...You will leave feeling empowered, not scared. A little about me:- PhD candidate and lecturer at Columbia University. - I have taught academic writing at colleges all over New York City for over seven years. - My areas of expertise are academic writing, creative writing and critical thinking. - U... (read more)
...I look at teaching as sharing information enthusiastically and giving a student a chance to check in about issues they're dealing with relating to the instrument, music in general, and psychology of performance. I'm a student of the directions I was nudged towards by several key teachers. These... (read more)
...I'm also happy to tutor elementary and intermediate Latin; Vergil and Ovid are my favorites there, along with Statius and (sometimes) Cicero. I'm trained in comparative literature and literary analysis; my undergraduate degree (UChicago) and my first master's degree (Penn State) are both in comp... (read more)
...Many of these skills are also essential for strong performances on verbal, reading, and writing exams. Successfully applying these skills may seem intimidating, but anybody can master them with sufficient effort and attention. For me, the greatest rewards of teaching are the moments when studen... (read more)
...My favored teaching approach is the "I do, we do, you do" method. I feel it helps to first show students how to approach a problem and go through the steps together before having them attempt alone. This method allows students to look at problems from different angles. (read more)