Award-Winning Phonics Tutors in Richmond, CA

...just relying on me to give them the answers. I can teach students the importance of not giving up, ease the pressure they get from academics, and help them to comprehend the learning material more easily. I am able to put myself in their shoes and help them guide through each problem, essay, and assignment.

...I love reading, writing, editing, and dreaming of new ways to make words lilt and flow. I graduated from California School of Professional Psychology with a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology in February of 2018. I spent several years working with preschoolers, teenagers, and transitional age youth, so I know what really catches someone's attention when...

...I have taught literacy skills to English language learners in the United States and abroad. Previously, I have tutored college students in English, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Dance. I have also developed curriculum, assessed children, facilitated intervention strategies, and chaired individualized education plan meetings. Currently, I am Safe and Supportive Schools Coach where I assist...

...to utilize approaches to help students conceptualize literacy, help them realize their academic potential and strengthen their skills, assist underprepared students in their transition to postsecondary educational context, and help them develop their skills to be successful. In my spare time, I enjoy surfing the Net and reading short stories and novels that gives me...

...in the development of a strong base of knowledge and love for learning. I am currently woking with middle school students at St. Paul's school to create educational profiles in the process of streamlining the educational and tutorial system. I graduated high school Valedictorian. I rowed in college for 4 years and am an NCAA...

...a focus on language arts – for example: • Reading: both elementary skills and critical reading for high school or college students; reading strategies for dense texts and complex assignments. • Writing: grammar and punctuation, including for ACT/SAT; introduction to essay writing (thesis statement, hypotheses, supporting claims, concrete details); advanced essay writing; college application statements;...

...and a Minor in Spanish. I worked in both the health care and the non-profit sectors for a few years before deciding to go abroad to teach English in Central America. After 15 months tutoring and traveling in Panama, I am back in the Bay Area! I am passionate about language and am fully bilingual...

...beginning readers, to ESL and foreign language students, to high school Spanish learners and SAT-takers. I believe tutoring should be tailored to the student's goals, strengths, areas for growth, and individual learning style. It is my wish for clients to feel enriched by, and become confident in, their subject material, developing strategies for success that...

...also passionate about creative and essay writing! I am a voracious reader - books by Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Feynman, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Henry David Thoreau bring me tremendous joy. Deriving pleasure and creativity for my students in their writing is always a goal of mine. I have many passions in addition to tutoring– film,...

...school and needed help in time management, math, Spanish, History, and Biology. My favorite subjects to tutor are History (because I love it and I am a History major), Language Arts, and Math, but I am willing to help each student with whatever they need. Two of the students I tutored were able to get...