...One of the hardest parts of writing is getting started! I can teach skills on pre-planning, showing students how to put their ideas into a strong outline, and how to support their ideas with evidence from their reading. I can also provide support for skills like sentence structure, grammar, vocabulary, reading comprehension and much more. (read more)
...Some of my past formal teaching experiences include: TA-ing for a college Introductory Logic course for 2 years; tutoring high school freshmen in Physics for a year; and teaching students ages 2-22 piano, tin whistle, and accordion for over 15 years. I love seeing students progress and nurturing... (read more)
...I have tutored many students one-on-one, bringing their grades up from B/C range to A's & B's. I have taught beginning math classes at the local community college and have volunteered to help in the math lab, which I truly enjoy. Overall, I believe that math is not a difficult subject, it's just the way it's presented that makes it difficult. (read more)
...Working on building students' critical thinking skills is one of my greatest passions and I believe critical thinking is most strengthened through logic and mathematical problem solving. My teaching methods involve multiple representations to help students better grasp the underlying relationshi... (read more)
...This is an area that is generally neglected by modern education. I have also found that continued student success depends heavily on parental involvement at the lower levels, while at the upper levels older students respond best when given motivation and study skills that enable them to learn wi... (read more)