I have seventeen years experience teaching high school mathematics and I have had numerous tutoring jobs over the years. I have a great deal of experience teaching students of varying math abilities and when explaining concepts/skills/ideas to a student I work hard to make the problem relevant and understandable for the individual student. (read more)
...I changed careers after 32 years, motivated by a passion for math and teaching. I have a knack for recognizing and fixing long-standing gaps and misconceptions students have that get in the way of developing proficiency. I have been teaching JavaScript to mostly beginners and advanced beginners for 6 years. (read more)
...I followed the local curriculum and taught the class both independently as well as assisted students with extra practice outside of their math classes. I have completed full year lessons in 2-3 months in these small group formats. I have tutored Algebra II for over 10 years. (read more)
...The class went on an investigation utilizing their conversions to moles to grams and to particle count to determine if the mother killed the daughter. In the end, it was discovered there were foreign contaminants in the pills which we discovered through mass spectrometry data. This story-based method was extremely successful with a 90% proficiency rate for that class of 24 students. (read more)