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Matthew: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...enjoyed helping students understand their studies. I have always had a passion for helping others. In my time with the tutoring center, I earned the "Distinguished Service Award" three times. I really enjoyed learning how to best help each student succeed. Because of this experience, I intend to always include education as a part of what I do. Outside of academics, I enjoy playing tennis and running, and am a lifelong Rays fan.... I like to...
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University of South Florida-Main Campus - Bachelors, Microbiology
Kimberly: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...course work, where I lead class activities, grade papers, and help student's pass competencies for their course work. I believe my teaching style is very flexible, as I think the best teachers are those who meet the student where they are and accommodate for the student's needs. In my spare time, I enjoy yoga, meditation, playing the piano, and enjoying a range of holistic and mind-body-spirit activities that promote a range of healing benefits. My...
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Florida Gulf Coast University - Bachelors, Criminal Justice
Florida School of Professional Psychology - Current Grad Student, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Valerie: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...in St Pete since 2008. I love to teach French, my native language and to help people learning this beautiful language. I worked in France as a teacher for 10 years before moving to foreign countries. I have the Florida Teacher Certification in French. I am currently working as a substitute teacher in one of the best private school in St Petersburg. I tutor French at all levels: from beginner French 1 through French AP,...
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Université de Bourgogne - Bachelor in Arts, Modern Language and Literature (French)
Université de Bourgogne - Unknown, Education
Gina: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...a non-profit agency, reunifying immigrant youth with their U.S. based families. I learned Spanish in school and then worked in Mexico and Colombia where I became a more fluent speaker. I love being able to connect with Spanish-speaking groups in their native language and would like to help you do the same! As a second-language learner, I relate to your learning journey. Let me know how I can support you, whether it be vocabulary and...
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Northeastern Illinois University - Bachelors, Social Work, with Minor in Spanish
Dominican University - Masters, Social Work
Megan: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...graduate with a degree in English and I love reading, writing and all things literature. I have a passion for words, their variety of meanings and even their histories and origins. Reading and writing are the key building blocks to success, whether it be academic, vocational or personal, those two skills continue to build throughout life; the better a person wields them the greater success that person experiences. As a former secondary English and Reading...
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University of South Florida - Bachelors, English
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Kopal: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...experience in biotech research and clinical practice. I started tutoring statistics at my university as a freshman. I have developed a unique approach for test-taking that has enabled me to achieve 99th+ percentile scores on the MCAT and SAT. I am well-positioned to tutor all sections of the MCAT and believe success on the exam has a lot to do with one's test-taking psychology. As a result, my teaching philosophy is guided less by content...
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Cornell University - Bachelor of Science, Premedicine
Keith: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
I have a love of learning and a desire to help others achieve their academic goals. Having tutored middle school, high school and college students, I have developed an adaptable method of guiding students to the understanding of various subjects and concepts. By being flexible, patient and passionate about the topics I tutor, students have often given me favorable feedback about their tutoring experiences.
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University of Florida - Bachelors, Nuclear Engineering
Southern Polytechnic State University - Masters, Quality Assurance
Wade: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...the most effective ways for me to learn was from the professors and teachers who had the most interactive lectures and who asked for large projects rather than a series of smaller homework assignments. I believe that in larger classes it is the teacher's responsibility to transfer their general knowledge and foundational concepts, but as the classes decrease in size, the teacher/tutor should begin to act more as a personal mentor, encouraging individual students to...
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Florida Atlantic University - Bachelor of Science, Biology, General
University of South Florida-Main Campus - PHD, Biolgoy
Alexandra: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...skills in any of my competencies, guaranteeing results through a method that draws upon not only upon a solid knowledge base, but also a refined way of re-thinking the subject or language. This rethinking of subject matter, regardless of the topic at hand, combines traditional techniques with a rational yet intuitive and comparative method, melding them into a multi-sensory approach to learning. I believe that true learning necessarily involves the entire mind and body, and...
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University of Central Florida - Bachelors, Dual Bachelors: Film Production B.F.A. , Music B.A.
Florida State University - Masters, Dual Masters: International Relations (modern languages concentration) M.A., Music (ethnomusicology concentration) M.A.
Vanessa: St. Petersburg tutor
Certified Tutor in St. Petersburg, FL
...a Bachelors from the University of South Florida (Go Bulls!) in Biomedical Sciences, I have the experiences and mastery of topics related to Biology, Chemistry, Pharmacology, and Biochemistry. I am a highly-qualified, professionally certified teacher with the Florida Department of Education and have published a Chemistry textbook for visual, modern learners. Here is what I offer my students on Varsity: - Priority scheduling - Convenient online tutoring - Lessons customized to your learning style -...
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University of South Florida-Main Campus - Bachelors, Biomedical Sciences
University of Florida - Masters, Pharmaceutical Chemistry
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The St Petersburg School System
St. Petersburg, Florida, is part of the Tampa Bay area. The city is on a peninsula surrounded by Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. St. Petersburg has a population of over 250,000 residents, making it Florida’s fifth-largest city by population. St. Petersburg’s public schools are overseen by the Pinellas County Schools, which has a total attendance of over 100,000 students. Five of its high schools are located within the St. Petersburg city limits.
All of St. Petersburg’s public high schools, with the exception of only the top-ranked school, have student-teacher ratios that fall well below the state average. However, the schools that offer Advanced Placement courses report lower-than-average AP exam pass rates. See the student-teacher ratios in more detail below.
