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UCSB Grad in Psychology, Knowledgeable Spanish & Chess tutor
Ricky S.

253 hours tutoring

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UCSB Grad in Psychology, Knowledgeable Spanish & Chess tutor
UCSB Grad in Psychology, Knowledgeable Spanish & Chess tutor
Ricky S.

253 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

253 hours tutoring

Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

About Ricky


Bio

Hello, My name is Ricky from Fresno, California and I am a recent graduate of University of California Santa Barbara class of 2018. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

The Educational Psychology classes at UCSB give profound insight into how education and psychology inform one another. Taking a page from Finnish education, I assess a students strenghts and weaknesses and assist them in more fundamental areas that need to be improved. I also attempt to be engaging and encourage them to...

Hello, My name is Ricky from Fresno, California and I am a recent graduate of University of California Santa Barbara class of 2018. I have a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

The Educational Psychology classes at UCSB give profound insight into how education and psychology inform one another. Taking a page from Finnish education, I assess a students strenghts and weaknesses and assist them in more fundamental areas that need to be improved. I also attempt to be engaging and encourage them to work hard.

I am an ardent Chess player and I started when i was in elementary school. It is a huge passion of mine and is something enjoy teaching as I analyze my students gameplay, teach tactics, strategy, openings and endgame chess. I also teach Spanish from basic levels to sophisticated advanced levels in areas of grammar, pronunciation, and conversation.

I was a psychology tutor in 2015 during my time as student and have taught English In Guadalajara Mexico. I currently teach AP Psychology as I prepare them for the AP Exam, and French at High Bluff Academy and Lutheran High School respectively.

I am very responsive because my email is linked to my phone, and I believe it is important for your students to know that you are dependable with any need or question they may have. I am honest and will not lie to you and believe that everyone can learn anything with hard work and dedication. Thanks for reading and don't hesitate to contact me for any questions


Education

University California Santa Barbara
Psychology

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Approved Subjects

Corporate Training

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Proofreading,

Proofreading

Tutored for college of the canyons in the llc and proofread essays in mla and apa format. I know how to get the best out of essays and to maximize a rubric's template. I also have experience teaching all age groups and have a bachelor's degree in Psychogy from University California Santa Barbara.
Spanish

Spanish

I am Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). My Spanish is very sophisticated and my students learn a lot from my creative cultural lessons. In the summer of 2019 I was an instructor at Top Notch Academy in Guadalajara, Mexico mostly teaching young kids and teenagers, as well as some adults. I developed lesson plans and also like to be inventive with my teaching. I taught conversation club and am a passionate/fun teacher. Spanish conversational sentence formation, verb conjugation, tenses, grammar/vocab and pronuciation is my focus. I have a degree in psychology from UCSB and believe that anyone can learn a language with consistent practice.

Elementary Education

Reading,

Reading

Taught English formally in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2019. I have a blog on bleacher report and tutor students in reading conprehension, expanding their vocabulary with incessant usage of new words, and creative and formal writing skills. I have a psychology degree from UCSB.
Vocabulary

English

English,

English

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico during the summer of 2019. I taught all age groups and developed my own lesson plans consisting of grammar, vocabulary, and conversational speaking. I have a sports blog on bleacher report and am passionate about writing. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue. Furthermore, I have tutored people in job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Proofreading,

Proofreading

Tutored for college of the canyons in the llc and proofread essays in mla and apa format. I know how to get the best out of essays and to maximize a rubric's template. I also have experience teaching all age groups and have a bachelor's degree in Psychogy from University California Santa Barbara.
Reading,

Reading

Taught English formally in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2019. I have a blog on bleacher report and tutor students in reading conprehension, expanding their vocabulary with incessant usage of new words, and creative and formal writing skills. I have a psychology degree from UCSB.
TOEFL,

TOEFL

I have taught English in Guadalajara, Mexico where I prepared them for the toefl examination.
Writing,

Writing

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a sports blog on bleacher report, and am passionate about journalism. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue and have tutored my clients in constructing job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.
Vocabulary

History

Government & Politics

Government & Politics

Have worked for the County of Santa barbara as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Knowledge in American Politics, world politics, political science, Constitution, and specifically the in depth powers of the American presidency.

