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Benjamin P. for tutoring lessons in Hicksville NY Over 500 tutoring hours WyzAnt Tutoring Tutor Tutor United States

Benjamin P.

It's not just "more school." It's a path to success.

Hicksville, NY (11801)

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I have an outstanding record of achievement in education including several national awards, and the distinction of having run some of the most successful programs in Long Island. The American Academy for the Advancement of Science has designed seminars to teach others my methods.

I am an experienced and effective tutor in over 30 subjects as well as a former science center director and published columnist in Scholastic. A graduate of Brooklyn College with a Bachelors in Accounting, a Masters in Computer Information Science, and a minor in Physics, I did additional English coursework at Columbia University.

With four decades of tutoring experience, my students have included K-12, junior high, high school, junior college, four-year college, university, and continuing adult education. I am NYACCE-certified. My tutoring subjects include English composition, pre-algebra, public speaking, study skills, SAT, ACT, and GED. In a classroom environment, I have taught ESL/ ESOL, TOEFL, K-12 reading, math, and science, Microsoft Power Point, and business.

I have been a judge in the Long Island Science and Engineering Fair for seven years, a guest speaker for science classes, and a career advisor for special needs high school students through the Long Island Works Coalition for ten years.

The first thing students find out with me is that tutoring is not just "more school." If you treat it as a few more hours of school, with the same approach used in the classroom, it will only bring the same frustrations. My approach is tailored to the student without any preconceived notions.

In addition to the above, I have 9 years experience as a NASA educator doing presentations for grades 3 and up; 12 years' involvement in developing informal education programs; 2 years as a tutor at Kingsborough Community College, filled in for the Brooklyn College Chairman of Economics; taught educators technology related teaching techniques in the Pennsylvania and New York school systems; created a national training program for the U.S. Treasury Department; personally trained over 100 employees; and taught technology, investments, and accounting subjects at three CPA firms.

I have a flawless driving record, I am punctual, reliable, and have passed a recent background check. Feel free to ask me any questions. My availability includes weekdays, weekends and evenings.

Benjamin's Subjects

Math:
Science:
  • ACT Science,
  • astronomy,
  • biology,
  • ecology,
  • geology,
  • philosophy,
  • psychology
Art:
English:
Test Preparation:
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History:
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Algebra 1

Much of what is taught in the lower grades today is meant to lay the foundation for algebra and other higher math subjects. But for many students (especially if they don't realize they were supposed to retain ALL of the previous information) the transition turns out to be a great, stumbling leap that wreaks havoc with all their other subjects while they put full time into understanding algebra. If the student doesn't like math and gets an ineffective, uninteresting teacher on top of their other... Read More

Vocabulary

In this era of texting, a lack of vocabulary skills has become the greatest impediment to reading comprehension. Each generation uses fewer words than did the previous one. The school system has not been able to step up its efforts in this area, and at the same time, the SAT and ACT have not gotten any easier. In fact, over the years, they have greatly increased their emphasis on vocabulary-based reading comprehension. My method is to recognize the problem, drill the student on the various meanings... Read More

Microsoft Excel

Beyond the word processor, the most important thing computers have done for us is the invention of the spread sheet, and today that means Microsoft Excel. As a once-active CPA, I've worked on every version of presentation and calculation software, and taught it every place I worked. There's nothing more impressive or attractive to an employer than someone who can customize and calculate the essentials of the business they are in, or understand and improve upon the spread sheets that others have... Read More

Microsoft PowerPoint

I've done slide show presentations since my first corporate job in 1984. As a technical specialist I was able to smoothly transition to the use of Power Point as soon as it was invented. I teach it on beginning, intermediate and advanced levels both in the classroom and as a tutor.

After a session where we create a single slide from scratch, I share finished professional presentations as a learning tool where students can practice their basic skills by altering the finished work. At... Read More

Prealgebra

Prealgebra is one of the most important subjects for a student to do well in before the math gets far more difficult. Every time I sit with an algebra or SAT math student who is having a lot of trouble, it's usually because they forgot or never knew their prealgebra. Whether it be a younger student just beginning the topic or the older student who never quite put it together, I let them explore the numbers from every direction in order to see the relationships between them, and I specially tailor... Read More

Reading

Reading comprehension is one of the trickiest skills to impart to a student. At the same time, if anything will work, it has to be tutoring, a program developed for the particular student to go their pace and meet their individualized needs.

