"Hi, I'm Duane! I graduated from Yale with a degree in Environmental Studies, after which I accepted the Yale-China Fellowship and taught 10th grade English for three years in central China. While I did not anticipate becoming a teacher long-term when I moved to China, I quickly learned that I love teaching! So, when I came back to the United States I took a middle school science teaching position, where I've been for the past three years.

As a teacher and a coach, I often get described as a cheerleader. I bring a lot of energy and enthusiasm to my lessons and I like to present my instruction with my students, not for them. My teaching and tutoring are very collaborative: especially when it comes to science, I know my students have a great deal of lived experience with scientific phenomena, and I want to help them make connections between what they've seen and what scientists know (or think we know!). Through their own logical thinking, my students will arrive at an understanding of scientific concepts -- I'm just there to guide them and cheer them on!

I'm available to tutor not only in sciences (Biology, Chemistry, Ecology, and Geology, Environmental Science) but also Algebra, English, and Spanish. If you have any questions or are interested in scheduling a lesson, send me a message!" less...