...I have been teaching both Mathematics and Special Education at the secondary level in New Jersey for the past 10 years. I earned my Bachelor's degree in Mathematics and Special Education from Kean University and my Master's degree in Education from The College of New Jersey. Throughout high sch... (read more)
...I also believe that students benefit from conceptual explanation(learning about WHY this type of math is useful) and practice. In my sessions I try to hold these standards to the utmost importance to be the foundation for our lessons. Helping other students has been an extremely rewarding passion of mine. (read more)
...How is that possible? First, I interview the student and family in order to understand your background and reasons for pursuing an elite education. Getting to the know the student's background, interests, and motivation will determine how to effectively engage and support the student. (read more)
...In high school, I was the valedictorian of my class and have earned the IB Diploma. I have scored a 5 in AP Chinese, Statistics, Biology, US History, World History, and Physics I, and a 4 in AP Chemistry and English Language. I have also scored a 7 in IB-SL Business Management, and 6 in IB-HL C... (read more)
...I like to help them build an overall understanding and solid foundation which will help them continue to grow as they explore more complex math ideas. I really like to begin by introducing a new concept with the use of manipulatives. Once you can use manipulatives to represent the math, then we will move to modeling by drawing, and then work towards using equations to solve the problems. (read more)