...I have a good grasp of the basic timeline of American history in terms of the conventional periods (colonial, revolutionary war, Louisiana Purchase and westward expansion, war with Mexico, suppressing Native Americans, slavery and Bloody Kansas, the Civil War and Reconstruction, and so forth. I ... (read more)
...I like to be creative in my approach, and always try to make learning fun. Students find me to be a compassionate, supportive, effective teacher and advocate who can explain complex ideas clearly and concisely. This is why I’ve won a student-choice teaching award, and why students elect to take independent studies with me on top of their regular course loads. (read more)
...I realized that while my core curriculum was with the math and sciences, I looked to expand my knowledge by immersing myself in other disciplines that helped to round out my education. I came to realize that real learning comes when an instructor is passionate about their subject topic and they ... (read more)
5 Subjects: includingAlgebra 1,Algebra 2,Precalculus,Elementary Math
...I choose to work part time because I have already been in two full careers both in banking and investments. When I orginally went back to school I took courses in education, beginning with a course called Children with Exceptionalities and Education Psychology. I did a practicum at a alternativ... (read more)
...A brief example of a syllabus follows. I assist the student in identifying their writing strengths. If it is a short paper, two to three pages, we generally will go through the entire thing on our first assignment together. (read more)