...I was consistently one of the highest rated teachers on campus by students, and won the "Excellence in Teaching" award. Over years of teaching the intro Physics courses (1 and 2), I became very familiar with common student difficulties and developed strategies for resolving them. The two 200+ p... (read more)
I am currently a high school math teacher in western Connecticut. I teach Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus, and AP Computer Science A. I graduated from Florida State University with a B.S. in Applied Mathematics, and later obtained an M.S. in Mathematics from Fairfield University. (read more)
...Students leaving a session with me will have a new way to look at the concepts they were struggling with and will have a new found excitement for the subject matter. They will be more efficient at solving problems and have an improved mathematical memory. The money will then help me continue my education. (read more)
...John Mayer’s Personality Psychology Lab to measure critical thinking and its relationship with different kinds of intelligence, advancing the understanding of its role in identifying misinformation. I was awarded the Certificate of Excellence at the UNH Undergraduate Research Conference for the ... (read more)
...Because all of these programs have a spelling component I have used them (and others) to teach spelling for many years as a K-12 teacher in Special Education, Middle and Elementary Schools, both public and independent. The origin (etymology) of words is one of my favorite subjects and spelling f... (read more)