1-on-1 Advanced Placement Tutoring · International School Students · Taipei
Premium 1-on-1 Advanced Placement tutoring for Taipei's international school students. Subject-specialist faculty for every AP exam, teaching for genuine mastery of the material rather than last-minute cramming for the score.
Seventeen AP programs spanning mathematics, the sciences, computer science, English, history and social sciences, economics, and the AP Capstone research courses. Every program is matched to a faculty member who teaches that exam specifically, not a generalist rotating across many.
AP Calculus AB and BC, taught for genuine conceptual understanding of limits, derivatives, integrals, and series. Students learn calculus the way mathematicians think about it, then apply that understanding to the AP question types and free-response sections.
Explore AP Calculus →AP Statistics covering exploratory data analysis, sampling and experimentation, probability, and statistical inference. We focus on the conceptual reasoning the exam tests, not formula memorization. Heavy emphasis on free-response writing, where most students lose marks.
Explore AP Statistics →Object-oriented programming in Java, equivalent to a first-semester university computer science course. We teach the language fluency and the algorithmic thinking the AP exam rewards, with deliberate practice in the free-response coding sections that decide the score.
Explore AP Computer Science A →Computational thinking, algorithms, data, the internet, and the broader concepts that make up modern computer science. AP CSP does not require prior programming experience, and we coach students through both the multiple-choice exam and the Create Performance Task that counts toward the final score.
Explore AP Computer Science Principles →AP Biology covering the four big ideas: evolution, energetics, information storage and transmission, and systems interactions. We teach biology as a way of thinking about living systems, with the lab-grounded reasoning the AP exam rewards in free-response.
Explore AP Biology →AP Chemistry across atomic structure, bonding, reactions, kinetics, equilibrium, thermodynamics, and electrochemistry. Conceptual rigor first, then calculation fluency. The free-response section rewards students who can explain why, not just compute what.
Explore AP Chemistry →AP Physics 1, 2, and C (Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism). Each program is matched to the specific exam your school offers, with attention to the conceptual scaffolding that AP Physics demands. Mathematical formalism follows from conceptual understanding, not the other way around.
Explore AP Physics →AP English Language and Composition, focused on rhetorical analysis and argumentative writing. Students learn to read non-fiction with critical attention and produce the synthesis essays the exam rewards.
Explore AP English Language →AP English Literature and Composition, working with poetry, prose fiction, and drama. We teach close reading and literary analysis through the texts on the AP reading list, with deliberate practice in the timed-essay format.
Explore AP English Literature →AP US History across nine periods of American history, taught with attention to the document-based question (DBQ) and long essay formats that decide the exam. Historical thinking skills (contextualization, comparison, causation) matter as much as content knowledge.
Explore AP US History →AP World History from 1200 CE to the present, taught for cross-regional comparison rather than chronological recall. The DBQ and long essay reward students who can argue from evidence across non-Eurocentric perspectives, not students who memorize dynasties and dates.
Explore AP World History →AP US Government and Politics covering the foundations of American democracy, the branches of government, civil liberties and rights, and political ideologies. Heavy emphasis on the four free-response types: concept application, quantitative analysis, Supreme Court case comparison, and argumentative essay.
Explore AP US Government →AP Comparative Government and Politics across six core countries (UK, Russia, China, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria), with emphasis on cross-country comparison rather than country-by-country recall. Students learn to argue from institutions and processes, not isolated facts.
Explore AP Comparative Government →AP Human Geography covering population, migration, cultural patterns, political geography, urban systems, and economic development. Often the first AP exam students take. We coach the spatial reasoning and model application the seven-part FRQ structure rewards.
Explore AP Human Geography →AP Psychology covering biological bases of behavior, cognition, development, social psychology, and clinical psychology. The breadth is wide; we teach a structured approach to the content and the application questions the exam rewards.
Explore AP Psychology →AP Macroeconomics and AP Microeconomics, each treated as the rigorous course it is. Students learn the conceptual frameworks (supply and demand, fiscal and monetary policy, market structures) and the graphical analysis the AP exam expects across multiple-choice and free-response.
Explore AP Economics →AP Seminar and AP Research, the AP Capstone courses. These are not content exams: they are year-long research and writing projects culminating in academic papers and presentations. Our faculty bring real research experience to the work, coaching students through inquiry, methodology, and academic writing.
Explore AP Capstone →Every Harland program is built on the US Common Core standards, with clear pathways into IB, AP, IELTS, and SAT preparation as students are ready. Each lesson connects to the assignments and assessments your child is preparing for at school.
Harland's pedagogy is content-based learning. The reasoning and analysis AP exams reward develop through the substance students engage with, not through isolated drills. Students build real command of the material while preparing for the exam.
We measure success by how soon a student no longer needs us. The program brings each student to the point where their school's curriculum becomes the right challenge, and once they are there, many families step their cadence down or move on. We treat that as the right outcome.
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Across all Harland programs.
Most families come to Harland looking for a third option. They want something distinct from a crowded classroom of thirty, yet far more structured and rigorous than a typical home tutor. They are looking for truly personalized learning with transparent, constant growth and a clear, defined end date.
When I founded Harland, my goal was to build the exact organization I would want for my own family. That meant bringing together subject-specialist faculty who embody the same growth mindset we aim to instill in our students. It meant designing a curriculum rooted in the actual academic courses students are navigating, rather than generic language exercises. Above all, it meant treating families as true educational partners, and students as the ultimate drivers of their own intellectual journeys.
We are intentionally honest about alignment during our admissions process because Harland is not the right fit for every family. But for the families we are right for, one of my greatest joys is receiving that phone call from a parent telling me their child no longer needs us. Independent success is the outcome we work toward from the very first lesson.
Every Harland AP teacher is hired for subject-specialist credentials, real teaching experience with the AP framework, and the ability to keep students working at university-level rigor. Below are a few of our AP faculty.
Holds a PhD in Astronomy from Columbia and teaches AP Physics, astronomy, and mathematics, drawing on his own published research.
Teaches AP European, World, and American History and English Literature, with over 20 years of AP-level instruction.
A state-licensed teacher with broad experience across the full AP calculus, statistics, and physics sequence.
Honest answers to the questions parents and students ask most often before working with Harland.
Every Harland relationship starts the same way. Here is what to expect after you reach out.
A consultation about your child's current level, your goals, and whether Harland is the right fit. In person at our Taipei office, or over video.
ComplimentaryYour child sits a 1-on-1 assessment class with one of our teachers. This determines course suitability and the right entry point within that course.
ComplimentaryBased on the consultation and assessment, we recommend a specific course, an entry point within it, and a faculty member matched to your child's needs.
Sessions begin at our Taipei office or online. We review progress at regular intervals and adjust the plan as your child grows.
Every Harland relationship begins with a consultation, followed by an assessment class with a specialist teacher. Tell us about your test, your timeline, and where you're starting from.
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