...I am a National Tutoring Association (NTA) certified professional advanced level tutor, and a Purdue University graduate, with a Bachelor's degree in Business Management and Information Systems. I am one of less than 20 NTA certified tutors in Illinois. I have over 8 years of tutoring experience in total. (read more)
...I also volunteered with Riverbend Math Circles, an organization centered on introducing young students to different types of math. As a volunteer, I helped second grade students to explore patterns in the geometry of 3D shapes, in the towers of Hanoi puzzle and in a variety of different games. During my summers, I worked as a math tutor at Mathnasium of Kenilworth. (read more)
...While it is primarily a Mathematics subject, it also teaches real world lessons in problem identification, logical thinking, and exploration of alternatives. I am old enough to have first learned Algebra before the advent of computers in the classroom. I can offer some of the "old" fashioned approaches which may be simpler and easier than the methods being taught currently. (read more)
...My prior work background and experience for 30+ years consists of providing structural engineering services for large and small firms in the private sector (commercial, institutional, educational, and residential). I prepared organized, systematic and detailed structural building calculations in ... (read more)
...Lessons at Poplar Creek library in Streamwood (or Panera, or Starbucks at 59 & Irving Park) are $58/hour. In-person lessons are REGULAR rate ($80/hr) and available ONLY at the following libraries: Gail Borden (Elgin & S. Elgin branches), Bartlett, Hanover Park branch on Irving Park Rd, Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates branch on Hassell Rd, Roselle, Dundee/Fox River Valley (in E. (read more)