...Having really enjoyed my time at the MAC, I decided to become a teaching assistant (TA) in my home department, Electrical and Computer Engineering. I served as a TA throughout the rest of my career at Pitt and also during my master's degree at CMU (overall, 4 years). As a TA, I had multiple oppo... (read more)
...I have had the privilege of teaching Algebra 2 at the high school level for 25 years, and now at the college level (College Algebra I and 2) for 2+ years. What I enjoy most about teaching is the opportunity to work one-on-one to help struggling students improve their critical thinking and proble... (read more)
...My prior classroom experience showed students how to organize data with appropriate table design & naming, reduce redundancy of data entry by relating information between tables, using queries to retrieve/display data, using forms to enter & display data, using reports to produce data, backing up... (read more)
I've always had a fondness for math, dating back to 3rd Grade when I would challenge my teacher to math games. I wanted to teach as a profession but after two years of education training, I dropped Education from my degree and studied Applied Mathematics instead. I yearn to learn and teach math as much as I possibly can. (read more)