Award-Winning Pre-Calculus Tutors serving Hillsboro, OR

...enjoy working to clarify difficult material and seeing students succeed. I am most experienced with Human Anatomy and Physiology related courses, but I am also happy to assist with biology, chemistry, statistics and general study skills/organization. I am passionate about sciences, healthcare technology, and sports performance training. Outside of academics, I enjoy skiing, rock climbing and almost any outdoor activity. I'm also a big Trailblazers fan, go 'Zers! I believe that each student has a...

...that I will be easy to work with. I expect that my love for games (board, video, sports) will help me to connect with students and bolsters my problem solving skills. My math skills have been attested to by my college's math faculty as they awarded me the Euclid Award for excellence in the field and I've had one student tell me she wished I taught her class! I hope I am a right fit...

...the classroom and in after school programs. This experience was incredibly rewarding, as the evidence of my daily work could be directly observed, and the difference I was making seemed to have a real impact. This opportunity prompted me to continue tutoring. My experience working in a high school showed me how different each student’s ability in any given area can be. The understanding that each student learns differently and therefore requires a different approach...

...how important it is for students to not just understand how to find correct answers but to understand the "why" behind those answers. I tutor all middle and high school subjects, but I've especially had fun in helping students understand why math works in geometry by using fun visual activities. It is my educational philosophy that it is students who should make discoveries in learning and that as they do, subjects become more meaningful and...

Teaching is one of my all-time favorite things to do. I've been around students as a teaching assistant for more than 5 years, so seeing students grow is truly a rewarding experience.

...that are memorized without understanding where they come from are soon forgotten. I balance this tedium with jokes and funny faces to make my students laugh. I have found that each individual's impediments to learning can be very different. I use compassion and dialogue to uncover the causes of anxiety or helplessness technical subjects can engender. My bachelor's degree is from UCLA, where I studied math and physics. My Master's degree is from Arizona State...

...I'm working as a tutor, teacher, academic coach, post-secondary counselor, or career mentor, I enjoy building relationships and helping others find success. I believe in an individualized approach and help my tutees find strategies and solutions that work for them. By identifying strengths and coaching self-advocacy, I encourage my students to take ownership over their learning and develop strong time management and prioritization skills that will serve them in the future. I am an avid...

...variety of physical science courses at the collegiate level to both pre-college, college, and advanced high school students from which I have cultivated a strong student-centered teaching philosophy based on responding to the needs of my students. While I tutor a variety of subjects, my favorite is Geology because it allows me to always be connected to what happens around me. In my spare time, I enjoy sewing, reading, running, swimming, and hiking. I love...

...I graduated from Humboldt State University and University of Oregon. I earned a B.A. in Music and Mathematics, California Credential in Music and Mathematics, M.M. in Music with a specialization in vocal performance. I have over ten years of experience working with students of all ages in math and music. I can tutor Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Geometry and related subjects. I love tutoring all of my subjects and helping students succeed and believe in themselves. My...

...help students as a teaching assistant in a general biology course lab and my education helped me develop learning techniques and time management skills that I look forward to bringing to you. Not all information can be approached in the same manner and I hope to help students find new ways of learning as well as identify what works best for them. Certain subjects can be extremely daunting and I will work to help you...

...skills through relationship building. As a result of those experiences, I have always enjoyed using my knowledge to help teach anyone who needs it, tutoring various friends and neighbors throughout high school. I love to tutor Math, Economics, and Physics because there is so much to explore in these subjects and so much relation to the "real world" that it is enjoyable to see students discover the usefulness of these studies. In my free time...

Hi, I'm Stefan. I recently finished up my master's in teaching degree in math and physical education. I love teaching and I especially enjoy working with students one on one. If you need help with math, I can help provide you with the tools you need to understand exactly what's going on!

...the driver's seat of their learning process. As such, my job as a tutor is to support, ask questions, and be a sounding board for learners to coach them through their own process of discovery and integration. My high school and college education gave me a broad, interdisciplinary background, which makes me feel comfortable moving between quantitative and qualitative subjects and a great tutor for standardized tests. I particularly enjoy helping learners achieve success in...

...a minor in math. I've been a tutor for over 2 years and I've had great relationships with all my students. I believe in providing direction so that students can arrive at an answer themselves; I've found that this method allows for a greater degree of retention opposed to simply demonstrating the problem and hoping they will remember the steps. I know that anyone can learn any subject with enough dedication, no matter how difficult,...

I follow the Golden Rule. I am a critical thinker and learner. I am a diplomatic, patient, open-minded, self-deprecating listener. I am dependable, honest and sincere. I am kind and helpful, supportive and empowering. My best friends would tell you I pay genuine attention to people, that I'm passionate and committed, (selectively) non-judgmental, encouraging and compassionate, humorous and tactful.... I work to help my students learn to educate themselves.... I would ask questions about the student,...

...I tutored for two years in a campus tutoring center at Chemeketa Community College and have also done private tutoring. I tutor various levels of math, from elementary to calculus and I will be expanding my selection as I take more classes. When I tutor, my goal is to give students the confidence to do math on their own. My philosophy is to make sure that the subject is understood well enough that the student...

I have 4 years of tutoring students with learning disabilities across various academic subjects. My teaching approach is to adjust a unique learning environment that fits the needs of each individual. I am a dedicated tutor because I strongly believe that everyone deserves proper education.

...you are and build on what you already know. Algebra happens to be my strong suit because I see the problems as puzzles, and I share my enthusiasm to "play the game" with students. My simple, yet effective, teaching style breaks down the processes that most people dread and allows the learner to feel empowered and confident. I tutor math, algebra, geometry and most sciences. After my graduation from the University of Portland, majoring in...

Hi! My name is Mason and I am currently a medical student at OHSU. I have been tutoring for 10 years, and worked throughout college as a math tutor. I've been living in Portland for two years, and am a Oregon native, growing up in Bend. When I am not in school I enjoy spending time outside hiking and running.

...Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). I can tutor programming languages like C++, HTML/CSS/JS, PHP, and Java, in addition to Physics (IB/AP level) and Calculus 1 & 2. These subjects I find really interesting because it enables me to understand how things work, and I enjoy helping others gain that knowledge. My general approach to teaching is focusing on understanding a subject and the reasons that it's made up of, using examples as needed to simulate concepts....