With over twenty-five years of mathematics tutoring experience, I have worked with thousands of students. In addition to improved grades, comments I hear most often are improved confidence and improved overall number sense. In my past I was the director of education for Sylvan Learning Centers and I have taught math in classroom settings. (read more)
...From 1979 to 1993, I read Ptolemy, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, and Einstein at St. John’s College in Santa Fe, eventually graduating with a BA in the Great Books of Western Civilization. In 2015, I took the Harvard University online course Super Earths and Life Beyond Earth. (read more)
...I began teaching in Kentucky in 1990 and continued to do so at various levels (K-12) until 2007. The majority of my teaching experience is with high school mathematics from pre-algebra to calculus, but I have also taught physics and chemistry as an adjunct professor at the college level. I left... (read more)
...I am patient but firm, and I try to make the lessons interesting for my students. Do you live for the adrenaline rush of last-minute cramming for the test, for the excitement of not knowing whether you passed until you get your grade? Are you happiest staying up all night finishing that paper, ... (read more)