Advanced Personalized Learning
Guiding Students to Become Self-Educators
About the Teachers
William Billich
William Billich M.S. has formally taught honors physics, trigonometry, kinesiology, robotics, various levels of algebra, and chess. He tutors a myriad of math and science subjects from 2nd grade math to medical physiology. He has saved failing students, facilitated students becoming valedictorian, raised student's MCAT scores, created crash courses for AP exams, and helped students gain matriculation into colleges such as Princeton, Stanford, and University of California Schools.
He has written solution manuals for textbooks, published papers in molecular cell biology, and has written a physics textbook. While in medical school he lectured medical students on how to counsel patients on dietary and lifestyle modification, which was later published in a medical education journal. While he was in engineering school he founded a collegiate robotics organization which has grown to gain national recognition in robotics competitions including NASA’s robotics mining competition.
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"Although I have been in multiple majors, the one thing that remained constant was my desire to teach. I believe that no job, no career, no dream, is outside of the reach of persistence and dedication. My approach to teaching is to guide the student to develop their own system of learning. I lecture students with the intention of empowering them to become their own teachers and to evolve past the need for my services. The skills I hope to impart will advance the student's ability to learn in all realms, beyond the subject matter we cover. There is nothing I enjoy more than watching a student become a master of their own learning."
Josh Michaels
​Josh started his teaching career in college where he started working as a student Calculus tutor. He has a BS and studied computer science in college. After school he worked at a tutoring center with kids ranging from ages 8 - 16. He has been working with kids since he was 16 at various locations and has a real passion it. He has only been working with APL for two years but has already helped a student receive entry to Stanford Online High School.
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Over many years working as a tutor Josh specializes in customizing his curriculum to his students and coming up with multiple ways to explain concepts. He understands that there is no one best way to learn a subject and presents students with a variety of possible methods of solving a problem. The respect and freedom he gives to his students allows them to gain confidence in their own abilities and grow as students.
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