Award-Winning ASPIRE Tutors in Fountain Valley, CA

...and active learning, where both the teacher and the student have active roles in the student’s learning process. I always find it rewarding when tutoring and teaching a student. My primary goal is to plant the love of learning in my students, so they do not feel pressured in the process of advancing their knowledge in the subject area being taught. This helps both the student and the teacher to move forward with the process...

...I love language, I love the written word, and the art of writing has always been a pleasure for me to teach. I have been tutoring and editing essays since I was a student in high school. Standardized tests have always come naturally to me, and I love helping students crack the grammar, reading, and writing portions. The best answer is always the most concise. In my personal time, I read many books and watch...

...Art & Archaeology. As a social worker for a foster family agency, I worked with kids for three years. I have a master's degree in Counseling Psychology and I worked as a Graphic Designer at Disney Channels Worldwide for 10 years. I am currently getting my Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. I look forward to helping you and your family make school, standardized...

...in these subjects and have been told that my service has greatly improved their grades. I like to take a calm approach and utilize the person's strengths and learning abilities to derive a teaching method that will suit each individual. I also use simple tricks and memorizing techniques that the teachers may not use to help remember how to solve the problem. I am very happy when the person I am helping performs well and...

...Los Angeles and California. I taught college composition for two years. I worked at UCLA’s Scholarship Resource Center and helped students find and apply for scholarships based on their unique profiles, which included writing and editing students’ essays and statements of purpose. Learning is about discovery from all disciplines. I am a passionate educator interested in teaching English and American literature, composition, preparing students to take the GRE, and technical writing. My professional background includes...

...(and have loved every minute of it). I am an artist, having received my Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where I also taught Sculpture. I’ve taught a broad range of topics, from Art History to to Web Design. In addition to Art, I love History, Philosophy, and geeking out on Math & Technology. More than anything, I love to learn, and I hope to collaborate on...

...me, you're the kind of student who needs a topic to make SENSE at a fundamental level to really understand it. This is what my tutoring style targets. I spent the past 4 years teaching Math and Physics professionally. Before teaching, I spent 3 years tutoring at a university where I earned my BS in Biomedical Engineering. I switched from a career in engineering to one in education because I just love working with kids,...

...subjects, but specialize in Mathematics (from elementary school level to college Calculus) and English (including reviewing essay writing and teaching critical reading). Having also participated in test preparation programs, I have worked with students preparing for standardized tests and am keen on effective tools, techniques, and strategies useful for allowing students to achieve their best scores. I have found my tutoring and teaching experiences to be extremely rewarding. They have required me to use my...

...my adult life working with students of all ages, from homeschooling my own children (and others in our family group) from first grade through high school graduation, to running rehearsals and concerts for a non-profit youth orchestra. These experiences have given me the opportunity to get to know hundreds of students. I am a passionate and compassionate educator, who understands that students have many different learning styles. Though I graduated from college years ago, I...

...of their life and to never let an academic challenge scare them, but rather excite them and push them to strive for excellence. I have a passion for music and in my spare time love to sing and play the guitar(I'm currently learning piano as well!). I am also a huge fan of personal development, and love to read books or listen to audiotapes which will help me better myself as a person and reach...