Certified Tutors From Occidental College

...to know new people and forming new relationships. I love to tutor and to teach as it allows me to help a student in need develop new skills and strengths through aiding them along with their learning process. It is very satisfying to help a student grasp a previously difficult concept and to see them...

...I have been tutoring kids ages 5-22 for the past 7 years in Mathematics, English, and Writing. From personal experience, I think it is important to be able to teach many different ways of solving or answering a problem in case my student prefers a certain way of thinking. I love coming up with new...

...jobs have taken me across the country, tattooing endgangered butterflies in Albany New York, master planning airports in the Lower Yukon-Kuskokwin region of Alaska, regulating energy and telecommunications in California, and Wall Street finance. Each of those jobs required learning based on but beyond what I carried away with my diplomas. Learning is a lifelong...

...If a student is below grade level, I will use the techniques I have acquired through my educational and professional experience to bring that child up to, or above, grade level. When working with an adult, I will confer directly with that person to set goal for his or her sessions, and will then design...

...spark the curiosity of everyday young thinkers. I guide students to engage in study in ways that challenge them to think, explore, and express their ideas. I encourage analytical thinking, so that students may connect what they have learned in school and tutoring sessions to knowledge gained from their real world experiences.

...grammar. She has extensive experience working with students needing support in history, math (up to Calculus), English, Spanish and Science. Ripsime specializes in working with elementary through high school students. She received her Bachelors of Arts from Occidental College in 2016 in Diplomacy and World Affairs with minors in Math and Economics.

...I have always approached every student as a unique challenge. I have found substantial success as a tutor because I understand that every problem can be broken down to more simple questions. By breaking down larger problems into discrete steps, I'm able to teach a replicable approach to problems in a way that makes sense...

...enjoy using my experience and background as a writer, teacher, coach and mentor to help others of all ages build their knowledge and skills as they work toward accomplishing a goal they've set for themselves. I look forward to learning about your goals and the opportunity to work with you or your child. *Experience teaching...

...a story about real people who sought to change the world and build the lives they wanted. As a self-described autodidact, I understand that every person learns a little differently. I hope to learn about each student's passion and relate that to the course content so the subject matter is easily digestible.

...early high school, when I volunteered as an educator at a wildlife camp in Massachusetts. Since then, I have tutored sixth grade math in the highly-competitive City Year program through AmeriCorps, and worked for a year as an after-school educator in an elementary school. I come from a family of educators, who instilled in me...

...as faculty advisor and Sam M. Walton Free Enterprise Fellow for the University of Michigan chapter of "Students in Free Enterprise" (SIFE). Dr. Johnson is an experienced educator in undergraduate and graduate education, specializing in adult-learning techniques, career development, and professional skills. He has expertise in applied research and advanced statistical analysis for behavioral assessments,...

...its name alone, 'The Hero vs Death and God') in which we were reading Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, and the Aeneid, suddenly a whole new world of possibilities opened up for me the more I read and learned. Once again, it was the professor who brought the texts to life for us. I went on to...

...solving process. I work hard to maintain up-to-date knowledge of new curriculum content and provide teaching that is appropriate for each individual's needs and level of study. Contact me to find out more about my qualifications and services and to start putting together an individual tutoring plan for you or your student.

...for students with different levels of interest. The students that I have tutored have particularly enjoyed certain hands-on activities that have helped them gain a deeper understanding of the material, such as engaging with virtual simulations that illustrate important physical concepts and coding an interactive game that requires user input. I understand that different students...

...college I discovered field biology was for me and I spent time working on a research boat and a year in Costa Rica when I did my graduate degree. I have worked with students throughout my career. In college I TAed and taught a course on the research boat. In grad school I taught classes and...