St Petersburg Student-to-Teacher Ratios
St. Petersburg High School has a 20 1 student-teacher ratio.
Pinellas Park High School has a 20 1 student-teacher ratio.
Dixie M. Hollins High School has a 19 1 student-teacher ratio.
Northeast High School has a 21 1 student-teacher ratio.
Osceola Fundamental High School has a 21 1 student-teacher ratio.
Florida State Average has a 25 1 student-teacher ratio.
Here's how the St. Petersburg high schools rank in the state:
St Petersburg High School Rankings
| High School | St. Petersburg Ranking | State Ranking | AP Pass Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Petersburg Collegiate High School | 1 | 51 | Unavailable |
| St. Petersburg High School | 2 | 65 | 22% |
| Osceola Fundamental High School | 3 | 106 | 24% |
| Lakewood High School | 4 | 175 | 38% |
| Boca Ciega High School | 5 | 202 | 15% |
| Pinellas Park High School | 6 | 258 | 17% |
| Northeast High School | 7 | 289 | 15% |
| Dixie M. Hollins High School | 8 | Unavailable | 0% |
| Gibbs High School | 9 | Unavailable | 17% |
| Lealman Intermediate School | 10 | Unavailable | Unavailable |
If you’re concerned about your child’s ability to compete against his or her peers nationwide, you may be researching different methods of academic assistance. Students from kindergarten to college and beyond can receive a wide variety of benefits from personal tutoring in St. Petersburg. Tutoring offers perks that self-study workbooks and tutorials alone can’t provide. With a tutor, your child will learn during one-on-one sessions that are tailored to move your child toward his or her academic goals efficiently and effectively. Taking into account your child’s current comprehension level, strengths, weaknesses, and ideal outcome, a tutor can personalize each lesson to move through the material in a way that maximizes the time your child spends studying.
The state-mandated tests that are given to the students of Florida begin in the third grade and continue throughout senior high. From grades 3-8, students take the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA) in mathematics and English Language Arts, and students in grades 5 and 8 also take the Statewide Science Assessment. Once students reach high school, ninth and tenth graders continue to take the English FSA along with End-of-Course Assessments in core subjects including algebra, biology, geometry, and United States history. The chart below shows how St. Petersburg’s schools performed on statewide tests.
St Petersburg Test Scores
Along with the many state-mandated assessments your child must take throughout primary and secondary school, your child may also be getting ready for the SAT or ACT. The comprehensive nature of the test can seem overwhelming to many students. With a tutor, your child can take all the time that’s needed to ensure tricky material is mastered. Plus, many tutors have recent personal success on the tests, so he or she may be able to offer tips and tricks that will be useful on test day, too. Tutoring can continue to be helpful for students even after they’ve been accepted to college, which will be welcome news to parents of students attending the many colleges in and around St. Petersburg. Below you can see how colleges int he area rank.
St Petersburg University Rankings
| College | National Rank | Acceptance Rate |
|---|---|---|
| University of South Florida | 47% | |
| University of South Florida - St. Petersburg | 174 | 36% |
| Eckerd College | 177 | 72% |
| Florida Southern College | 287 | 46% |
| University of Tampa | 292 | 48% |
| Saint Leo University | 780 | 70% |
| Florida College | Unavailable | 79% |
| Southeastern University | Unavailable | 46% |
| St. Petersburg College | Unavailable | 100% |
| Pasco-Hernando State College | Unavailable | 100% |
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We worked on converting parametric equations to rectangular equations. We solved problems from his worksheet for test review. We did review many algebraic concepts such as properties of fractions and solving quadratic equations by factoring or using the quadratic formula. At this point, he struggles mainly with projectile motion. However I gave him steps to follow for the typical questions asked in projectile motions. The session went great and we planned to meet next week.
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Great first session with this student. She completed not only geometry homework but physics homework as well. We worked on vertical angles, linear pairs, complementary and supplementary angles, and alternate interior angles in geo. We worked on motion problems with unit conversions in physics.
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In this session, the student and I started by working on the chemistry material that she will need to know for her upcoming chemistry test. This included talking about the chemical properties that can be used to describe/ compare/ contrast different chemicals. We then talked about converting from F to C to K for temperature conversion problems. Next we moved on to math where we started chapter 2 of her trig class. We worked on the vertex and traditional form of the quadratic formula. We put together a plan for making sure that she is moving at the same pace has her classmates.
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We covered slope and the equation of a line using the y=mx+b form. From that equation we reviewed the student's homework and determined how to write the equation and identify if a line is parallel, perpendicular or neither. I had him go over the homework again to check for understanding on his own. He struggles with writing down the progress of solving the equation. He tries to do it in his head so he makes small mistakes.
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The student and I reviewed some older material from her calculus class that she felt a little uncertain about. We spent most of the class looking at limits in different ways. We reviewed the delta/epsilon formal proof of limits and went through what each component means and how it describes a function's behavior. We also looked at how different types of limits (removable, limits at infinity, jumps) would appear in a graph, and differentiated between horizontal and vertical limits at infinity. We worked through some example problems in her textbook, as well as reviewing some material from old quizzes/exams. She seemed much more comfortable with the graphical behavior by the end of the session.
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We covered topics that the student would be talking about in class this week, including interpreting graphs, making tables and graphs for given functions, sequences, graphing linear functions, and slopes/rates of change. Some of these things we also talked about last week, so they were review.
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