...My major area was Physical Education and my minor area was Mathematics. I never taught one day of Physical education. I taught all levels of Algebra, some Geometry, Discrete math and elementary Probability and Statistics. (read more)
...I think about these concepts every weekday as I work my classes through Algebra 2, and I am very familiar with what students need to know and how teachers write tests. I teach math at all high school and college levels. I have helped many students improve their practice test scores from the time they started working with me until the SAT test came. (read more)
...If students don't understand the underlying mechanics, then how could they ever truly learn mathematics? I'm not a tutor who will just teach a process and call it a day, I want students to feel like they have control over their work. Overall, I want to increase a student's mathematical reasoning, conceptual understanding, and procedural fluency to be worked upon in tutoring sessions. (read more)
...From there, I taught 7th and 8th grade math for 15 years. For 13 of those years, I was also a team leader and oversaw 6 teachers and 180 students. For 10 years I was the coordinator for all first and second year teachers and taught them practical ways to be effective in their classrooms. (read more)
...I currently work as a contractor for a Biotech company (midnights), which gives me an open daytime availability. I have taken (and passed) math classes through Calculus III. I also have the ability to explain mathematical concepts through everyday examples, making it much easier to comprehend. (read more)