...Throughout my tutoring career, I've found that the following are absolutely crucial to achieving success: a clear line of communication with the parents or guardians of the students I am working with, the creation of a robust roadmap of progress checkpoints, and a clear assessment of what the goa... (read more)
...Math Tutoring
My strongest attribute as a math tutor is that I wasn't always particularly interested or good at math. In fact, what pushed me to pursue math in college and graduate school was having a high school teacher who took time out of her day to discover what I needed to succeed. Simila... (read more)
...The amount of time that it takes to develop the correct thinking skills varies in each case, but I have many very happy parents who never have to pay for another tutoring lesson again in order for their son or daughter to earn grades they want. In my methods I avoid lecturing. Students get plenty of that in the classroom and since they need a tutor, lecturing proves to be ineffective. (read more)
...I also have many interesting books at home that talk about the history of some of those concepts. I strive to make mathematics come to life for my students, so they can see and understand not only how to solve one particular problem, but also how to see a much bigger picture for how math works in the world. I have a B.S. in Mathematics form University of Hawaii and Manoa. (read more)
I am a full-time professional tutor with a great deal of experience in both individual and group atmospheres. My tutor expertise includes math (Pre-K to Calculus), English (concentrating on essay composition, sentence structure, grammar, reading, and language arts), ACT/SAT test preparation, chemis... (read more)