Meet Our Tutors
Kaplan Premier's tutors are the foundation of our service.
Having graduated our rigorous training and development program,
they all share the same level of excellence: near-perfect scores
(in the 95th percentile or above), previous instructional
experience, and—most importantly—the ability to create an
interactive one-on-one learning environment based on the
individual needs of each student.
Here are just a few of the tutors who work with Kaplan Premier
students in the Seattle area. At the onset of any tutoring
program, your Academic Coordinator will conduct our Tutor
Matching Interview to find the best possible tutor for
your child.
Sophia
Subjects Tutored: SAT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: I trained to be an SAT instructor in May 2007 and taught two classes during the summer of 2007. In September 2007, I cross over to Kaplan Premier and started SAT tutoring. Since then, I have tutored four students, mostly concentrating on the Verbal portion of the test.
Hobbies/Passions: I love to jog, play the piano, play a mean game of Scrabble, volunteer as an officer of numerous clubs on campus, and make society a better place through my volunteering, internship, and education.
Degrees Earned: I earned my high school diploma from Acton-Boxborough High School in Acton, MA.
Degrees In Progress: I am a junior, currently earning a B.A. in Sociology at the University of Washington.
Fun Fact: I never leave my house without a pair of earrings and my watch, but I cannot say the same for my keys.
Favorite KP Experience: I get immense satisfaction from seeing my students succeed and gain more confidence as we go through the course. The best part is when I receive sincere thank yous from both the parents and my tutee for not only helping my student reach their goal, but also for making the Kaplan tutoring experience fun.
Jerusha
Subjects Tutored: PSAT/SAT Math & Verbal;
ACT; SAT II Math II & Literature
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Ten years of
tutoring experience. Instructor and teaching assistant at the
University of Washington in Anthropology, Mathematics and Teacher
Training. Winner of the 2007 UW Excellence in Teaching
Award
Degrees Earned: B.A. Anthropology, Penn State
2001; M.A. Biocultural Anthropology, University of Washington
2006
Degrees In Progress: Ph.D. Biocultural
Anthropology, University of Washington; M.P.H. Epidemiology
University of Washington
Fun Fact: Before returning to grad school, I
worked on US biodefense policy; now I play intramural flag
football and softball!
Hobbies/Passions: Teaching of course! I also
enjoy international adventure travel, pop music from the 80s, and
CSI
Favorite KP Experience: I enjoy how working with
individual students and their own learning styles has given me
insights into teaching classes of all sizes and subjects. I often
feel that I learn as much from my students as they learn from
me.
Laura
Subjects Tutored: SAT Verbal, ACT Verbal, SAT
2 Subject Tests in Literature, World History, and U.S.
History
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Over five years of
one-on-one tutoring experience in literature, mechanics, writing,
and ESL before joining the Kaplan Premier team
Degrees Earned: B.A. in English Literature
Fun Fact: When I was in Colorado, I almost got
bitten by tarantulas when I used their nesting holes as hand
grips to climb up a rock face. If you see small, roundish
indentations on a rock in the west, walk away.
Hobbies/Passions: Travel, writing, mystery
novels, good movies
Favorite KP Experience: Thus far, most of my
tutoring sessions have had their own special moment of clarity
when a concept or strategy just "clicks". I love helping someone
achieve that clarity, even if it's something small like a new
vocabulary word.
Terra
Subjects Tutored: SAT, SSAT,
ACT
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: Just over 1 year
at Kaplan and previously ESL tutoring
Degrees In Progress: I am finishing my final
year of Nursing School for my B.S.N.
Hobbies/Passions: Travel, Broadway musicals,
painting with oils and acrylics, music, skiing, golf, fastpitch
softball
Favorite KP Experience: Probably fitting twelve
hours of lessons with one student into four days
Emily
Subjects Tutored: SAT, ACT, ISEE,
SSAT, SAT2 Biology, Chemistry, Literature
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: I've worked for
Kaplan Premier for 5 years. I've also TAed various anthropology
courses and taught college writing.
Degrees Earned: M.A. (anthropology), M.P.H.
(epidemiology), and I'm currently finishing a Ph.D. in
anthropology (this all means that I've been in school for a very
long time)
Fun Fact: I spent my high school years living in
Egypt with my family.
Hobbies/Passions: softball, softball,
softball
Favorite KP Experience: Score increases are
always fun, but even more than these I like watching the "light
bulb" moments where things finally click for my students and they
say things like "Oh that's what they mean," or "Now I get it."
Cori
Subjects Tutored: P/SAT, ACT, ISEE, SAT Biology (E/M) SAT French, Academic
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: I've been tutoring since high school in a variety of areas. Much of my work has been volunteer work in lower income schools in Alabama (where I received my undergrad degree) but I've also helped my peers by leading study groups in my undergraduate program.
Hobbies/Passions: I love singing, listening to This American Life, and, of course, going to grad school. My passion is environmental policy, and so I also love keeping up with politics and the upcoming election!
Degrees Earned: BS in Biology, minors in French and Environmental Studies
Degrees In Progress: MPA (Public Affairs) from the Evans School at UW and an MS in Environmental Policy from the College of Forest Resources.
Fun Fact: I love watching football! Five of my old schoolmates play for NFL teams (including the Seahawks!) and I'm fiercely proud of Ole Miss because I'm from Mississippi...but I'm learning to love the Huskies, too!
Favorite KP Experience: I have a student right now who is very into politics, and I love listening to his points of view before we have our lessons!