...My role as Title 1 Coordinator and Teacher is primarily to address the needs of students who show indicators of dyslexia. I use an explicit systematic approach to phonemic awareness and phonics for instruction. I am sensitive to the challenges of being a student with dyslexia. (read more)
...I had a way of explaining things to my classmates in a way that "clicked" for them. Here I am now, still with that same passion and excitement to help others and make math "click" for them. My goal when tutoring in math is to make it fun and exciting to learn! (read more)
12 Subjects: includingStatistics,Discrete Math,Praxis,Finite Math
...I got creative by including educational games and incentives for these young students to ensure they didn't get bored and looked forward to our appointments. This continued for about a year until Covid-19 shut everything down. Also, I feel like I would be a good match for standardized test tutoring, as I took the SAT three times and scored a 1540 overall and a 790 in math. (read more)
...During my student teaching experiences, I had the unique opportunity to co-teach multiple classrooms in New York City, including a conventional public school and a talented-and-gifted (TAG) school. While the experiences starkly contrasted each other, both schools gave me a more nuanced view of t... (read more)
Hello! My name is Sandy and I've been teaching high school math since 1990. I earned my undergraduate degree in mathematics from Mount Holyoke College and my masters degree in education from the University of Massachusetts (Amherst). I have taught at private schools, public schools and online for the past 32 years. (read more)