Award-Winning STAAR Tutors serving San Mateo, CA

...the opportunity to work with you or your child to help achieve better writing or reading skills. I am very passionate about education and believe that everyone can improve with a little bit of extra help. I have helped many students write college essays and love hearing the words, "I got accepted!" Additionally, I score standardized test essays, have taught ESL and tutor and edit for college students. I look forward to being your tutor.

...spending time with my children and grand children. They all live within 20 minutes and are all involved in some type of sport that keeps a grand parent's schedule active. As a Title I teacher, tutoring has always been a must. I focus on the student's preferred learning modality to accomplish comprehension and success. When necessary, I use task analysis to identify where a student is struggling and build from that skill or task. I...

...to your life. Whenever we can make such a connection with the author, our reading becomes deeper and more relevant to our own lives. As for writing, this is an extension of one's thinking, so learning how to write with proficiency also means learning how to think with proficiency. Writing is a big subject, however, and becoming proficient can be a lifelong process. I take this approach into my tutoring. We can focus on basic...

...laude. In that coursework I pursued history, literature, philosophy, and world religions. I love teaching and am very patient and able to tailor lessons to the students individual needs. I understand what it means to be a visual learner, and how hard that can be when a professor only lectures. This is something that I had to overcome in my studies, and really enjoy helping other students not only master their subjects, but also enabling...

I am a Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major at Rice University having done research on 2-D material synthesis and oil surfactants. I have tutored for years in math and science courses ranging from 5th grade to AP curriculum. I like to apply topics to real-world examples and have my students learn to talk through how to solve problems by the end.

I am a special education teacher, and have several years of experience working with students with special needs, behavioral and academic deficits, and providing support in various academic areas and test prep. I have tutored and taught students of all ages and have also written curriculum for preschool and elementary school students.

...special populations for eight years. I have a proven track record of identifying gaps in learning. In addition, I model strategies of successful learning and then have the students practice those strategies. Through modeling successful learning, I have had several students pass state level standardized tests, after rigorous, individualized tutoring. Reading, home improvement projects, and spending quality time with my family are among my favorite hobbies. I also volunteer my time with at-risk youth, as...

...Economic Analysis and Computer Science. I'm also a student athlete and a starting member of The Rice University Men's Golf Team so I 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...

...a process to determine every answer. When I am tutoring, I will work with the students to determine what they already know. Then I will explain the parts they don’t know or guide them into discovering how to work the problem. After that, I will provide examples or use similar problems to have them work it out themselves to make sure that they understand the process. I will also have the students return to that...

...whole academic career. After spending five years away from Houston, I like to spend my free time rediscovering all the exciting places that I forgot the city had to offer. However, I do miss Austin and look forward to any opportunity to go back and visit. When I'm not exploring cities I enjoy reading, going to see movies, trying to find new music, and keeping up with my friends. Oh and if it's Sunday I'm...