"Hi, I’m Paul Erickson and thanks for considering me. My credentials are superior: 15 years experience, 950+ hrs of Wyzant tutoring, 200+ superior ratings, AP exam grader, university adjunct professor in political science and writing.

There are other reasons to choose me. I connect with students.

From a student point of view, I am committed to student success. I can make complicated things easy to understand. I am very familiar with the difficulties that AP students face. Usually, they work hard and still don’t get the sense of direction and clarity that they seek. I use a variety of means for them to get solid traction in their studies . I utilize drills, worksheets and written exercises for each Unit of the course.

From an educator point of view, content comprehension is not enough. Often there are problems with scope, critical reading, information recall, putting thoughts into words, writing skills among others. It’s a familiar list that we fix.

As an AP history grader, I have assessed hundreds of SAQs, DBQs, and LEQs and I can quickly spot weak writing. I train my students to write to the AP rubrics by using writing exercises. I also review past AP exam questions and top answers. Students study these answers and figure out why these essays received the top score. The exercise involves interactive discussion, analysis and more writing.

It would be a pleasure to work with you." less...