...Do you or your child ever get frustrated when math suddenly loses its meaning and just becomes a bunch of letters? My teaching helps by focusing on understanding the underlying concepts instead of trying to memorize everything. Not only do students have a deeper understanding of the material, but it has been shown to be a more effective way to learn. (read more)
...I have tutored for the following NYS Regents' Integrated Algebra, Geometry, and Algebra 2/Trigonometry. The regents differ from year to year. So we never know exactly what will be on the exam but there are "favorite" questions that are asked every year and I know which ones they are. (read more)
...As a tutor, I will share a number of reading strategies that will help students identify main idea, supporting details and themes among other literary techniques and elements within a piece of text. I am a special education teacher, who works with students in a variety of subject areas such as m... (read more)
...When teaching writing, I teach the steps involving in the writing process - brainstorming (pre-writing), writing the rough draft, revising/editing, and publishing. In addition, I also review basic grammar skills with them and help them to identify errors in their writing. I hold a Master's degr... (read more)
...Prior to that, I worked as a manager in the Finance industry for 15+ years. Although not direct tutoring, as a manager I successfully trained many new employees on complex concepts in financial mathematics - experience which I believe will translate to my tutoring practice. I look forward to he... (read more)