English as a Second Language. This last year I lived in Costa Rica and taught English to students of varying ages and levels. My classes are always fun, dynamic and personalized. Never a boring lecture! Whether you need help studying for the SAT, or tackling difficult English grammar, our lessons would be fun and interesting! Thank you for reading and I hope...

...I was fortunate to be exposed to very different learning and teaching styles. I also learned to appreciate that very smart people can think in very different ways from each other and that people who are outstanding at some subjects inevitably need help with others. I always bring this insight to bear on tutoring, where I work together with the student to find a method or style that works best for them!

...is helping the student identify those as tools. I am a recent graduate at Bastyr University where I earned a Doctorate of Naturopathic Medicine. I also hold a Master of Science with a focus in environmental studies. I am a former science teacher in New Hampshire where I taught ages 12-18 in a variety of sciences. I tutor many science topics, some math topics, nutrition, and health. My teaching and tutoring style is to get...