Award-Winning SSAT Tutors in Sunnyvale, CA

...tutor, need to adapt to be able to help the students I work with get the most out of tutoring. During my free time I enjoy baking, spending time with friends at a park, and going to music festivals. I also love exploring the city of New Orleans when I???m at school, and I even still enjoy wandering San Francisco despite having lived here my entire life. I think everyone has the potential to succeed...

...extensively. Most of my tutoring experience is with Math and SAT preparation. I particularly enjoy working with students on standardized tests as they provide the most common avenue for me to work on reading and writing with students. Additionally, I tutor Economics when I can. I think my tutoring style can best be described as Socratic; my main mission when I work with students is to help them develop a long term methodology for problem...

...pictures of summer on colored construction paper which he proudly showed his mom. As concepts become more difficult in nature, sequencing information becomes important as students can only master the problems if they know the correct steps in order. Last year, I was working with a 4th grader on math, which was a tough subject for her. She wasn't grasping the concepts of going between decimals, percentages, and fractions. I decided to write down the...

...Psychology and Sociology. In 2011, I received my California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential. I have been working in classrooms, providing academic support, since 2004. I have extensive experience working with individuals with special needs, from moderate to severe, and the gifted population. I am highly adept in tailoring education to fit each learner's needs, while maximizing output, motivation, and self-confidence. I sincerely enjoy working with children, listening to their stories, and sharing a laugh as...

...Student. I have been a special education teacher for the last decade working with students who have learning disabilities. Many of my students have deficits in attention and information retention. Despite these limitations, they have come to expect excellence in the work that they complete. My goal is ensure that they are getting the highest level of instruction and support that can be offered. When I am not teaching, I spend my free time working...

...age or vocation, we all stand to gain from refined verbal and written communication skills. My services range from grade school English instruction to adult education and ESL tutoring. I can provide ongoing, curriculum-based tutoring or project-oriented assistance with college entry essays, job applications, cover letters, etc. I earned my B.A. in English, with a minor in Expository Writing, from Ithaca College in 2009. I have spent the last three years working in the book...

...currently doing cancer research at the University of California, San Francisco in a melanoma lab while I apply to medical schools. In high school and college I tutored students in English and Math, two of my favorite subjects to teach. As the daughter of a third grade teacher, I place great importance on education. I have witnessed the positive impact that increased one-on-one attention can provide for students. I tutor every subject with enthusiasm, striving...

...is always that fine line between teaching and telling, and I always strive to make sure that the student is truly learning and figuring things out for him or herself with just a small nudge in the right direction. Too often students become reliant on a tutor for the answers, and it is important that the student really learns how to think so that he or she can become a critically thinking, self-sufficient individual in...

...non-profit academic support and enrichment programs. Over the years I've taught just about every subject. I love helping students develop a positive, can-do attitude in relation to subjects that used to make them feel anxious and confused. (In my experience this is often math or standardized tests, but I also love to tutor writing and general study skills.) In my spare time I enjoy playing soccer, video games, and always learning something new!

...how I get my kids to become autonomous and self-motivated learners. I've always seen it as a challenging job, but also as enriching, enlightening, and awesome (and I mean awesome in the strongest sense of the word)! I am so happy to be able to continue that work with Varsity. In terms of the subjects I am comfortable teaching, of course Math and French are what I have the most experience with. But I would...