Tutor Doctor of Santa Clara County Owner Receives Oak Grove School District Vision Award

Jan. 30, 2013 - PRLog -- San Jose, CA -- Tutor Doctor of Santa Clara County owner / education consultant Scott Hunter was awarded the Oak Grove School District’s Vision Award for Maximum Use of Resources at the recent Board of Trustee’s meeting in San Jose. Mr. Hunter was part of a group of teachers and parents recognized for their work at district schools.

Presenting the award, district Superintendent Jose Manzo noted it was given in recognition of Mr. Hunter’s, “contribution to school and society for actively seeking out and creating plans for maximum use of time and money and the effective use of human and material resources in the school and community; and for making a significant and positive contribution to Oak Grove schools and our educational community.” Mr. Hunter has spent seven years at Taylor Elementary School overseeing implementation of technology around the school, and leading accompanying fundraising activities for the school’s PTA.

During Mr. Hunter’s time at the school, he helped build one of the first elementary school computer labs in the district, grew the number of seats in the Accelerated Reading lab, and brought document cameras and projectors into every classroom. Mr. Hunter is also the coordinator of the school’s Mouse Squad, a group of students who learn about computers and then help around the school as onsite IT support.

As an education consultant with Tutor Doctor of Santa Clara County, Mr. Hunter knows well the challenges facing schools and students. From volunteering with various schools and organizations, to helping students with personalized tutoring in Math (Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus, Geometry, etc.), Language Arts (English grammar, writing, composition, and literature), Sciences (Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Life) and Foreign Languages (Spanish, French, Mandarin, ESL), Mr. Hunter hopes to give this generation the help and guidance he received as a child.

About Tutor Doctor

Tutor Doctor was founded in 1999 as an alternative to the “one-to-many” teaching model most extra-curricular learning centers offer by providing a personalized one-on-one, in-home tutoring service to students.  Now with offices internationally in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom, the Tutor Doctor vision is becoming a reality as the lives of students and their families are being positively impacted throughout the world.  Tutor Doctor is affiliated with the National Tutor Association (NTA) whose mission is to foster the advancement of professional and peer tutoring, support research into best practices and standards for all tutors, support tutor training, advocate for tutor certification, and uphold the NTA Code of Ethics.

Tutor Doctor of Santa Clara County serves the communities of Campbell, Willow Glen, San Jose, Santa Clara, Morgan Hill, Gilroy and other areas of the Southern San Francisco Bay Area. Visit our web site at http://www.1on1TutoringSanJose.com or call 408-226-3250 for more information.