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Alison
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...research, and oral communication skills. Over the course of my 15 year career, I have worked with students from a variety of backgrounds and skill levels, including many students with unique language or learning needs. I have served as an adviser and scorer/rater for numerous written assessment tests (including district and state assessments from elementary...
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Bachelor in Arts, English
Master of Arts, English
Brooke
Certified Tutor
...each student. Every student is different and will benefit from varied methods. In general it's important to minimize lecturing and to give a student the opportunity to try and succeed at problems with gentle guidance. Outside of teaching, my interests are diverse. I enjoy reading, movies, CrossFit, theater, and dancing, specifically Salsa and Swing.
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Bachelor of Science, Physics
PHD, Physics
Julie
Certified Tutor
...graded and assisted students in classes ranging from early western civilization to the Russian Revolution and Early US History. I also tutored student athletes for the university's Athletic department in subjects such as sociology, ethnic studies, various history classes, creative writing, English, and beginning theater. I tutor a range of history classes with special emphasis...
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Bachelor in Arts, History and English
Master of Arts, History
Scott
Certified Tutor
...variety of Math levels as well as some science classes. I would be honored to help your son or daughter to succeed! I have also been assisting students with test preparation for 10 years (SAT, ACT, GED, CSET, CBEST, etc.).I have recently begun pursuing a teaching credential to further assist students in their academic life....
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Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
Molly
Certified Tutor
...many doors to them and makes anything they put their mind to possible in the future. I went to Sonoma State University for my BA in History and went on to Sacramento State for my credential and some graduate courses. I have since worked at an independent study charter school for the past 7.5 years...
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Bachelor in Arts, History
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Joshua
Certified Tutor
...particularly effective, because I get to know what type of learner the student is (e.g. visual learner, hands-on learner, etc.) and present the material in this way. This method prepares the student with a basic foundation of knowledge to continue to study independently, that is, without the help of me. Thus, as your potential tutor...
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Bachelors, Biochemistry
Masters, Biochemistry
Samantha
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...of college obtaining my bachelors (B.S.) at Sonoma State University in chemistry and 5 years while obtaining my Ph.D. at UC Santa Cruz in chemistry (bioinorganic). I love chemical research and teaching chemistry to others. While not teaching or tutoring I enjoy running and hiking on trials because I think you have to put in...
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Bachelors, Chemistry
PHD, Chemistry
Robert
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...based school much like the best independent schools here in the U.S. So now I am happily retired here in Lawrence, enjoying being close to family but missing that special satisfaction of sharing in the learning and growth of my students. I have a wealth of strategies and tools to bring to the learning process...
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Bachelors, Biology, General
Masters, Science Curriculum and Instruction
Robin
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...substitute teaching in grades K-8. I worked as a paraprofessional in a significant needs program at an elementary school, and have taught 7th and 8th grades at an online school. I value education, and believe in teaching students how to seek out the answers, rather than just providing the answers for them. Every person is...
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Bachelors, Psychology
Masters, Education
Melissa
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...Computer Science to a classroom of 20 high school students from different socioeconomic backgrounds. This included daily lectures, mentoring, and one on one tutoring/debugging, among other responsibilities. I also gained experience tutoring college students during my time as an undergraduate. I emphasize understanding the concepts behind a problem, not just getting the assignment working, and...
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Bachelors, Computer Science
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Recent Tutoring Session Reviews
1. Wrote entire homily for Speech class. He paralleled some gospel story to the story of King Arthur. Only the hard copy is due the next day but the student doesn't have speech class (he has Spanish instead) that day.
2. Brought a green folder with brads and pockets. Supervised while the student made the dividers and then checked his Lit binder for all rough drafts that were supposed to be in there.
3. Study pack, Social Studies (most of it was done - he had left only a page's worth of the more reading-intensive work to do).
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Today the student and I started with Chemistry and ended with Algebra 2. We did a 2 page worksheet on writing empirical formulas of compounds given a percent composition of the elements present. We then went on to work on his math assignment for the weekend, looking at the transformation of functions when multiplied by a coefficient or translated up/down or right/left. The student understood all of this very well and did many problems on his own. Overall a great session with much improvement and understanding.
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Present indicative of ar, er and ir verbs. Practiced examples and usages of the present tense. Reviewed some key regular verbs and ended by looking at some irregular verbs' yo construction. (pongo, conozco, doy)
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We worked through a new review worksheet that the student was given by her teacher. We didn't have time to finish all of it, but we worked steadily and the student seems to have learned a lot. I think she is getting rotational physics pretty well.
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Went over an assignment (24 questions) including some pure math problems (quadratic equations, derivatives) and some applied finance and economics problems. Taught the student a couple of formulas and concepts, and reviewed one or two as well, including: present/future value, average/total cost, revenue and profit evaluation.
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I had her work a logic game section while I timed, we then went over it together. We also went over several other games, and a Logical Reasoning section.
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