...For the past 3 years I've been a Principal Tutor and academic coach with Signet Education in Cambridge, MA. Simply put, I love teaching, care deeply for my students, and work hard to meet them where they're at, formulate goals and devise plans together, and do everything I can to help them succe... (read more)
...The axioms and common understandings of Algebra 1 are common to all other algebras, such as vector algebra, and are therefore the essential foundation for all further study in mathematics. Algebra 2 skills, including factoring, finding roots, solving sets of equations and classifying functions b... (read more)
...I also lace together strategies and thought processes that I feel a student could utilize to, first, have a principal rather than a mechanistic understanding of concepts, and then to be able to effectively handle time-restricted testing situations.I tutor SAT prep as well as other math subjects s... (read more)
...I grew up "not a math person" but I've ended up learning a lot of math (out of fun,) I'm not a temperamentally organized person but I've learned to be organized (out of necessity.) I'm a nerd about a lot of content, but I'm also a nerd about "learning how to learn," and I'm excited to share that ... (read more)
...I am perfectly aware of what kind of stress that a student may feel under the pressure of rigorous and competitive academics. My goal as a tutor is to not only help the student master the subject that need help in, but also to develop the student's foundations and study habits so that they can b... (read more)