...I was lucky to have excellent teachers along the way who inspired and supported me. I paid close attention to their craft and practices because I always wanted to become a teacher myself. Now, I have almost twenty years of experience as an educator. (read more)
...I try to have my students see proofs as puzzles and have fun doing them. I warn students to think about relationships, not merely memorize theorems. I work to give students a real understanding of the relationships that tie the various topics in precalculus together. (read more)
...As an undergraduate at Lyndon State College, I tutored for three years, assisting students in all class levels as well as a variety of subjects. The writing projects ranged from short essays to research papers that constituted an entire semester's grade. During graduate studies at Vermont College of Fine Arts, proofreading and critiquing fellow students' work honed my skills. (read more)
...For example, I tutored a 7th grade student in Florida's mandatory Civics course which requires a rigorous End of Course exam that counts for 2/3 of the final grade. The student, who originally struggled with a C, brought her grade up to a B and passed the test beyond the minimum passing grade. ... (read more)