...I helped develop several courses during my time in academia, including transitioning an entire 1500-student lecture course to a largely online format. After that I spent almost a decade doing corporate training and writing, where I got really good at writing clear, interesting explanations of di... (read more)
44 Subjects: includingProbability,Grammar,Physics,Elementary Math
...I taught for seven years (July 2009 - July 2016) before giving up my career to become a stay-at-home mom. When teaching, I feel that my style was a lot more hands-on involvement from my students along with individual work. I liked having the students help me complete problems and then once I felt that they would succeed on their own I allowed for them to work individually. (read more)
...Eventually forced to select a major, James graduated with a B.S. in Chemistry and a minor in Control and Dynamical Systems. James earned his Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Austin in the CSEM (Computational Science, Engineering and Mathematics) program. Most of his work there was supported by a prestigious CSGF (Computational Science Graduate Fellowship) from the U.S. (read more)
...I have have been in the teaching field since 2012. Before teaching in my current district, Newport, I worked as a 4th grade teacher in the Cumberland Valley School District, a 2nd grade teacher at the Milton Hershey School and an Elementary Science teacher at the Milton Hershey School. As well as a myriad of districts day-to-day subbing. (read more)
...I also include vocabulary work to improve students' mathematical communication. With experience teaching math to students in middle school, high school, and college, I recognize the discouragement that comes from years of math struggle as well as the misconceptions that students often bring to t... (read more)