47 San Leandro Astronomy Tutors

...She strives to incorporate hands on explorations that teach lessons that are not only challenging enough to be memorable and interesting, but rewarding enough to build confidence. Solid learning is of great importance, since students are often preparing for careers that have not yet been conceived. Individuals that push the envelope of learning... read more

...Tutoring is an act of observation. It succeeds where normal instruction fails because it is geared toward a student's particular strengths. My best experiences as a tutor have been with the students who needed me most, learning how they needed to learn. Regarding my areas of expertise, as an undergraduate I was a teacher's assistant in English,... read more

...The continued improvement and success of the individual student is my true motivation. I am currently a humanities department faculty member at University of Phoenix- Oakland campus. U.S. History is my main teaching focus, but math, physics and astronomy are areas of expertise as well. I have been a lecturer at San Francisco State in several departments... read more

...in cognitive psychology, I pursued many off-major course series. Any spare time I had was allotted to those courses. I have completed extensive coursework in art history, cosmology & astronomy, and biology (specifically evolution and zoology). During school, I worked in Information Technology, stemming from a lifelong love of computers. After graduating,... read more

...Outside of the school setting, I have had a proposal accepted by NASA for inclusion of a project that was carried into space aboard space shuttle Endeavor for ten days during mission STS-108 in 2001. I also have organized astronomical star parties to educate interested persons about astronomy and navigating the night sky. Each year that I taught... read more