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.
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."
Lincoln
Subjects Tutored: SAT/ACT
Verbal
Teaching/Tutoring Experience: University level
for 5 years (music history; writing); private guitar lessons for
7 years; also worked for the Tutoring Club teaching beginning
reading, arithmetic, and reading comprehension
Hobbies/Passions: all things music; tennis;
golf; and fitness
Degrees Earned: B.A. (double major in psychology
and musicology); Master's of Music (Florida State U.), currently
a Ph.D. candidate in music history at UW
Degrees In Progress: Ph.D.
Fun Fact: new favorite shows on VH1:
Supergroup and
Hogan Knows Best
Favorite KP Experience: having 17 lessons with
one student!
