Award-Winning ACT Reading Tutors in Tacoma, WA

I am a former high school math teacher. My specialty is in Algebra. I have experience working with a diverse student population with a large classroom setting as well as one on one tutoring. Looking forward to working with you!

...to contemporary experimental literature. My courses are interdisciplinary by design and emphasize the skills of careful reading, precise analysis, and logical inference through grammar instruction, vocabulary development, research skills, and composition. This year I received the Joan Webber Prize for Outstanding Teaching. My research is integral to my teaching and I enjoy making literature relevant to my student's lives and ambitions. Helping students work through challenging material individually, whether during office hours or in mid-quarter...

...My teaching style is both high energy, and detail oriented. I believe it is most important to immediately find a starting point, make short and long-term goals, then evaluate results and make adjustments. During sessions, I love cracking jokes and having fun. I believe that a positive attitude and a smile are two of the best learning tools anyone can have. When I'm not tutoring or studying, I love Bass fishing, hiking, snowboarding, or anything...

...private school. Before that I have tutored various grade levels for more than 10 years. My favorite part was getting to know and learn from so many different types of students. I strongly believe in an equity built learning environment. This also means I understand that every student has individual learning needs and students learn best in different ways. When referring to Howard Gardner's multiple intelligence theory, there are 8 different types: bodily-kinesthetic, logical-mathematical, visual-spatial,...

I graduated from the University of Iowa with a degree in Marketing and Big Data, as well as a minor in Dance. I currently work as software developer. I believe that every person has their own way of learning and processing information. It is my goal to help students by learning their best way of absorbing information so that we can understand the best plan to learn material in a constructive manner.

...the schooling system. I'm here to help guide you through those problems I'm sure you'd understand with a little bit of explanation, and to be a friend along the way. Do you like reading, hiking, surfing, or soccer? Talk to me about them! Do you need a little guidance in math (algebra/geometry/pre-calculus/statistics), English (comprehension/writing), or test prep (AP/ACT/SAT)? Let's connect. School is so much more fun when you actually know what you're doing, am I...