In my method, it begins with a careful assessment of how that student absorbs information and what their stumbling blocks seem to be. It develops by my sharing how I view and analyze written material and the student practicing those principles with... Read More

Writing

As a professional writer, I've done every type of commercial writing from Dollar Stretcher to Scholastic, every sort of technical writing from AICPA to Harmon Kardon manuals, and, with two published novels and many short stories, a wide variety of creative work as well. Having spent many years in writing groups and doing professional editing, I was well qualified to help others when I began to tutor on the subject.

If you work with me, I'll analyze your strengths and weaknesses, and... Read More

English

English is my first language. Early in life I stocked up on a large vocabulary rich with denotation and connotation, which has served me well as a writer and public speaker. I've devoted hundreds of tutoring hours with Wyzant and earlier services, helping as many English-as-a-second-language students as natives to function at a higher, more satisfying level. I do this for general use and for test-taking, using immersion.

Accounting

Accounting served as the base of my overall education and an entry point to everything I needed to do. I took it all the way through the CPA exam, and excelled in related work venues, getting opportunities in most of areas you've heard about--government, public accounting, private business, and non-profits. How accounting is taught hasn't changed much, the good and the bad of it. I know every rough spot along the way, and I provide guidance and encouragement for my students, some of whom are current... Read More

SAT Math

Conquering the math portion of the SAT is a matter of a solid knowledge of the basics through the early part of algebra 2/ trigonometry and mental preparation for the particular test logic employed. I alert students to what they will likely see on the test, particularly the unusual features, get them to categorize questions for proper study, and (if their goal is a very high score) give them problems to tackle that are harder than any on the test, making the actual experience easy by comparison. Read More

GED

The General Education Development tests, or GED, have been increasingly difficult in recent years to allow for a wide span of grades and applications. Only seventy percent of those who take it pass the test to get their Certificate of High School Equivalency, and the American Council on Education is about to make it harder still. I'm conversant and experienced in tutoring all five parts of the test: Language Arts: Writing; Social Studies; Science; Language Arts: Reading; and Mathematics. My students... Read More

SAT Reading

SAT reading is a particular test-specific skill where preparation can and should raise student's scores. My outlook and approach is that you have to give the student a structure, something to look forward to, and a guide through what is expected of them in order to raise their confidence and lower their test taking anxiety.

Without the right help (while others are seeking and utilizing that help), they can fall below the average or fall below their potential. They are at age where scores-college-career-earnings... Read More

ACT English

ACT English is not the proverbial box of chocolates. If you prepare for it properly, you pretty much know what you're going to get. It's the set of skills required for revising and editing written material. Success will entail employment of standard grammar and a comfortable knowledge of the ACT's approach to crafting questions. If you take the optional writing test, it's about hitting the marks the preparers expect of a student. I have earned a portion of my living as a professional writer and... Read More

ACT Math

ACT math, as opposed to its SAT counterpart, favors students who like applied math and hinders those who aren't attuned to it or haven't been trained for it. Another significant factor in this test is about recognizing the patterns of missing information in their reasoning questions. That too can be learned. The rest is review.

My method for this as for all test preparation is to point out the patterns and the likelihoods, and give my students the benefit of my thinking out loud, which... Read More

ACT Science

ACT Science is a test like no other. The highest scores go not only to the best science students, but to the students best prepared to look at an almost-bewildering array of unfamiliar data and make sense of it quickly. Of all the test challenges susceptible to improvement through personal coaching, this segment of the ACT is most promising. I like to give the students a strong idea of what is expected of them and share the benefit of my analysis on specific problems in order to train them to... Read More

Elementary (K-6th)

My experience in tutoring the younger grades goes back 40 years to when I was a fifth grader in something called the Future Teachers Club. Because of this marvelous program, I got to skip my own classes, which were freighted with material I had learned on my own, and discover the joy of helping other youngsters learn.

More so than in any other group, the younger grades require a healthy, balanced dose of the two P's--passion and patience. They also need study skills that will last a... Read More

Study Skills

HOW you study is just as important as how MUCH you study. And while catching-up skills are no substitute for doing-it-right-all-along skills, there are times when you absolutely must know how to catch up. A positive mental attitude and endurance are things you can learn.

