Award-Winning Writing Tutors in Pleasanton, CA

...include literacy instruction, teaching composition, and reading at all levels from developmental to advanced, reading and writing pedagogies, English Literature, and teaching ESL courses at all skill areas. By providing students with tutoring services, my goal is to ensure that students receive the academic support they need to comprehend the course content and succeed in their classes. My academic goals are to utilize approaches to help students conceptualize literacy, help them realize their academic potential...

...find that the most rewarding part is helping students appreciate subjects they were once afraid of and find their own way of thinking through the logic of math and science. Although I would consider myself more math and science-oriented, I do like reading books and writing poetry. I also enjoy performing improv comedy, biking, and watching sports and movies during my spare time. I was not your average student during my school years, and neither...

...received my California Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential. I have been working in classrooms, providing academic support, since 2004. I have extensive experience working with individuals with special needs, from moderate to severe, and the gifted population. I am highly adept in tailoring education to fit each learner's needs, while maximizing output, motivation, and self-confidence. I sincerely enjoy working with children, listening to their stories, and sharing a laugh as I impart knowledge in a structured...

...Area in all academic subjects. My expertise is in Biology, Chemistry, Mathematics (through Calculus), English language (writing and ESL), and foreign languages (Spanish and Italian). My goal is to help students see the bigger picture in what they are learning and to master the details they need in order to succeed in their schoolwork and exams. When I am not tutoring or volunteering, I enjoy playing piano and violin and studying foreign languages.

I have a passion for helping kids from elementary school to high school excel in English and writing. I have a Bachelors degree in English. I wrote a book in high school that I've been re-writing and editing, and plan to publish this book by the end of 2017. ... I am an open-minded and dynamic tutor. I don't want to tell students what I believe is true or how I viewed a character. I want to learn what resonated with each student. I really enjoy learning new perspectives from the student. I am committed to being dynamic in my approach to tutoring as well. I will change my methods and explain things differently in order to understand and be understood. I am committed to adapting my tutoring techniques for every student.

...one is unique, and I personalize my lesson plans according to a student's learning style and academic needs. Throughout my four years of tutoring General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Biology at UC Berkeley, I always try to emphasize the importance of strong study habits and strategies. My sessions tend to be relaxed and personable, but also efficient. I am passionate about education and I try to instill the joy of learning in each of my...

...as a writer, addressing a variety of audiences of audiences over various media: music journalism when Rolling Stone and I were both young, wrote soaps here and in England, done a fair amount of freelance copy editing and currently design/write online training programs for employees of large companies. I have a California secondary school credential (in history) and have tutored high-school students in Berkeley schools. I believe writing is (largely) a teachable skill (and am...

...the U.S. and abroad on a variety of subjects from Ecology to Environmental Economics to basic arithmetic to integrated pest management. I’m a strong believer in the scientific approach to teaching and, as such, like to use interactive activities that promote making observations, proposing questions, identifying problems, generating hypotheses, and engineering experiments that test these questions. I use this approach in tutoring Biology, Math, Environmental Sciences, Statistics, Ecology, Entomology, Reading and Writing proficiency, and Spanish....

...is with Math and SAT preparation. I particularly enjoy working with students on standardized tests as they provide the most common avenue for me to work on reading and writing with students. Additionally, I tutor Economics when I can. I think my tutoring style can best be described as Socratic; my main mission when I work with students is to help them develop a long term methodology for problem solving and self motivation. When I...

I am from San Francisco, CA. After graduating from Lowell High School in 2011, I moved to Provo, UT to study Communication Disorders and Chinese at Brigham Young University. I just finished my third year at BYU. In the future, I hope to become a bilingual speech therapist. In my spare time, I love to read, travel, write, cook and spend time with family and friends.