Chem grad to help with algebra, geometry, chemistry and test prep

Melanie E.

Hello! My name is Melanie. I'm so glad you stumbled upon my profile. I would love to help you out! My middle names are Patience and Understanding. Education has always been important to me thanks to my parents and past teachers. I've been fortunate enough to have parents who taught me how to read and helped me with my homework when math and science started to get tricky.

When I tutor, I feel like I am paying it forward. I love helping people with something that is so important to ones life. What I love about tutoring is I can work one on one with students in small groups. I have discovered a real sense of personal reward in helping students achieve a better level of understanding and comprehension of the subjects I tutor/teach. I've been told that I do a great job of breaking down topics and making them easier to understand. "That's it?" This is something I enjoy hearing.

I received a B.S. in Chemistry at CSUB in 1997. I started substitute teaching and I loved it! In spring 1999 I completed my single subject science credential in chemistry from CSUB and started teaching in the fall of 1999. I taught high school chemistry for three years and middle school life/physical science for two years before I tried out my leadership abilities running an after school program for quite some time. In the past couple of years I have returned to subbing with the intention of teaching full time again. I tutored at Sylvan Learning Center for the past four years. Here, I have tutored all ages from Pre-K to seniors in high school and even adults studying for the CBEST. Besides these popular topics, I've tutored SAT Math and helped people prepare for the ASVAB and CBEST exams.

I am open to the location of the lessons. I prefer to be closer to the southwest so that I can schedule several clients in one night if that is the case.