...My undergraduate studies gave me many valuable experiences when it comes to the student/teacher dynamic. 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... (read more)
...My name is Sandy and I've been teaching high school math since 1990. I earned my undergraduate degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College and my masters degree in education from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). I have taught at private schools, public schools and online for the ... (read more)
...Maths with my students, running Math Counts contests at the state level, helping to create the end-of-year high school math contest for my state, and many others. I believe that although algorithmic thinking and deductive reasoning is critically important in mathematics, so are conceptual thinki... (read more)
...I realized that it brought me great satisfaction to see individuals succeed, even when they did not think they could or often did not want to try. Outside of the classroom, I have led teams in business to successful outcomes because of my love of coaching and mentoring. Math has always been an intuitive science for me and yet I realize that many struggle with the topic. (read more)