With a BA in Biology from Cornell and an MFA from USC, I have been teaching and tutoring for over 20 years. I am an experienced test prep teacher with Kaplan, and have developed my own teaching methodology. above all else, I prefer to teach to the student, using his or her strengths to make the sub... (read more)
...I started tutoring in high school and have continued to do so ever since with multiple good reviews in the prior positions I’ve had. I want to distill in you not just what the “right” answer is for questions but also the means by which you can find the “right” answer on your own. It’s easy enough to show someone the right answer. (read more)
...Phonics, a study of the building blocks of spoken words - the sounds that letters make - is a subject I am intimately acquainted with, having studied phonology, the science of sound creation in speech, in my coursework preparatory to my becoming a teacher of English as a Second/Foreign Language. ... (read more)
...I tutor in all areas of mathematics, chemistry, physics, computers, and computer programming and understand all the items needed for students to be successful is both the PSAT and SAT. This includes statistics which also comes up on the exam. I help people with both chemistry and physics very much and have excellent success. (read more)
...I have experience with phonemic awareness, reading fluency, reading comprehension, writing (reports and creative writing), math, social studies, science, and nature for students going into grades 1-7. I am most definitely open and interested in working with students in other age ranges that seem... (read more)