Academic Tutoring

I offer custom one-on-one tutoring for these subjects:

  • Algebra 1

  • Geometry

  • Algebra 2

  • Precalculus

  • Calculus

  • AP Calculus AB or BC

  • Physics (All levels, including AP)

Depending on where a student is at, in a tutoring session we may:

  • Reteach any material that was confusing

  • Fill in any gaps we come across in material from previous years

  • Work through current homework to make sure everything is solid

  • Brainstorm ways to fine-tune their study process

  • Work ahead, previewing upcoming material

  • Go more in depth, building deep conceptual understanding, exploring complicated ideas and solving difficult problems using critical thinking

FAQs

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If you have questions or you’re interested in working with me, send me a message! I’d love to hear about what you’re looking for and what I can do to help.

Outcomes

I’ve seen a lot of really amazing outcomes.

  • I’ve seen students go from failing to getting perfect scores on tests.

  • I’ve seen students who were approaching physics problems completely by rote learn how to think critically and analyze complex problems.

  • I’ve seen students who were totally intimidated by math, feeling like they were bad at it, decide they wanted to be mathematicians.

  • I’ve seen students who had failed a class two or three times finally make it through. I’ve seen college students who need to pass that final math class in order to get their degree in something they love, make it through, graduate, and go on to their careers.

  • I’ve seen students who were making so many small mistakes they were failing test after test start acing them seemingly overnight.

  • I’ve seen students totally lost, unsure how to go about studying for a math class, streamline their study process and become incredible note takers who can analyze a concept and summarize the key information so that their notes are useful to them later.

  • I’ve seen students start doing extra practice on their own because they see how much it helps.

  • I’ve seen one student learn three years of math in less than a year, understanding it fully and making incredible gains in her critical thinking, through her own dedication and incredibly hard work.

The thing is that these outcomes don’t really come from me. They come from the student. I’m here to support them, to explain concepts, to coach them on their study processes, and to encourage them, but ultimately this is their project, I’m just here to give them tools and to help them believe it’s possible.

The other thing is that these outcomes often take time. Typically, I do a combination of teaching material, coaching on test-taking skills, and brainstorming with the student about their study process. I never just come in and tell a student what to do or how to study, because everybody is different, and I think the most empowering outcome is that the student develops their own study process. This means that, while often we see a lot of improvement right away, sometimes change and improvement can take a long time, possibly a few months or even a year. However, the end result is that the student has a really individualized, authentic process, and also has the experience of overcoming a challenge in their own way, not just an experience of someone coming in and telling them what to do.

Diagnostic and Review

Sometimes, if a student is having difficulty in math, it can be because they missed some earlier building blocks, either because they switched schools, were sick for a week when some key content was covered, or maybe they even skipped a grade early on.

In this case, it can be really helpful to take a diagnostic test, determine if there are any gaps, and then make a plan to fill in that missing material.

I offer diagnostics for:

  • Prealgebra

  • Algebra 1

  • Geometry

  • Algebra 2

Over the summer is a fantastic time to do this; it can be tough to fit it in during the school year.

My recommendation would be to take the diagnostic in mid-June, and then to schedule lessons 2-3 times per week (depending on how much we’re planning to cover) in August, as a ramp-up to the school year.

Summer Head Start

After a summer off, everyone is a little rusty on math. It can be really helpful for students to have 4-8 lessons in August to get a head start on the material for next year. Partially to get back into the habit of doing math and dust off the math facts, but also to hit the ground running and make the transition into the next school year go really smoothly.

It’s great for students to start the school year feeling comfortable with the material right off the bat.

This is especially beneficial for students who are going into Algebra 2, because typically they took Geometry the last year so it’s been a while since they graphed linear equations and solved systems.