...Active and close reading are essential skills for developing comprehension and deep understanding of a wide variety of texts. As a tutor, I will share a number of reading strategies that will help students identify main idea, supporting details and themes among other literary techniques and elem... (read more)
...I have been teaching and tutoring for over 15 years. I have tutored students individually and in small groups. I have an array of knowledge to help support daily English assignments particularly writing assignments. (read more)
...I have had great success in taking all of these subjects in college for both of my degree paths and have been an amateur astronomer for over 10 years. I currently tutor Earth Science and physics and so Physical science would be an area of expertise for me. Geology is a study of the structure and composition of the Earth. (read more)
...And I have 3 grandchildren, ages 8. 6 and 4. I earned Permanent Certification in September 2006, after 3 years of teaching in Middle School 88 in Brooklyn NY. Following that, I did substitute teaching (Math) in the City of Poughkeepsie school system: middle school, high school and special ed. (read more)
...I've also been tutoring individuals ages 11 to 18 one-on-one for the past ten years, on everything from Shakespeare’s comedies to the Trolley Problem. I was my high school’s valedictorian as well as my college's. I’m happy to counsel on test prep strategies and provide content review for standardized tests. (read more)