I have been tutoring since I was in high school in the 1960s. I tutored throughout college. In my 35 years of public and private school teaching, I worked individually with my students before, during and after school. (read more)
...My students improve their Algebra II grades and understand their homework much better after my help. I have tutored geometry since 2017, working with dozens of high school students. I received an A+ in this class when I took it as a student, and I have years of experience explaining and teaching geometry. (read more)
...Regular geometry tends to focus on just memorizing theorems and applying them, so I use examples to teach it. Advanced geometry, however, is a student's first introduction to proofs. To succeed with proofs, students must have the concepts of theorems, postulates and axioms memorized extremely well. (read more)
...As a member of the Business Professionals of America organization, I excelled in public speaking and speech preparation events, which helped me curate skills I use in my tutoring approach. Effective communication and resulting personal connection is another approach I bring to my tutoring experi... (read more)
...The most important aspect of maintaining a successful relationship with a student is, to me, consistency in how I approach our lessons. For instance, if a student is struggling to interpret fractions, but is familiar with a similar concept (such as division) that we worked on in a previous sessi... (read more)