...I routinely score in the 98th percentile on the SAT math section. My wealth of experience taking the test and teaching it have provided me with a complete knowledge of the material, as well as an ability to simplify it for my students. My average student scores an average of 170 points higher after 5-7 hours of tutoring, coupled with individual targeted practice. (read more)
...I focus on strategies for the SAT/ACT including 1) how to manage your time on the test, 2) when and how to guess, 3) recognizing patterns in the test, to name a few. My students have seen great results with their math scores increasing from 20 - 120 points after working with me. I have a Master's in Math Education with over 30 hours of graduate level math course work. (read more)
...Before retiring, I spent many years working in the school system, first as a Substitute teacher in Middle and High School, and then as a paraprofessional in the schools, completing my tenure in Elementary education. In my capacity as an educator, I started several after- school arts programs, a... (read more)
...Feel free to reach out!I believe that my successful completion of pre-medical course work in college qualifies me to be a tutor. As a pre-med studies student I was required to take Organic Chemistry 1 and 2 simultaneously with an organic chemistry lab course. Within the lecture portion of the course, I studied various specific reactions, Sn1, Sn2, E1, E2 reactions and learned synthesis. (read more)
...I have facilitated an after-school book club at my school and worked for RESA7's Project Isaac for three years (a state-sponsored after-school tutoring program). I also have experience tutoring students at West Virginia's Job Corp. These are primarily at-risk students working toward GEDs and tr... (read more)