Homeschool

English,

English

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico during the summer of 2019. I taught all age groups and developed my own lesson plans consisting of grammar, vocabulary, and conversational speaking. I have a sports blog on bleacher report and am passionate about writing. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue. Furthermore, I have tutored people in job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Reading,

Reading

Taught English formally in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2019. I have a blog on bleacher report and tutor students in reading conprehension, expanding their vocabulary with incessant usage of new words, and creative and formal writing skills. I have a psychology degree from UCSB.
Spanish,

Spanish

I am Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). My Spanish is very sophisticated and my students learn a lot from my creative cultural lessons. In the summer of 2019 I was an instructor at Top Notch Academy in Guadalajara, Mexico mostly teaching young kids and teenagers, as well as some adults. I developed lesson plans and also like to be inventive with my teaching. I taught conversation club and am a passionate/fun teacher. Spanish conversational sentence formation, verb conjugation, tenses, grammar/vocab and pronuciation is my focus. I have a degree in psychology from UCSB and believe that anyone can learn a language with consistent practice.
Writing

Writing

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a sports blog on bleacher report, and am passionate about journalism. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue and have tutored my clients in constructing job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.

Language

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Spanish,

Spanish

I am Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). My Spanish is very sophisticated and my students learn a lot from my creative cultural lessons. In the summer of 2019 I was an instructor at Top Notch Academy in Guadalajara, Mexico mostly teaching young kids and teenagers, as well as some adults. I developed lesson plans and also like to be inventive with my teaching. I taught conversation club and am a passionate/fun teacher. Spanish conversational sentence formation, verb conjugation, tenses, grammar/vocab and pronuciation is my focus. I have a degree in psychology from UCSB and believe that anyone can learn a language with consistent practice.
TOEFL

TOEFL

I have taught English in Guadalajara, Mexico where I prepared them for the toefl examination.

Most Popular

English,

English

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico during the summer of 2019. I taught all age groups and developed my own lesson plans consisting of grammar, vocabulary, and conversational speaking. I have a sports blog on bleacher report and am passionate about writing. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue. Furthermore, I have tutored people in job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.
ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Reading,

Reading

Taught English formally in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2019. I have a blog on bleacher report and tutor students in reading conprehension, expanding their vocabulary with incessant usage of new words, and creative and formal writing skills. I have a psychology degree from UCSB.
Spanish,

Spanish

I am Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). My Spanish is very sophisticated and my students learn a lot from my creative cultural lessons. In the summer of 2019 I was an instructor at Top Notch Academy in Guadalajara, Mexico mostly teaching young kids and teenagers, as well as some adults. I developed lesson plans and also like to be inventive with my teaching. I taught conversation club and am a passionate/fun teacher. Spanish conversational sentence formation, verb conjugation, tenses, grammar/vocab and pronuciation is my focus. I have a degree in psychology from UCSB and believe that anyone can learn a language with consistent practice.
Writing

Writing

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a sports blog on bleacher report, and am passionate about journalism. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue and have tutored my clients in constructing job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.

Other

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Government & Politics

Government & Politics

Have worked for the County of Santa barbara as Clerk of the Board of Supervisors. Knowledge in American Politics, world politics, political science, Constitution, and specifically the in depth powers of the American presidency.

Science

Psychology

Psychology

I have a bachelor's in Psychology - University of California Santa Barbara. I have tutored students in a wide range of psychology courses and currently teach AP Psychology at High Bluff Academy and Lutheran High School. I also guide students through APA style writing, citing, and proofreading scientific research essays/sections. I can teach AP Psychology and have the collegeboard AP psychology course and exam overview where I base my tutoring for this class on. I am passionate about cognitive, health, human sexuality, educational psychology, psychopathology, developmental, social, memory, and research methods. Cheers!

Sports/Recreation

Chess

Chess

I have been playing chess since I was a child and continue to do so to this day. I use zoom screenshare in conjunction with an interactive chessboard to illustrate critical positional sequences using arrows and highlights. The strength of a chess position should be recognized immediately and tactical opportunities is what I focus on while I analyze my student's games with them. I am knowledgable in strategy, tactics, positonal variations, openings, middlegame, endgame, and checkmate lines. Pawn structure and basic chess principles are also key. Chess is limitless, "demands hard work, reflection, and zealous research". It is my passion and have a bullet/blitz rating over 1800.

