Somersille Math Education Services
Students Thriving in Math
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Most students can make tremendous strides in their understanding of math with one on one support. As a math education specialist or math tutor, I recognize that students’ math potential is often much higher than they imagine it to be and I help them achieve it. As a result students who are struggling with math or dealing with math anxiety change the way they think about their ability to do math at high levels. Math can be a source of pride and success.
Conversely students who are already enjoying math and are looking for more challenge and engagement benefit from focus on a deeper or broader understanding that isn’t always available to them in the classroom.
I tutor with patience, enthusiasm and convey to students that they can excel.
Whether you’re looking for the best math tutor in the San Francisco Bay Area, the best online math tutor, or simply the best math tutor for your child, please reach out. I’d like to help your child thrive!
how it works
Work with each student incorporates an individualized blend of support and enrichment techniques.
Support with a class or topic
Multiple Teaching Techniques
Multiple Modalities
Creative ways of approaching concepts
Understanding a student’s learning style and leveraging their strengths
Trauma informed sessions to help students overcome math anxiety, build confidence and begin to see math as a source of pride, success and joy.
Enrichment
Posing more challenging Problems
Extension and Acceleration
Delving deeper into subjects
Introduction of new material
Explorations of applications to other disciplines
about stephanie somersille
I bring more than just tutoring experience. I’ve taught in colleges and know the fundamentals that students need to have in order to thrive in middles school, high school, college and beyond.
Many years of successful tutoring experience
High School Math Tutor
Middle school math specialist
4,5,6 grade Math club coach
Experience with students with learning differences, neuro-typical and
non-neurotypical learnersUniversity teaching experience including UC Berkeley, UT Austin and Dartmouth College
Education
Undergraduate Degree: Yale University
Member of the Association of Educational Therapists: Allied Professional
Member of the Bay Area Tutoring Summit
Advanced Training and Professional Development
Stephanie has advanced training and professional development in
YouCubed : Joe Boaler : Stanford Mathematical Mindsets Course
Making Math Real: Overview K-12 Course
Math Solutions through Houghton Mifflin Harcourt : Education and Learning Resources
From Great Teachers to Great Coaches with Mary Mitchell and Dr. Sue Chapman.
Supporting Students who Struggle with Math
subjects taught
All levels of math K-12 and College Courses
Specializing in middle school, high school and college courses including
Pre-Algebra, Algebra, Algebra II, Trigonometry, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Probability and Statistics, Linear Algebra
All Advanced Placement, AP math courses
Standardized math test prep including SAT, ACT, GRE, SSAT, PSAT, AP exams and others
Testimonials
“Stephanie was actually excited to talk to my daughter about geometry and that excitement was contagious. My daughter was very anxious about math yet I actually heard laughter coming from the room during their very first session.”
“My son talked to me about the tower of hanoi puzzle that Stephanie introduced him to all the way home. He’s never been so enthusiastic about math.”
“I began tutoring with Stephanie when I became concerned about my falling math grade and my comprehension for upcoming Algebra 2/Trig unit tests. As soon as she started helping me by going deeper into explaining the units, providing extra practice problems, coming up with tricks to help me remember how to solve the problems, and making guides to lead me to solve problems on my own, my understanding and mastery improved and my math grade went up. Stephanie is super friendly and helped me boost my confidence with math.”
“My friends usually help me with my math homework but, after working with Stephanie, for the first time I really understood it and could explain it to them!”
“You know, this is actually kinda fun”