Award-Winning Reading Tutors in Westminster, CA

...math to theology and classical Greek, but I have most frequently worked with students preparing for various standardized tests (having received a perfect score on my SAT in high school). Whenever possible I try to teach using the Socratic method, as I find that the process of guided discovery helps with the retention and application...

...French, ESL, and AP English. I love to travel and have frequently integrated that into my career as an educator: I worked as an ESL teacher at a language magnet school in China, tutored English while spending the first year of my MA studying in France, and developed French curriculum materials as part of a...

...worked in Education for over 20 years; as a preschool and kindergarten teacher, Administrator, Parent and Staff Educator, and Community College Instructor in the Behavioral Sciences. In addition, I have experience working as a Teacher’s Assistant for children with special needs in grades kindergarten through 3. I feel most accomplished when I’m able to help...

...a teenager to improve his jumpshot beats educating a client about a new product; and helping students prepare for the SAT trumps preparing for a design-team meeting. Having taken a year away from teaching to pursue a Master's in Counseling, I look forward to mentoring and sharing life with students once again.

...been a tutor since high school, and have felt comfortable receiving students of all ages and setting very clear goals for all of my students: to raise their grades and to help them to aspire beyond what they have ever dreamed about. I lead my tutoring sessions to develop the students to become independent: for...

...for teaching of all kinds. I love imparting knowledge onto people, but what really makes me happy is having my students restructure and synthesize the information themselves--I believe having students try and explain what they learn, and teach ME the solutions to their problems is the most effective way to learn, and makes the tutoring...

...students teach me to teach them. Everybody learns differently and struggles with different concepts, and as long as these learning styles are discovered and communicated, learning is always possible. When it comes to the SAT and essays, understanding exactly what the question is asking and regularly practicing the methods for finding the answer seem to...

...want to improve your English abilities, please look no further. I have extensive experience teaching all of these subjects thanks to several years teaching free classes to underprivileged students in the Bay Area for the People's Test Preparation Service (a student organization at UC Berkeley), over a year working at Sylvan Learning Center, and, of...

...strengths as well as areas of improvement. My mission is to help students achieve their educational goals as well as offer them the opportunities to learn strategies that will help them succeed. I hope to instill confidence in the students that I work with in an effort to better their learning. I look forward to...

...tutoring is that I get the chance to explore multiple teaching methods in order to find a method that works for each individual student. I have come to realize that everybody learns in different ways and at a different pace, and it is my job to accommodate each student’s needs. I establish a connection with...