...I also have been a recipient of NIOST Fellowship from Wellesley College this past year 2012-2013 with a focus on teaching math using Howard Gardner's famework of 8 intelligences. i also have extensively tutored privately elementary math students. As a tutor for the past 7 years, a counselor and ... (read more)
...This ads to my teaching skills. My experience includes teaching Illustration, Foundations, and a General Art course within the High School. Experience includes teaching mixed grades together K-8. (read more)
...During college, I worked as both a grader and TA for Precalculus and also helped tutor fellow students. Also, I volunteered to tutor young children through a program on campus for a year and have experience working with special needs kids. Though I am relatively new to the tutoring scene, I do have a ton of experience working with students and helping them achieve their goals. (read more)
...Whether teaching college students, K-12 students, engineers on the job, or fellow classmates, my principles have always been the same:
Understand where the student is now and what their goals are. Present the concepts in language that makes sense to them. Be encouraging and patient and positive, always. (read more)
...I had a phenomenal teacher who opened my eyes up to how to apply science to the world around me and changed my perspective on school. Instead of thinking about biology as “the study of life,” I came to see it as “the study of things around me.” Memorizing facts and terminology can be extremely d... (read more)