...I'm Liz. I absolutely love empowering students to attain their academic goals. I graduated from an Ivy League university, I have perfect verbal SAT and GRE scores, and I have a Bachelor's and Master’s in Cultural Studies. (read more)
...Before coming to John Jay, I had been teaching physics, mathematics, philosophy and related subjects at independent high schools in Louisiana, New York, Connecticut, North Carolina and Massachusetts since 1992. In particular, I developed a geometry > trigonometry curriculum in North Carolina tha... (read more)
...I have passed almost all my praxis test and am looking forward to helping students work to achieve their goals. I am quick with change and believe the student should have control of the pace we move through the tutoring lessons. I look forward to tutoring you and helping you with any and all th... (read more)
...I tutored a wide variety of history classes, European history, American history as well as World History. As a tutor, I held both one on one sessions as well as study groups where I prepared study guides. When tutoring history, because there is usually a lot of material, I like to break it down by topic and cover the big themes and highlight important events along the way. (read more)
...In each case, I forged a strong academic relationship with my student which resulted in success and increased the student's confidence level. For example, I tutored a 7th grade student in Florida's mandatory Civics course which requires a rigorous End of Course exam that counts for 2/3 of the fi... (read more)