I've weathered crises of under confidence and overconfidence, and studied through life's challenges, big and small. Distractions will persist, but we find ourselves putting in more years of study than ever, including... Read More

ESL/ESOL

I am TOEFL certified. In my first few years of tutoring, most of my kids happened to be on an ESL track. However, others came later. I find it especially exciting to have students that are learning something every moment with every verbal exchange and written word. I've been privileged to have a role in the great success of so many ESL/ESOL learners.

Chess

"Watching" Bobby Fisher in the championship match with the big flat board and the pundits wringing their hands; joining the chess club myself; becoming a tournament-level chess player; and having the pleasure of playing a young Joel Benjamin--all these things were great milestones in my life. I typically keep up with the discipline by participating in a few games every night online. It's a great privilege to teach the subject. I've seen passionate students begin to approach my abilities in the... Read More

Video Production

I've produced an independent feature film currently on sale, a television pilot being re-cut for sale, and assisted in production of numerous short films and videos. I have also done professional photography seen by millions. As an independent in this sideline, I work on all aspects from set design to final cut, but I have also hired actors, stunt people, camera operators, technicians, costume designers, and carpenters.

Drawing

Coming as I do from generations of artists and artisans, I had an interest since childhood in trying out the various avenues of art. I have drawn on the professional level, including several years of commercial art sketches for advertising layouts, and at least one business logo that has endured for over fifteen years.

Business

After attending the Brooklyn College School of Economics, getting an accounting degree, and passing the CPA test, I worked for two years for Deloitte & Touche, one of the premier business consulting firms. I also taught the introductory business management course at Brooklyn College, which included the advantages and disadvantages of forms of business ownership, functional activities of a business, and topics related to human resources, production, operations, and management information systems... Read More

Public Speaking

As with most people, public speaking was my greatest fear. I couldn't speak in front of three friends, let alone a classroom. With the step-at-a-time help of some marvelous college coaches, and my own burning desire to recreate myself, I became a U.S. Treasury Department spokesman by the age of 26, visiting dozens, then hundreds, and finally entrusted with a spot on PBS. As a museum founder, I entertained CEO's and shared the stage with politicians. As an author, I've spent eight years leading... Read More

Painting

Once a fixture at the outdoor summer galleries in the late '70's, I have painted at the professional level, having sold made-to-order landscapes and animal scenes in my local community, which was then Brooklyn.

In the realm of professional commercial art, I used various techniques in acrylics, oils and watercolors to produce and sell labels for wine bottles, also in the 1970's. In the 1980's, I tried my hand at a school called Artography where I took eight students through a semester... Read More

Career Development

Many of my students and their parents naturally ask me for career development assistance. That can include career guidance and advice, resume assistance, and a host of test preparation elements for tests or skills not otherwise listed on the site at this time.

They tap both the specialized and general knowledge I have by virtue of my varied career experiences, my seven years of mentorship of science and math students in the Long Island Science & Engineering Fair and for LIMSAT, and... Read More

Regents

From personal experience (my own High School Regent's Diploma) required sitting for exams in English, Social Studies, Spanish, Math (9th - 11th year), and Earth Science. My levels-- grades 85 and better-- correspond to what is currently the "advanced" designation or "mastery" in all of those subjects. Many of my classes were AP (Advanced Placement) as well. I did not utilize prep courses or tutoring.

Currently, I am most qualified to teach and prepare students for Regents English, Global... Read More

Speech

There was a time when I was so frightened of speaking that petrified wood was jealous of how stoney I was. Then came some extraordinary training at Brooklyn College from two of the most gifted professors in the field. Within three years I was the Treasury Department spokesman for ten million constituents, racking up audiences of hundreds at a time in person, thousands on PBS. I would go on to create courses for teachers, and share the podium with business and political leaders at conferences.... Read More

Social Studies

I first got involved with tutoring social studies two years ago when the parents of one of my English students wanted to see his grades rise in that area as much as they had in English. I realized then that my passion for history and geography, my economics background, and the political science and sociology courses I had taken in college gave me all the tools I needed. When my new social student did well I added more.

Then I discovered that the subject's diverse disciplines knit together... Read More

Tax Preparation

I have an accounting degree with graduate study in taxation; CPA, enrolled agent status; 8 years as tax preparer, tax auditor, and tax manager; additional training at U.S. Treasury Department and Deloitte & Touche.

Areas of experience include personal income tax, partnership, S Corp., and C Corp. with specialties in real estate and textiles, and 501(c)(3) corporations.

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