"The Bachelor of Science and Master of Science in Education degrees that I received from the State University College at Cortland, New York has served me well in teaching at the high school and college level. Both of the degrees involved a specialization in Secondary Mathematics. Currently, I have certification to teach Math in the states of Florida and New York. Since moving to Florida in 1999, at different times I have taught classes from Developmental Math through Calculus 1. I have taught at International Community School, and International Academy of Design and Technology and tutored at Huntington Learning Center.

Smaller classes and tutoring have been successful for me. Over the past ten years, administrators have remarked that I have developed a manner of explaining concepts, or breaking down Math skills into smaller parts that make them easier to understand. When tutoring, I will usually show a student how to do a homework problem or quiz or test question, breaking it into any smaller problem; then have the student try a problem on their own.

I've found that patience and encouragement of students to practice is a large part of being an effective teacher or tutor, even though if a student is poor in Math, practice is usually something they don't want to do." less...