Award-Winning Test Prep Tutors serving Hillsboro, OR

...wrote curriculum for Algebra and Geometry for multiply high schools. And for the last two years, I taught Algebra 1 where I was awarded Beginning Teacher of the Year, and the next year, Young Outstanding Educator Award. I love helping students who are struggling and feel like there is no hope because there ABSOLUTELY is! Everyone can understand math - You just have to find a way you connect with it. From making real life scenarios...

...Portland State. While I worked with a diverse group of professors who assigned somewhat different duties to their assistants, each provided me with the opportunity to develop my teaching skills in a real-world environment. While there I worked directly with students of many different ethnic, educational, and cultural backgrounds, both in class and during one-on-one conferences. I have also helped high school students develop their writing and complex reasoning skills. It is crucial that instructors...

...developing, implementing and overseeing district, state, and federal education programs and standards, and monitoring metrics to improve student learning performance and experience. I understand that the best way to protect the student's rights to learn in their least restrictive environments and to provide service to them and their families to encourage life-long learning dispositions is of the utmost importance in my goals in teaching. By shaping minds and teaching the importance of understating perspectives, I...

Hey everybody! My name is Anna Miller. I recently graduated with an MPH in Epidemiology. I have been tutoring math, biology, and test prep for over five years, and I hope I can help with any math questions you may have.

...helping students because it is rewarding and it is what I do best. I believe that to learn something well enough to draw from this knowledge when it is needed, all relevant vocabulary and equations must be thoroughly understood. Formulas that are memorized without understanding where they come from are soon forgotten. I balance this tedium with jokes and funny faces to make my students laugh. I have found that each individual's impediments to learning...

...in 2006 at English as Second Language International, which prepared non-native English speaking students to enter an American university setting. From there, I was accepted into the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program and spent a year working in Japanese middle schools. I also did volunteer work in Ireland for a year. I worked full time for Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools while a graduate student. I moved to Oregon in 2011. I have taught people...

...students from a variety of backgrounds, I have an excellent capacity to improve a student's writing and reading skills whether in the context of an essay or in terms of taking assessment tests. I have worked as an editor and tutor for more than five years, and I recently graduated from college myself, so I have a good idea of what your professors and instructors want in an essay. Thank you for browsing my profile!

...with both an education and the opportunity to assist others with their education. Additionally, the world we are entering is more demanding of critical thinking skills than ever, so it would be remiss of us not to emphasize intellectual growth. The subject I am most passionate about tutoring is mechanics since this is usually a student's first exposure to synthesizing physical theories with mathematical concepts. Overall, I take a conversational approach to tutoring where I...

Learning is my passion. Let me help you get excited about mastering your subject in the way that best fits your learning style.

...for the Center's camps. These programs' participants ranged from elementary to high school students. I kept their schedules, interacted with parents, supervised activities, and aided the instructors. Last semester, I also tutored an introductory biology course for non-majors at Kenyon College. I sat in on lectures and provided weekly and occasionally bi-weekly assistance outside of class at the college's Math and Science Skills Center. This job required a great deal of creative thinking, as I...

...can have access to the same opportunities I do. Since middle school I've pushed myself towards academic excellence, joining the National Honor Society in high school and receiving a Letter of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program. I finished high school as an AP Scholar with Distinction, an award given by CollegeBoard. I believe that education is at the heart of the American Dream is crucial for our democracy and the betterment of the...

...for the last seven years including High School Math through Algebra II, High School Language Arts, Middle School Math, Middle School Language Arts, and Robotics. I was voted our districts top tutor, having helped with credit recovery and putting an emphasis on helping students graduate. My teaching style is interactive and engaging. I believe that tutoring is a great way to get movement to happen in a class in which you are feeling stuck. It...

...a meaningful connection with any student I work with, to build and maintain trust, and I work with them off of that base. I understand that all people have distinct learning styles and needs and I try to anticipate those needs and account for them in any lessons and practice I do. My passion is special education, as I believe every child has more potential than we know and it is our responsibility to help...

...Evergreen High School, a low-income school in east Vancouver. As a student teacher and a full time teacher, I primarily worked with students who struggled in math. I enjoy working with those students, even though at times it can be difficult. After teaching math full time for a few years, I will be working on going back to school to pursue a career in applied mathematics. That means I will have homework too! Outside of...

...variety of writing-based projects. My favorite subject to tutor would be anything related to reading or writing, as these are the subjects I have the most experience with. I am a strong believer of the fact that anyone who writes anything is a good writer, and that with patience and guidance, they will absolutely reach their full potential. In my spare time, I enjoy baking, spending time with my friends, and exploring my hometown, the...

...all ages. I have lots of tutoring experience in reading, writing, math and study skills. My favorite thing about tutoring is getting to know students to develop a positive, supportive and individualized learning experience. In addition to English Language Arts, I also teach Music and Visual Art. I teach violin and viola in my private studio, and teach K-12 art classes as a sub in Portland Public Schools, particularly for elementary school.

Life is an adventure and the need to learn - and know how to learn - is the most important skill to have in (my) toolbox. As a teacher, trainer, coach, I strive to help clients grow while helping them learn how to learn, and, most importantly have fun in the process.

...College where I excelled in journalism, visual & graphic art, performance, and music; all of which I still pursue as a professional journalist and writer/performer. I even studied juvenile corrections at CCC and have since facilitated a writing workshop for jailed teens at the Multnoamh County detention center. I look forward to tutoring students who want to achieve a better understanding of English, writing, French, and public speaking. I believe everyone has their own learning...

My goal is to ensure every student I tutor understands math and builds the confidence to bring about fundamental changes about how they solve problems, even if they haven't seen it before.

...I could in high school and, thereafter, a BA in English Honors at the University of British Columbia. Acceptance into my program of choice was no easy feat, nor could it have been predicted. At the beginning of my first year of university, I nearly failed my first two major essays. Newly apparent to me was that I could not survive off of passion alone. It was thanks to my then-tutor that I was able...