Alex D.
Private tutor in Denver, CO
Education
Bachelor of Science in Psychology with High Distinction -- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Master of Arts in Education (Secondary Science Education) -- Wake Forest University
Experience
+ Certified to teach biology and 7-12 science + One year of experience as a 7-12 biology and life science teacher + Four years of experience as a private tutor, both in-person and online + Over three years of experience tutoring and mentoring elementary students as a mentor and finance officer for the Illini Mentor Program, a service-learning group at the University of Illinois + Began tutoring peers and classmates in high school and continued throughout my college and post-graduate career + Spent one month in Spain teaching conversational English to native-Spanish speakers + Experience tutoring English as a Second Language in both one-on-one and group settings + One year of experience as a K-12 substitute teacher High School: + 32 ACT score + 4 on AP Calculus AB Exam + 4 on AP English Language Exam + 4 on AP History Exam + 2007 Illinois State Scholar + 2007 JP Morgan Chase scholarship recipient + Graduated in the top 7% of high school class College: + Focused on neuroscience and biopsychology and wrote a senior thesis on the effects of hormone replacement therapy on the rat prefrontal cortex + Selected for the elite Psychology Honors Program at the U of I and member of Psi Chi Psychology International Honors Society + Extensive amount of biology, neuroscience, and psychology courses
Subject Expertise
Earth ScienceIB Psychology SLIB Psychology HLIB BIology SLIB BIology HLIBHonorsGeneticsGeneral BiologyEvolutionary BiologyEvolutionElementary MathElementary AlgebraKindergarten - 8th GradeCLEP Introductory PsychologyCLEP Introduction to Educational PsychologyCLEP BiologyCell BiologyBiologyAP PsychologyAP BiologyAPAnatomyAlgebra 2Algebra 1PsychologyWritingTest PrepSummer TutoringStudy Skills And OrganizationStudy SkillsSocial SciencesSAT Subject Test in Biology E/MReadingPublic SpeakingAdvanced PlacementPre-AlgebraNeuroscienceNeurobiologyMolecular BiologyMiddle School MathMiddle SchoolMicrobiologyLife SciencesLaboratory2nd Grade Writing5th Grade Science5th Grade Reading5th Grade math4th Grade Writing4th Grade Science4th Grade Reading4th Grade math3rd Grade Writing3rd Grade Science3rd Grade Reading3rd Grade math5th Grade Writing2nd Grade Reading2nd Grade math1st Grade Writing1st Grade Reading1st Grade math12th Grade Writing12th Grade Reading11th Grade Writing11th Grade Reading10th Grade Writing10th Grade Reading8th Grade ReadingACT ScienceACT ReadingACT MathACT EnglishACT9th Grade Writing9th Grade Reading9th Grade math9th Grade8th Grade Writing8th Grade Science10th Grade math8th Grade math8th Grade7th Grade Writing7th Grade Science7th Grade Reading7th Grade math7th Grade6th Grade Writing6th Grade Science6th Grade Reading6th Grade math
Availability
Weekdays in the evening, Weekdays in the morning, Weekdays in the afternoon, Saturday after 10AM
Can Meet
Up to 15 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Arts and crafts, blogging, interior design, running, music, Netflix, reading, volunteering and traveling
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