I have over a decade of tutoring experience throughout different periods in my life. Aside from in-home private tutoring, I've tutored for the Boston University Upward Bound program for a few years, the MATCH charter school for one year, and the Nativity Preparatory School for one year. Before goi... (read more)
...I have completed extensive coursework in both those areas. While working on my master's degree, I worked as a teaching assistant, teaching courses and providing extra tutoring help for undergraduate college age and adult students. In addition to teaching at the University of Texas at Austin, I served as a mentor at the local Boys and Girls Club in Austin. (read more)
...Courses taught include prealgebra, algebra 1, algebra 2, geometry, precalculus, and ap calculus. I firmly believe that everyone is a "math person" and work hard to help my students build confidence and push themselves to their fullest potential. Through my job, I work with both general and special education students, and teach courses at both the honors and college-prep levels. (read more)
...I know well how to explain difficult subjects and how to help people understand concepts they've never seen before. Learning a subject isn't just a matter of memorization and formulas. It takes seeing the concepts and understanding how the pieces fit together and how they apply to the problems you have to solve. (read more)
...The Wyzant on-line tutoring platform is a highly effective and transparent medium providing the same degree of personal interaction as face-to-face meetings, and much greater flexibility of scheduling. For those wishing to learn how to use the MathCad computer-aided mathematics application I off... (read more)