...I love seeing the "Aha!" moments when students understand something they didn't get before. Whether teaching college students, K-12 students, engineers on the job, or fellow classmates, my principles have always been the same:
Understand where the student is now and what their goals are. Present the concepts in language that makes sense to them. (read more)
...In addition, I prepare students for the TMUA admissions test for British schools, the SSAT, and I work with future teachers taking math single subject credential exams. I am currently an adjunct math faculty member with Seattle University. I have taught all levels of high school math including IB Math Higher Level, AP Calculus, AP Statistics and SAT / ACT test prep for 10 + years. (read more)
...My main purpose for taking the accounting courses at that time had been to prepare me for the needs of my business. I then adapted what I had learned to design and manage the bookkeeping system I felt would work best for my business and—over the next decade—trained multiple employees on the prin... (read more)
...Building up your toolbox of math skills is important, but equally important is understanding when to apply the skills you already know. I have worked with all ages of kids from 4-18 as a swim coach for a summer league swim team. I now work as an educator for the Seattle Universal Math Museum (SUMM) to achieve a mission of sparking each and every person to love math. (read more)
...We were peeking at the motivations of solving the problems of reality. In last 10 years, I have coached students for International Math Olympiad, SAT, IIT JEE (entrance exam for premier engineering institutions in India with less than 2% acceptance rate) however I find it amusing to teach middle... (read more)