Award-Winning STAAR Tutors serving Berkeley, CA

...been taught English grammar the same old way, year after year, and it didn't make sense to you, please give me a chance to teach it to you a new way , so you can understand it! I am a patient tutor in ESL, grammar, writing and test prep. I stay fully booked as an ESL tutor for VIP Kid (ages 5 to 12.) I taught Developmental Writing and Grammar to adults for 2 years...

...of learning translates naturally to my role as a tutor. Because I love learning, I look for ways to transmit my passions to others by teaching them. Another reason I enjoy tutoring lies in my own experience as a student. I had to work very hard for the grades it took to get to college, so I understand the problems of the struggling student, and I try my best to relate the methods I personally...

...no matter what subject I tutor, it is my goal not just to help the student memorize information and facts, but to lead them towards understanding the underlying goals and structure of the test or assignment itself. To this end, in my lessons I often incorporate cutting-edge mindfulness-awareness and associative memory techniques based both on ancient tradition and cutting-edge brain science to aid my students towards deeper understanding, increased scholastic confidence, and reduced stress. I...

...US Government and Economics, IB Economics, IB World History, and IB Theory of Knowledge. In addition, I have 5 years experience as Senior Advisor to 12th grade students, both in public and private schools, which involved substantial assistance with college applications and personal essay editing. My extracurricular experience includes coaching the chess club at two schools, directing the Model United Nations team, and teaching guitar. I have tutored SATs in school and LSATs with a...

...encourages school collaboration to not only identify these students, but to provide targeted interventions in attendance and behavior coaching, as well as Math and English core classes to get students back on track. I also have frontline experience with City Year serving as a corps member, team leader and impact manager. During this time, I was a collaborative partner at a Diplomas Now school, helped build a sustainable, strong first-year partnership at a high school...

...understand time is crucial and will do my best to help you understand and not just memorize concepts so you don't have to spend time every week trying to understand the same thing. A lot of math concepts repeat themselves in high school and college. My core is in math and that is where I will be most efficient in helping a student. Aside from that, please let me know if you have any questions...

...of Art, majoring in Art History and minoring in French. I tutor a wide array of subjects, but my college experience developed a proficiency in art, history, writing and linguistics in both English and French. I value lifelong learning and want to facilitate that in others. Being a mother of three teenagers, I have learned the importance of building self confidence and personal interest in schoolwork. In my free time, I like to keep active...

...was spending countless hours reading, drilling flash cards, and reworking problems without receiving the same results. School just never came naturally for me, and I often felt incompetent, unmotivated and embarrassed to ask for help. Thankfully, I had wonderful teachers, mentors, and tutors along the way that helped me master the strategies and techniques that worked best for my studies and inspired me to love learning. I became increasingly confident throughout the years, eventually earning...

...students in all content areas. Now that I have been a school counselor for the past fours years I have come to miss the classroom environment. There is so much joy in watching students learn something new and the excitement they present. The primary subjects that I tutor are English & Language Arts and middle school level Math. Essay writing would probably be considered my favorite subject since I consider myself a writer as well....

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