...This experience has helped me to understand the importance of tailoring my tutoring sessions to the individual student by asking questions to understand how each student thinks. Additionally, my experience has taught me that sometimes a student is missing one little skill that, if uncovered and ... (read more)
27 Subjects: includingFinancial Accounting,Reading,English,SAT Math
...My primary goal is to serve my students and families to my best abilities. I enjoy having open dialogue with parents and families, and highly encourage them to help their students keep themselves accountable and invest in their own education. I am a huge proponent of personal responsibility and... (read more)
...Listening is at least as important in my job as talking. I like to use questions to probe for understanding of conceptual underpinnings rather than just application and let the answers inform my plan to advance my students’ progress. I was awarded the full tuition Ingram Scholarship to Vanderbilt for my MBA, as well as the Bruce D. (read more)
...Each has characters, themes, and plot; the trick is being able to consistently identify these elements regardless of the text. Once these have been identified, the reader is then tasked to make meaning of these components, often through speech or writing. Though this mindset works well for secondary education and portions of college, I'm also a strong advocate for "worldly" writing. (read more)