Writing Teacher, Linguist, and History of World Thought
With the 2010-2011 school year, Mr. P celebrated his twentieth year as a teacher with the Alameda Unified School District and twenty-two years in the profession, having taught in both high school and middle school. A former Teacher of the Year, now retired from the Alameda Unified School District, he is so glad to be able to continue working with students as a private tutor.
He currently holds four valid California Single-Subject Teaching Credentials in French, History, English, and Latin,...
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Featured review
Efficient, enthusiastic tutor
My son, a high school senior, needed work on his writing skills, primarily for the SAT but also in general. I wanted to prepare him for college level writing and a private tutor is very helpful to develop these skills. Jim was great working with him and his vast experience as an English teacher really shows. Jim began the first lesson with a solid assessment of my son's skills. Jim's lessons were quick paced (high school boys can be easily bored) and he gave solid techniques to my son for thinking his way through writing prompts to come up with appropriate content for the essay. He had a very organized, step by step approach for improving writing style as well. I highly recommend Jim to anyone who wants an experienced, engaging and perceptive writing tutor!
Eileen, 17 lessons with James
Outstanding tutor!
Mr Peters has been teaching my middle schooler Latin for the last few months. He is prompt, knowledgeable and his lessons are engaging and fun. My child is way ahead in his class and gets straight As. More importantly, my child has developed a love for the language and looks forward to his sessions with Mr. Peters I highly recommend him .
Lydia, 96 lessons with James
Great Tutor!
My daughter really enjoys her sessions with James. He is very engaging and encouraging. He has been helping my daughter improve creative writing. But really it is not just the writing, he does so much more that that. He has encouraged my daughter to read books that she would not have picked on her own. He has also challenged her with material that is above her grade because he thought she was ready for it. I also really appreciate the session summaries he sends out and keeps me informed about my daughter's progress. We hope to collaborate with him for a long time.
Ginni, 30 lessons with James
Experienced and intuitive tutor
James can pull from his vast experience to customize and personalize his motivation, instructions, and activities. He is genuinely a gifted and caring tutor. We so appreciate his efforts!!
Christina, 18 lessons with James
Knowledgeable and patient tutor
James took the time to slowly walk me through the beginning of Latin. He was very knowledgeable and patient with me. He took the time to ask me several times if the lesson was going at a speed I could handle
Lorie, 17 lessons with James
Enjoyable and beneficial to an aspiring 7th grade writer!
We're using James to help our 7th grader enhance his writing skills. While we've just worked with James for a handful of sessions thus far, we're encouraged that our son appears to enjoy them. James has been helping our son improve word choice and sentence structure in order to add depth to his writing. We're looking forward to having more sessions with James.
Michael, 28 lessons with James
Excellent teacher
We have been so lucky to have Jim as a language arts tutor. My middle-school son has English as a second language and has been struggling with some English structures and writing essays. I am glad that Jim is so broadminded and knowledgeable that their classes are not limited by writing essays. He makes his student think and analyse literature in depth. Jim is a very attentive teacher. Giving a fair amount of all kinds of homework, being so supportive and enthusiastic, he made a great bond with my son. And I really appreciate that he has such good contact with me as a parent. So it turned out to be a long-term collaboration and we are very happy about it.
Irina, 100 lessons with James
Amazing tutor
James has been tutoring my kids on literature and writing and he is absolutely amazing. His knowledge of the grammar, punctuation and composition is great. I highly recommend him.
Sanjay, 20 lessons with James
excellent teacher
He take ls time to explain every details. We are so grateful to have him. He’s the best. We are so happy
MAN, 29 lessons with James
Excellent teacher
James is experienced and responsible teacher. He pays attention not only for the student’s learning but also their attitude, he contacted with me for his teaching method and get feedback for what my son want to how to learn, My son likes to learn with him, James gave him more than just learning language, he is an excellent teacher.
Judy, 32 lessons with James
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