Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Laguna Niguel, CA

...2014 with a Master of Science degree in School Psychology along with a PPS credential to work as a School Psychologist. I am very excited to begin my new journey and career as a School Psychologist seeing that I am very passionate about working with children of all backgrounds. I feel rewarded when I see students succeed and achieve their academic goals in life. I have worked as a tutor in the past with elementary...

...study skills. I am a seasoned professional who has made a life-long commitment to K-12 public education in Illinois and California. I welcome the opportunity to create positive, mutually supportive relationships with my students and their families, that address specific and individual learning styles and needs. I am a student advocate who strives to nurture the love of life-long learning. My interests include reading fiction and self-improvement literature, seeing movies and discussing the characters within...

...teaching students of all ages in a variety of subjects. No matter what age, I am a firm believer in the use of humor, mnemonics, and repetition to make information stick! A student that enjoys learning with me will retain information so much better than one who resents "extra school." I truly enjoy tutoring. As a very competitive individual, I like to look at tutoring at a match between the student and the material. My...

I have two years of experience teaching SAT math and verbal courses. I have also privately tutored math majors in various math courses, ranging from linear algebra to probability and multivariate calculus. Many of the high school students I have tutored/mentored went on to be accepted at Ivy League schools (Harvard, Columbia, and Cornell).

...MN) and Bowling Green State University (Bowling Green, OH). My BA is in French Education and my MA is in French, with a focus on linguistics/second language acquisition. I also have a K-12 teaching credential in French (MN). I have been tutoring since I was 16, and have experience in a wide variety of subjects, especially French, English grammar, reading comprehension, and ACT prep (for which I am Kaplan-trained). I have also been a classroom...

...students, essay prep including college essays, and editing), French of all levels, and test prep including SAT, PSAT, and AP tests in English and French. I believe that individualized teaching is most effective, and work to find methods that work best for each individual student. Some of my most rewarding teaching experiences have been young students learning to read, but also love to see a student who goes from struggling to success on their standardized...

...I consider myself a personable tutor, as I take an interest into the lives of my students and try to really understand their thought processes when approaching various problems. Often I let my students teach me what they have learned to gage their understanding, but if they don't understand a particular topic or problem, I like to solve the problem from various angels and approaches until I find a way that is clearly understood by...

...math practice test questions to a series of 12 PowerPoint lessons. I have also helped students prepare for the HSPT, ISEE, SAT, ACT, and CBEST exams. I agree with Einstein that "Creativity is more important than knowledge." Creativity is what changes the world, while knowledge is what preserves it. But, truly, knowledge is power, because it gives the educated person tools to solve problems as they arise from an unpredictable future. You may never use...

...and attention to detail to create and implement effective study plans. Based on my years of experience, my students achieve high scores. I am dedicated to my students and view their success as my success, and I am not someone who accepts failure easily. I am flexible in devising lesson plans, and often like to let my students guide the session to individualize it for their needs and to maximize their benefit. I also like...

...that will most benefit them. . The students I've worked with in the past have ranged from 1st-6th graders who needed help improving their skills in reading, writing, math and other areas, to high school and college students looking to improve their writing and critical thinking abilities. I genuinely enjoy helping students become more confident in whichever areas they're struggling with and am more than willing to adapt my teaching methods in order to determine...