...I was able to witness a large variety of teaching strategies and I found that there is not a single strategy that works for every student. When the college employed me as a math tutor, I was able to take advantage of this philosophy by remaining adaptive to each and every student that came to me... (read more)
...I've taken many math courses, and performed very well in most of them, from AP calculus my freshman year in high school (got a 5 on the AP), to linear algebra, to differential equations, to statistics, to complex analysis. (And of course anything that's more basic, such as algebra and geometry).... (read more)
...I have many stories to tell and examples that I can relate to the use of mathematics in real life. This helps my students better understand how to do math and apply statistics, but, more importantly, why math and statistics are important. While I try and make my teaching/tutoring as accessible as possible, and try to avoid mathematics jargon, I do have high expectations for my students. (read more)
Over the past 11 years, I have taught English for 7th-12th grades and tutored students in varying capacities. In addition to working on grammar and mechanics, I have tutored students for SAT prep, college essay editing, research assignments, reading comprehension, vocabulary development and classroom confidence building. I absolutely love working with kids and seeing them progress. (read more)
...The writing projects ranged from short essays to research papers that constituted an entire semester's grade. During graduate studies at Vermont College of Fine Arts, proofreading and critiquing fellow students' work honed my skills. Additionally, I completed both creative and critical theses. (read more)