...In the elementary grades, I teach reading from the ground up, working on phonics, word recognition, reading strategies, and comprehension. As children grow, their approach to reading should change, so I provide suggestions for older children who are struggling as well. Because reading is so very important, my main priority is to help children develop a love of reading. (read more)
...During my high school career for volunteer hours, I tutored a collective of 6th grade students for around an hour and thirty minutes for a five-day stretch. I would do this for a whole semester, so that'd equate to about 5 months. For my 4 years at Obama, I was also in apart Mt. (read more)
...Here are some recent highlights of my previous math education work experiences:From 2015-2019, I lived in Dallas, Texas and I worked for 5 years for Edmentum, an E-learning company. I wrote math and science curriculum that is used in all 50 states, mainly through Common Core. In my final year with Edmentum, I was promoted to be a Senior Mathematics Curriculum Developer. (read more)
I went through the University of Pittsburgh as a chemical engineering major. After completing a masters degree in chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and an MBA at the University of Pittsburgh, I decided to pursue a teaching certificate. I am a high school teacher with certifications in biology, chemistry, physics, and mathematics. (read more)
...My tutoring approach is simple: We go with the problems or questions that YOU are having. YOU set the agenda. Spending an entire session on a single question until you understand it clearly is much more valuable than rifling through a big set of problems in a superficial manner. (read more)