Summer

ESL/ESOL,

ESL/ESOL

I have a TEFL Certification to teach English and have taught English to foreigners in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a degree in Psychology from UCSB and currently teach AP Psychology and and French.
Reading,

Reading

Taught English formally in Guadalajara, Mexico in the summer of 2019. I have a blog on bleacher report and tutor students in reading conprehension, expanding their vocabulary with incessant usage of new words, and creative and formal writing skills. I have a psychology degree from UCSB.
Spanish,

Spanish

I am Fluent in Spanish (reading, writing, speaking). My Spanish is very sophisticated and my students learn a lot from my creative cultural lessons. In the summer of 2019 I was an instructor at Top Notch Academy in Guadalajara, Mexico mostly teaching young kids and teenagers, as well as some adults. I developed lesson plans and also like to be inventive with my teaching. I taught conversation club and am a passionate/fun teacher. Spanish conversational sentence formation, verb conjugation, tenses, grammar/vocab and pronuciation is my focus. I have a degree in psychology from UCSB and believe that anyone can learn a language with consistent practice.
Writing

Writing

I have taught English in a formal school setting at a private school named top notch academy in Guadalajara, Mexico. I have a sports blog on bleacher report, and am passionate about journalism. I have developed lesson plans to enhance creative writing and sophisticated dialogue and have tutored my clients in constructing job resumes and brainstorming college application prompts that strengthen academic and career opportunities.

Test Preparation

TOEFL

TOEFL

I have taught English in Guadalajara, Mexico where I prepared them for the toefl examination.

Examples of Expertise


Ricky has provided examples of their subject expertise by answering 3 questions submitted by students on Wyzant’s Ask an Expert.

Ratings and Reviews


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Reviews

Very knowledgeable and dedicated Teacher

Ricky is my daughter’s AP psychology teacher. His passion and dedication is beyond words. He explains and helps her to understand each unit in detail. His teaching methods are very clear and concise. She is feeling very confident to take her AP test. He is indeed a very good teacher and a good guide too. I would definitely, recommend working with him.

Manisha, 7 lessons with Ricky

Great tutor

Ricky is a great tutor. He has well knowledge of AP psychology and be patient with me. I would like to see him again. Thank you very much.

Fumiko, 5 lessons with Ricky

Wonderful at teaching conversational skills

My son was doing fine in Spanish but really did not have the confidence to speak it and always felt a little lost in class when his teacher was speaking only in Spanish. After a few weeks of once a week lessons he came home and said that for the first time he was actually understanding what his teacher said. An absolutely excellent teacher.

Anne, 37 lessons with Ricky

Wonderful tutor

Ricky is engaging and great with kids. He has patience I would give my right arm to have! Very knowledgeable, clearly very experienced and generous with his time. I would highly recommend Ricky. If you want more details, here goes: I was hesitant to schedule an online class as my 7 yo son hates Zoom classes, didn’t like a science class we had him in (though he loves science) but Ricky is so engaging and my son paid attention for the entire hour. Ricky taught my son new strategies, explained some background info and provided a detailed summary of the lesson. Again, he was very interactive with my son and I think that’s why this online lesson was so successful. Definitely worth it!

Robin, 1 lesson with Ricky

Wonderful at teaching conversational skills

My son was doing fine in Spanish but really did not have the confidence to speak it and always felt a little lost in class when his teacher was speaking only in Spanish. After a few weeks of once a week lessons he came home and said that for the first time he was actually understanding what his teacher said. An absolutely excellent teacher.

Anne, 37 lessons with Ricky

Great Teacher, friendly and very patient.

Ricky is a great Spanish tutor. He is very patient and it’s very comfortable to practice conversations. I recommend him highly.

Julie , 32 lessons with Ricky

Great Teacher, friendly and very patient.

Ricky is a great Spanish tutor. He is very patient and it’s very comfortable to practice conversations. I recommend him highly.

Julie , 32 lessons with Ricky
Hourly Rate: $50
Response time: 23 minutes
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