...In my role as an Educational Manager, I had the privilege of introducing school districts to strategies for raising the SAT and AP scores of their students. This brought me such joy! As a former AP English teacher, AP reader and workshop presenter for the College Board, I can provide valuable i... (read more)
...Entrenched in teaching, I continue to look for exciting ways to bring texts and thought alive to my student audience. I have been tutoring students that cannot attend school for varieties of reasons. Many of these students felt so lost and behind having missed many days of school. (read more)
...History is more than a collection of facts and figures, dates and names, places and people. History is really about a story, about cause and effect. The greatest history teacher I ever had never let anyone get away with a simple statement of fact. "So what?" was his constant reply. (read more)
...I have written and recorded many works and have concentrated on jazz and improvisation performance for the past decade. I was a trombonist with Carnegie Hall's New York Youth Symphony for two seasons and served as a trombonist on the Long Island Youth Orchestra's 1995 World Tour. I was the principal trombonist for the Orquesta Filarmonica de Lima, Peru in 1996. (read more)
...My personality, experience, and love of my students of any age make me a great tutor. I can teach students with special needs and those that do not speak English as a first language. I can relate to everyone and make the subjects interesting and fun while learning. (read more)