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I would be an amazing tutor for Grade Potential because I'm dedicated to learning & education, not only for other students but also for myself. I continue to learn & grow, & would hope to be able to pass my same passion for learning on to the students that I work with. I'm experienced with kids, & love to reward hard work with prizes, such as stickers, art supplies, cool games, & toys. I also believe in being 15 minutes early to everything in order to be on time, working first & playing later, & getting to know the kids I work with on a personal level. To me, knowing the student personally (but still professionally) will allow me to better understand WHY they are having trouble in a particular subject, and therefore HOW to best fix the problem. I love working with kids of all ages, & love coming up with fun & interesting ways to make learning fun. I know my stuff, but I also have a lot of practice with regurgitating that information to accommodate different learning styles & degrees of understanding. I'm also great at teamwork & at being professional, so I'd be happy to team up with other tutors if necessary.

At present I am a graduate student in the Ph.D. program at UCSB, in the department of East Asian Languages and Cultural Studies, just finishing my first year's study. Teaching Chinese as a foreign/second language is one of my three research fields. Before I came here in September 2012, I was a Chinese teacher in the College of Advanced Chinese Training in Beijing Language and Culture University (BLCU). And I got my master degree of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics in BLCU, which is famous of the major of teaching Chinese as a foreign/second language.Besides, I got my bachelor degree of Computer Science in BLCU. Although I have changed my major to linguistics, I have learned many years' math, and got full scores in my junior high school and in my GRE test. Therefore, I really have confidence in tutoring Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1 and 2, plane Geometry and trigonometry.My career goal is to be a professor in a university in the USA. I love teaching and communicating with students. Now during this summer vacation I am available any daytime except Sunday morning. When the fall quarter comes, I am sure that I will be available during the weekends, and whether I will be available during the weekdays depends on my class schedule. I believe that I am a reliable tutor responsible for my job and my students, because I never missed the appointment, or received negative feedback from my former students.

I am currently a full-time student at UCSB. I am a responsible young lady who is dedicated to education. Additionally, I am patient and love to help people. As I mentioned earlier, I am the oldest of three and have experience with helping my siblings out with their school work. I believe that these skills will help me to excel at tutoring.

I am a fun, athletic, and down to earth tutor who encourages students to think on their own and to not be afraid to ask questions. Everyone has struggled with understanding material so I strive to empower my students and to boost their self confidence. To be a good tutor, I try to ask questions in order to stimulate their thinking process rather than immediately supply the answer. I am patient, supportive, and cheerful. I try to create a fun, relaxed environment for the student to learn in.With regards to reliability, my mother has always taught me, "If you are not ten minutes early, you are late." Thanks to the diligent upbringing by my mother, I can be depended upon to never miss an appointment and to always be early. I myself had tutors in high school and I will never forget how important they were to me. I would like to pass on the help I received to help students, just like my past self, succeed.As a tutor at UCSB, I helped students sharpen their academic skills and develop new study strategies for improving academic performance and understanding of course material. I held weekly Academic Skills workshops including Time Management, Fighting Procrastination and Mastering Lecture. I have also been hired to tutor children ranging from grades 4-7th in general biology.

My mother is a teacher, and she instilled in me the habits it takes to be a good student. I've always been a bright person, and I have a real love of learning. That on top of my study habits and organizational skills made me excel in school. More important than that, though, is my need to help people. I have a very motherly personality, and I love helping someone solve a problem or reach a goal. I am the eldest daughter and grandchild in my family, so I have always been held to high standards to be a role model for my younger siblings and cousins. That has always stuck with me, and I still enjoy helping classmates or mentoring younger peers. Finally, I am a very fun-loving person, and I can really relate to kids. I think I would be not only a great role model and tutor, but also a friend and mentor.

I have been a teacher for fifteen years. I have taught grades two through twelve. I taught general ed. elementary for three years, and for the past 12 years I have been teaching special education. I worked with emotionally disturbed students, grades four through 12. For the past year, I worked with high school students who needed credit recovery and who also needed to pass the CAHSEE. I am very reliable and dependable. I am always at work on time or early, and I rarely ever miss a day of work.

There is no doubt in my mind that I would make a great tutor for Grade Potential. Not only do i possess experience with tutoring, I have experience with kids in general. I have been volunteering with and nannying children for a couple years now. I believe I know how to get through to kids and how to teach them in a way that they will engage. I am an avid believer in hands on and visual learning. In addition, I am a recent High School graduate so I can relate to the older students that I tutor and I know the type of learning that need be presented. As well as for keeping appointments and commitments, I have always kept myself on a tight schedule in order to accomplish everything that I wish to accomplish. I wish to make tutoring a top priority for my next three years of college.

I would be a good fir for this job because I truly love learning and helping students to see learning as something fun, rather than a burden. I am well aware that not everyone thinks or approaches problems in the same way and so I take time to understand the student so that I am able to adapt my explanations to better match the student and his/her needs; this makes learning much more enjoyable! I am a very friendly, outgoing person and I do my best to make the students feel comfortable so that I can truly understand why they are having trouble and they feel that it is o.k. to make mistakes. I am an employee who is timely, trustworthy, organized and dependable. I have never missed a tutoring appointment, and when the rare case arose when I needed to cancel a pre-scheduled appointment the client was given much notice and compensated with extra tutoring time for free.