Alexander F.
Private tutor in Redondo Beach, CA
Education
University of Southern California - BA, Cognitive Science & English English GPA - 3.8 Cog Sci GPA - 3.3 Graduated 2014 - Cum Laude Damien High School GPA - 4.0 (unweighted) 12 AP courses taken - 4.8 avg score SAT 2000 - ACT 29 Trained in elementary Math and English Tutoring by the Joint Educational Project
Experience
Private Tutor - I have thousands of tutoring hours under my belt working for private clients. I mainly work with students in middle school/high school in math, but I also tutor in English/writing, social studies, science, and Spanish. I'm currently tutoring 4 clients in the South Bay area. Tutor-Mentor - I also have thousands of hours tutoring over 150 elementary school students in English and math as part of the ReadersPlus Program at USC*. My responsibilities included making unique lesson plans for my one-on-one students. I also enjoy the wisdom and experience of working with a team of 70+ tutors. As a Junior, I earned a promotion to work as the central coordinator for the program. Why I like being a tutor - I love to learn, and I see tutoring as a journey that positively changes both me and my student. I can't count the number of amazing changes I've been a part of because of tutoring. Tutoring Expertise: - Elementary Math and English (Common Core Standard) - Essay writing/editing (up to University level) - AP tests (see my 'subjects' section for the AP tests I have taken) - Math K-12 (from addition to Calculus AB) SAT & ACT Prep *USC ReadersPlus Website: https://dornsife.usc.edu/readersplus
Subject Expertise
9th Grade4th GradeAlgebra 1Algebra 2Algebra 3/45th GradeAmerican HistoryAmerican Literature6th GradeAP MicroeconomicsAP PsychologyAP Statistics7th GradeCalculus 18th GradeAstronomyAPAP US GovernmentAP U.S. Government & PoliticsAP United States History12th GradeACTACT EnglishACT MathACT ReadingACT ScienceACT with WritingACT WritingAdvanced PlacementTrigonometryPoetry WritingPre-CalculusSpanish 3Pre-AlgebraPhysicsFiction WritingEuropean HistoryEssay EditingEnglishCreative WritingCollege EssaysPsychologySATSpanish 1WritingTest PrepSummer TutoringStudy Skills And OrganizationPSATSpanish 2Calculus 210th Grade11th Grade1st GradeAP Comparative Government and Politics2nd GradeAP English Language and CompositionAP English Literature and CompositionAP Environmental Science3rd GradeAP European HistoryAP MacroeconomicsAP Calculus AB
Availability
Weekdays at any time, Weekends at any time
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge, Up to 30 minutes away for a flat fee
Hobbies
I'm a caring and thoughtful tutor. I'm very personable and I can get along well with students of all ages and backgrounds. I love to prepare for my student, and I get excited about coming in with a game plan and executing it. One critical thing to me is giving the student a chance to tutor me. Everyone, even children, are experts. So I learn from them, and I think this gives them a chance to see tutoring as an exchange, not just a time where someone talks over them. I see the challenges that come with school as a kind of game. Tutoring becomes a lesson in what kinds of strategies are necessary to 'jump through the hoop.' I want my students to fly through the hoop, but I also want them to land with solid conceptual understanding - something they will have for the future. Sometimes I have to spend time teaching organizational or study skills... but I find that students naturally have their preferred way of learning, and I try to enforce that as much as possible.
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