Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Spokane, WA

...work in music. I am the type of person who is always asking "why" and "how." Even in my free time, I am learning something. Education is truly a passion of mine. In my opinion, few experiences exceed that of watching a student understand a subject for the first time. To help equip another person to achieve his or her goals is one of the most important things someone can do in life.

...served as a school counselor at the elementary and middle school levels for 13 years. I earned my teaching certificate from Whitworth University. My Bachelor of Arts in Applied Psychology and my Master of Science in Psychology: School Counseling were both obtained at Eastern Washington University. I am a lifelong learner and very compassionate to the needs of others especially those who want to learn but experience difficulty in the learning process. I raised a...

...teacher, to help others in need. I had a very crafty imagination and personality. As, I grew older, I was able to work with various age groups in a childcare setting. I am glad this is what started my teaching career and experience because I had a chance to see what age group I fit with the best--the age group that I found very impressionable and enjoyed being around. That was the preschool ages three...

...to teach English for a year and a half. At the moment, I am a sub in the Cheney School District where I am one of the most requested subs and am more than capable to teach every subject. My favorite subject is math. I am a regular sub at Cheney High School for Math. Algebra and Geometry are my main subjects, but I have taken classes in Trigonometry and Stats. As a teacher, I...

...German and other subjects at the High School level. I really enjoy the unique challenges of working with all age groups and mainly enjoy the satisfaction that comes from guiding a student through a new skill or set of knowledge. In my free time, I enjoy playing music; I have played the guitar most of my life. I also am really into good food and enjoy cooking and discovering new places to eat.... The heart of helping a student with reading comprehension is to have them read to you and ask questions through the reading to check comprehension and pinpoint what exactly the student is struggling with. It could be issues with vocabulary, and you can help the student by clarifying what specific words mean. It could be grammar, such as misunderstanding verb tenses, so it could be helpful to break apart syntax structures to guide the student to understanding just what a sentence is communicating. Sometimes, students are very good at sounding out the words in text, but they aren't actually processing the information, so you need to get them to slow down and frequently paraphrase what they have read. The main point is that they need frequent guided reading and the teacher needs to closely analyze what the student is getting hung up on.

...who LOVED standardized tests; I have always viewed them as an exciting way to measure progress and hone in on, not only academic skills, but also time management, organization, and maintaining a sense of personal calm. In fact, I love the entire college application process because I think of it not as an opaque, mysterious world of judgment behind closed doors, but as the first opportunity in a student’s life to find the perfect fit....

...students develop greater communication skills so their presentations could match the strength of their ideas. I also tutor in writing, humanities subjects, and standardized testing, but my teaching goals are consistent throughout: the key to peak performance in any field, particularly in the high pressure scenarios of public speaking and standardized testing, is confidence in one's own abilities. I think the competitive intensity of the classroom can hamper many students' confidence, but tutoring can remedy...

...periods of certain insecticides, at Rutgers University. In addition, I have also authored a paper and experiment on Time Domain Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in relation to nutritional content of animal feed, at Princeton University. Throughout my education, I have also participated in pine snake migration studies, lion fish epidemic research, coral bleaching surveys, animal nutritional analysis techniques, and various microbiology and organic chemistry experiments. My ultimate goal is to one day introduce entomology into public...

...beauty. My dual degrees are in Economics and Social Cultural Anthropology from UCSD which is a school ranked in the top 20 in the WORLD. Ranked 4th best in the US in Econometrics, 10th in Economics, and 10th best in Social Cultural Anthropology. As an educator in the military, to tutoring students in elementary, all the way to top tier colleges education, I would be delighted to share grow learn and teach you! I will...

...clarify some of the topics from our classes. After my studies, I returned to my old high school as a substitute teacher where I spent a semester teaching algebra and geometry classes and directing the school play. Among my peers, I tend to be the go-to guy for any questions about math or grammar. When I'm not tutoring or working at a day job, I like to attend live theater, write, hike, or participate in...