Educator with K-12 and College teaching experience.

Bernardo D.

Algebra 1

I have been teaching math or math-heavy subjects for 10+ years.

Bible Studies

I have been a Bible Studies catechist since 2017 and I am a member in vows of a Christian community. I have ongoing education in Sacred Scripture and Theology. I am acquainted with several English versions of the Bible as well as with some of the original Greek and Aramaic and with the Latin Vulgate.

Computer Science

I was a PhD student in Computer Science for 4 years and I completed 60 graduate credits. I resolved to graduate with a Master's in order to pursue my teaching career.

Earth Science

I have taken college-level courses in the topic and was a Florida teacher of Science, grades 6th through 12th.

Elementary Math

Computer Engineering / Computer Science graduate and former Math teacher.

European History

Grew up in Europe studying European History in schools.

General Computer

I have published academic papers and short books.

Geometry

Took a number of college courses and also taught Geometry in Middle School and High School

Handwriting

I have been taught handwriting in block letters and cursive since a very young age. In my monastic life, penmanship is a skill we practice daily.

HTML

I taught web design at the college level for 8 years, and have been a webmaster since 2007.

Italian

I have high-level proficiency and cultural knowledge of both the language and the culture.

Microsoft Excel

I teach MS Excel in college since 2017.

Microsoft PowerPoint

Computer Engineer, MS in Computer Science, have been a college researcher and then instructor.

Microsoft Windows

I have familiarized with Microsoft Windows since first grade. I began to study my first booklets in second grade. I have always worked on this OS and I studied Advanced Windows Programming in my undergraduate degree in computer engineering. I have made extensive use of Windows pursuing my computer science graduate degree.

Prealgebra

Former 6th-12th grade Math teacher.

Proofreading

I have outstanding writing skills and I am punctilious when it comes to proofreading.

Public Speaking

I have been teaching in school and in college for years. I have delivered award-winning presentations at several conferences. I have been the (award-winning) local organizer of the 2013 ACM Cloud Computing conference in Miami. I have delivered numerous talks at private events.

Religion

I am a member of a Roman Catholic monastic community rooted in the Franciscan spirituality. Besides being acquainted with Christian theology and Sacred Scriptures, I am also acquainted with world religions.

SAT Math

I scored top 10% in Math and went on to take undergraduate and graduate math courses, then I became a Math teacher in Middle School & High School.

Spanish

I have high proficiency in the language and have a multicultural background.

Study Skills

I have studied in public and private schools in three different countries. I have also been homeschooled, completing third and fourth grade in one year. My education ranges from the humanities to science to mathematics to theology. I published my first book on the history of mathematics and computing while in 12th grade. Having moved to the US from Italy, I spent one year studying for the SAT and I scored over 90% percentile and was allowed to skip College Algebra. I taught myself Calculus in 6 months. I achieved As in all my undergraduate math courses. As a sophomore I presented an independent research at a conference for seniors, which later won several awards. I was a computer science researcher in college for 6 years. I graduated in Computer Engineering cum laude and earned 60 graduate credits in Computer Science, graduating with a Master's only in order to begin my teaching career. I have excellent note-taking and reading skills. I know how to prepare flash cards and mind maps. I know how to manage time, sleep, nutrition, how to prioritize, how to multi-task.

TOEFL

Took and aced the TOEFL with only 1 mistake back in 2007. Tutored professionally for the test at CollegeDirect in Pembroke Pines.

Video Production

I have been developing short videos as a hobby for the past 10 years. Several of my videos on youtube have hundreds of visits. I have experience with a number of video editing tools, both free and professional.

Web Design

I have developed a number of websites during the years and I am currently a webmaster for a non-profit community website. I taught myself web design at the age of 17, created my own webzine which was recognized by Pearson Italy, took a formal course in web design at Miami-Dade College in 2007, and built a number of websites for non-profit and student organizations.