Award-Winning Languages Tutors in Santa Barbara, CA

There are different ways to teach a student, you just need to be patient and learn how the student learns best.... Every child can be successful. We just need to encourage and never give up on them.... In my first session, I like to break the ice so the student feels comfortable with who is tutoring them.

I am currently an undergraduate student at UC Santa Barbara working on my Bachelor's of Science degree in General Biological Sciences. After graduation I plan to expand my health care education and pursue a career as a health care professional, either as a nurse practitioner or physician's assistant. I am passionate about teaching because it has been my previous teachers who have inspired my inquisitiveness about the world around me and my excitement to learn....

I am a fourth year transfer student at UCSB pursuing a BA in Psychology. I transferred from Pierce College in my hometown of Woodland Hills, CA. I have an Associate's Degree in Social and Behavioral Sciences. I enjoy tutoring a variety of subjects but particularly love algebra because I enjoy the feeling of victory that comes from teaching a student how to solve equations. Outside of tutoring I love playing soccer, watching movies, and traveling.

...to one-on-one mentoring with high school students. I am passionate about social justice, novel mathematics education, and increasing diversity in STEM majors and careers. Currently, I am working on a thesis in discrete geometry and combinatorics, as well as doing research for UCSF where I design machine vision software. I am well positioned to motivate and justify nearly every aspect of math education as being crucial for a future career in science, engineering or education....

...Spurlock Kim is an advocate for teaching in ways that embrace all the different kinds of diversity in our world. A graduate of Smith College, Ruth has worked as a teacher in a variety of community-based settings. She spent one year as a Fulbright teacher at Northern (Arctic) Federal University in Arkhangelsk, Russia, teaching English and growing international friendships. Since returning to Pittsburgh in 2012, she has taught and mentored at-risk kids and youth at...

...graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology in 2015. I have extensive volunteer tutoring experience, having worked with kindergarten and second grade students as a reading tutor and middle school students as a math tutor. I am passionate about tutoring because of my own life long love of learning, and because I believe that all children are capable of accomplishing amazing things if they have a committed support system. I tutor reading,...

I am a recent graduate from New York University with a Bachelor's degree in Linguistics and in French, with a minor in American Sign Language. While a student at NYU, I took advantage of America Reads, a fantastic work-study opportunity where I was able to work as a classroom tutor and student teacher in several classrooms around Manhattan. I was also lucky enough to complete a semester abroad in Paris, where I took courses (taught...

...chances for admission into more schools. Tutoring for me is a transfer of knowledge that the typical classroom of one teacher to twenty or so students doesn't allow--it's more personal. By use of whiteboards, practice problems, constant repetition, and positive encouragement, students start to understand the problems themselves and are more likely to be able to solve similar problems by themselves in the future. When I can see the student understands a troubling concept so...

...students is to learn how to read critically and form an argument. To that end, every tutoring session will involve us looking at passages, talking about the main idea, the techniques the author uses, how to figure out the author's tone and intent, and going over any words that are unfamiliar to you. On top of that, we'll review what you're studying in class; I'll happily help you with your homework, work on essays with...

...and science classes. I began tutoring my younger siblings in these subjects when they had trouble themselves. I even began attending Biology review sessions to help my teacher explain topics to other students and review material with them. I always enjoyed teaching simply because I enjoyed and was passionate about the material itself. But I enjoyed it even more when I heard about all the success other students were having as a result of my...