...I develop rapport and trust first and then delve into academic areas of need. I can easily work with both students with IEP's and those with other learning needs. My mission is to instill and inspire in each student a thirst to communicate through reading, writing and math to foster growth and development academically and emotionally and spiritually. (read more)
I am a Tutor with a Master's Degree in languages, and a German native speaker. Lots of experience in tutoring all levels of German. LAUSD certified for teaching ESL and German. (read more)
...I scored 12/12 on the SAT essay (old scoring).
I worked in sales and marketing in Silicon Valley for 5 years before becoming a teacher. I teach accounting, entrepreneurship, and economics at an elite private boarding school in Southern California. I have expertise in MBA-style case studies. (read more)
...I genuinely believe that teachers have a unique opportunity to transform the lives of others, and I agree with William Butler Yeats, who said, "Education is not the filling up of a pail, but the lighting of a fire."
My students and their families have described me as "Positive" and "Inspiring"... (read more)
...My bachelor's degree of liberal arts comes from Wyoming Catholic College where I learned classical rhetoric and studied history's great literature. I have written numerous academic essays and am continually looking for ways to improve. Erasmus' "de Copia" and "Classical Rhetoric for the Modern Student" are two texts I would employ as a writing instructor. (read more)