...In fact, it was peer tutoring in high school that drove me to pursue teaching as a career. The feeling of watching "the lightbulb go on" with a student is what motivates me for each and every session. The one-on-one setting (or small group) allows me to curtail any lesson to a student's individual needs. (read more)
...I have used at least 5 different phonics curriculum throughout my teaching career and have been highly successful with the kindergarten, first, and second graders in early reading using phonics. I have been playing piano since the age of 3. My mother, who had a master's degree in Music Education, was a piano teacher, and I had private lessons throughout my childhood until the age of 17. (read more)
...I understand how to prove trig identities, solve application problems involving the Law of Sines or Law of Cosines, solve trig equations, and graph trig functions. I am currently certified in Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, and Geometry. The New York State Regents exams in these subject areas are basically final exams in these subjects. (read more)