...During Challenger, we underwent daily morning drills in math, spelling, grammar, language arts, social studies, and science. Challenger successfully imparted foundational skills that led to my success in junior high. At my previous agency, I have had two years of experience working with K-6th graders in the Palo Alto, Woodside, Los Altos, and Portola Valley districts. (read more)
...I'm John - I have a B.S in chemical engineering from Yale, where I took three years of chemistry in addition to a rigorous sequence of mathematics, physics, and engineering courses. I have been tutoring regularly since high school via honor societies, independently, and through various tutoring ... (read more)
...I've traveled extensively throughout Asia and in these travels taught English for 5 years. I have experience teaching all age levels, my youngest student was 5 and my oldest 65! Education is in my blood and I have a great love of learning new things. (read more)
...I've been singing since I was a child, and started choir at the age of 9. I took voice lessons for several years, with a focus on classical techniques (nowadays I sing a variety of styles). Then in high school, I founded my own a cappella group where we sang a cappella arrangements of pop songs.... (read more)
...Tutored Algebra 1 to supplement a class, resulting in students getting high grades, and taught a stand alone summer program with homemade lesson plans to help students test out. Trained as an Art of Problem Solving mentor and a Success Strategies tutor to help all students grasp concepts and pra... (read more)