Hello! I am a professional writer for educational organizations, a former tenured English Professor of English teaching college composition, creative writing, and literature, and a tutor of reading, writing, and creative writing. With over 18 years of experience working with high school and adult ... (read more)
...I have taken and passed the CSET exam in Geometry, and have taught 8th grade math, Integrated Math 1 and 2, and have tutored this subject in the past. I have taken and passed the CSET exam in Algebra, and have taught 8th grade math, Integrated Math 1 and 2, and have tutored this subject in the past. I have tested in all three levels of math CSET: Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus. (read more)
...I believe that once we have worked on that area, we can move forward into other skills. For me, knowledge is context, and we build knowledge by establishing one area, then onto the next, and so on. In a tutoring session, we may be working at least one objective, depending on what we can accomplish. (read more)
...Before that I got my bachelor's degree in English Literature with a writing concentration. In the past, I've tutored Bosnian and Burmese adult refugees with World Relief, middle school students, and even my downstairs neighbor in New York, who wrote what I believe to be the greatest screenplay e... (read more)
...So, I address that anxiety first before anything else and make sure to provide affirmations to the students with each tutoring session so that they can see their own progress in real time. Confidence is half the equation to doing well on the ACT math section: I aim to provide them as many tools ... (read more)