Michael W. - Tutor in Canyon Lake, TX (78133)

• I have BS and MS degrees in biological sciences.
• My background includes extensive work experience in biological sciences, Microsoft Office software,Adobe graphics software, exhibit and publication development, community outreach and customer service.
• I instructed laboratory for college Zoology courses, as well as graduate courses in Wildlife Management, Herpetology, Mammalogy and Ornithology. This included developing curriculum, lectures, testing and grading. It also included organizing field trips, maintaining and storing specimens.
• My strongest point is that I am good at making lessons interesting.

• zoology

  While in graduate school at Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State Univ.-San Marcos), I taught Zoology labs for five semesters. It required that I follow the lecture course work in the same sequence--from very primitive life forms to complex animals. I gave a short lecture for each new phylum and discussed what the students should look for that made it unique, or an advancement in complexity from the previous phyla. Then we examined the specimens to observe what we discussed. I was also responsible for testing and grading. The best compliment that I received from my students was that I made it interesting, and it finally made sense to some that were having difficulty with the lecture portion of the class.