"My name is Daniel and I am a patient, innovative, and dedicated educator. I have several years of experience in the classroom as a Substitute Teacher as well as a Tutor. I also have several years of experience as a private academic Tutor. Qualifications include my B.S. is in History, A.S. in Computer Science, CBEST certified, and Substitute Permit via California Teaching Commission.

As a young man thinking about my future and planning for college, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. However the promise of easy access into the rewarding Information Technology sector was too great to resist. I enrolled into an Associate's Program for Computer Science, turned on a computer for the first time in my first class and less than a year later I got my first job in the midst of the dot-com boom.

In nearly 15 years I grew from a Systems Operator to a Help Desk Technician and finally a Database Administrator. At times I did regret not choosing to become a teacher so I implemented what I could during my career. While I was earning my Associate's degree at Heald Institute of Technology-- I also worked there as a Teacher’s Assistant and Lab Tutor. In my Help Desk role, I preferred to teach my users fundamentals so as to empower them, and I would also proactively conduct training sessions which were well received and successful.

As satisfying and rewarding I found my career to be, I still yearned to teach. Though my career was rewarding it was not fulfilling on a higher level. I find myself wanting to help society by teaching students how to become the best people they can be. Teaching and the world of academia was seemingly a calling for me. So I made the very difficult decision to attempt a career change, and embrace the notion that it is never too late.

The experience that I have, which I am certain would benefit you as my student are as follows. The AVID programs allows students to receive tutorial lessons in any subject that they choose. I have been utilizing my ability to explain methods of understanding for subj" less...