Award-Winning ASPIRE Tutors in Kirkland, WA

...work with that person's style of thinking. I excel at making math fun and interesting for students. Reading is another subject I enjoy teaching and I have worked with a phonemic awareness software program which is a part of phonological training with my kids. A mother of a son with ADHD, I'm familiar with working around shortened attention spans but am very comfortable working with students of all ages and backgrounds from elementary school to...

...hesitant and eager students to succeed. I tailor lesson plans to different learning styles and abilities. With the extra attention I give, my students consistently tell me they have learned more than they ever thought possible for themselves. Many of my students once nervous about math or science went on to major in these subjects in college with great success. They just had to get over fears and mental blocks. I have flexible hours and...

...love working with students one-on-one because it gives me an opportunity to customize my teaching methods to the particular student's ways of learning. I have experience teaching thousands of students from diverse backgrounds and with a variety of strengths and weaknesses as learners. In the end, I'm interested not just in helping students complete particular assignments well but in providing them with methods and strategies to learn -- to fill up their "writing and reading...

...strategy, Kate is here to help you fill in the gaps and shake up your approach to math problems. Kate has a doctorate in engineering, which means she uses math and science to solve problems. She has been a tutor, a SAT prep teacher, and a teaching assistant for engineering courses, and she received perfect scores on the GRE quantitative test, ACT Math, and ACT Science. When Kate is not teaching, you can find her...

...questioning and encouraging autonomy in my students, as independence is a crucial step to true understanding of subject material. I also try to teach concepts rather than questions, as being able to 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...

As an engineering student, I am very familiar with high level math, physics, chemistry, and other STEM courses, as well as English, writing, and public speaking. I can use teaching methods demonstrated by my professors to teach others. In high school, I tutored younger students in Latin, using techniques like flashcards and quizzes.

...Arts, Reading and Literature, and I enjoy tutoring for Social Studies and History. My personal interest in art and philosophy has led me to consider branching out to tutor those subjects as well. I most enjoy tutoring for SAT Verbal, because of the combination of test-taking strategies, practice with challenging vocabulary and grammatical rules, and textual analysis that the subject demands. My tutoring style is rigorous and focused, but I often make use of illustration...

...for people struggling with mental illness and homelessness in Seattle. I hope to pursue a career as a social worker in high schools. I love to read, write, cook, and hang out with my friends and family. I've worked with students all my life, and I love teaching, especially in reading and writing. I really believe that reading and writing are vital to clear communication and that being a good, clear communicator is important both...

...Kyrgyzstan. While I love studying literature of all genres, I feel the most impactful literary experience is one that deeply resonates with the reader, and inspires them to write their own stories. This is why I am an advocate for detailed, creative, and personal essay writing. The most powerful essay or piece of academic writing is one which is inspired by the writer's personal instincts and experiences. In my tutoring, I strive to find literature...

...school. My friends' parents would "hire" me to help their children, and so I started teaching material I had just learned myself. It was so much fun. After I got to college, I started working at the Mathematics Lab on campus where I tutored students in college level math ranging from College Algebra through Differential Equations. This was probably my favorite job ever. I also taught math to a sweet girl in 7th grade who...