Spark Tutors

Winter holidays on the central coast most often feature beach walks and weather in the mid 60s.  This year looks to be no exception!  A very heartfelt thank you to my tutors and tutoring clients in Arroyo Grande, Pismo Beach, San Luis Obispo, Los Osos, Morro Bay, Templeton, Atascadero and Paso Robles.  Happy Thanksgiving to you all.

I’ll be puttering around Aliva Beach for the holiday so here’s an early heartfelt thank you to my wonderful tutors and tutoring clients in Carpinteria, Montecito, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Solvang and Los Olivos!  Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Hi there!  At Spark Tutors, we tutor lots of Santa Barbara kids in lots of classes.  But it’s all about one key idea: the power of one-on-one teaching to help each child learn to their highest potential.  Whether it’s algebra tutoring for an undermotivated 8th grader or AP Calculus tutoring, all kids achieve more with a private tutor.  So if you need early grade reading, writing and math help, we do that (with fun learning games).  And if you need a mentor and academic tutor for a middle-years kid, we do that.  And if you need high-school tutoring in geometry, calculus, physics or chemistry… or Spanish, writing, biology, statistics, algebra or SAT tutoring… we do that too!

Hi, I’m Jessie Brumfiel. I blog here about school success, and running Spark Tutors.  That’s my K-12 tutoring business.  It’s about the best job I could imagine - in the best place on Earth!  I’m from Santa Barbara and earned a B.A. from Stanford University.  I’ve been known to buy model brains off eBay.  My favorite learning gurus are Howard Gardner, Daniel Pink, John Holt, and Carol Dweck.  And a special thank you to local teaching heros Marilyn Bachman, Vickie Gill, and Desa Mandarino.  You inspire kids and grown ups with your passion extraodinaire!