...For me, the primary focus of my tutoring is to break down complicated topics within mathematics and music into their foundational parts, and use that as the building blocks to understand and solve far more difficult problems. My final goal as a tutor is to provide my clients the confidence and m... (read more)
...I have studied piano since age 6. After the typical elementary years with a local teacher, learning the basic beginning classical repertoire, I studied music at Simsbury High School under William Channon, who was an arranger with Buddy Rich. Relocating my junior year of high school, I entered Kentucky Weslyan College's music conservatory as a pre-baccalaureate piano student. (read more)
...I prefer to tutor using the Socratic method. I don't give out answers to students, but instead facilitate the students to let them find answers and lead them in the right direction. While I mostly tutor upper-level students now, I love working with children and have lots of experience tutoring ... (read more)
...Math in particular is a subject that most of us can use a refresher on, no matter how bright!! The fundamentals of math seem to be the one thing in school that we really will use throughout our lives. So helping students to master these skills is a truly lots of fun! There is no joy quite like that of seeing "the light bulb go on" as you share in someone gaining understanding of a concept. (read more)
...M.Ed Special Education '21.
2017 Phi Alpha Theta recipient (National History Honor Society).
CT History Day Judge 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020. I am currently a behavioral special education paraprofessional at the elementary school level with the intent of becoming a special education teacher. ... (read more)