High School, Advanced Placement, and College Physics Tutor

Roy W.

Algebra 1

I have taught math and physics to high school students for 15 years. I have several years of classroom experience with middle school students as well.

Algebra 2

I have taught math and physics to high school students for 15 years. I have several years of classroom experience with middle school students as well.

Physics

Hello there! My name is Roy Wilson, and I have a degree in Physics from Colby College. I have been teaching for the past 13 years in both math and physics classrooms. I have taught all levels of physics and was the primary instructor of our advanced placement curriculum for ten years at Blair Academy in New Jersey. I am extremely interested in continuing to help physics students, as my classroom experience and commitment to developing confident, knowledgeable, and passionate physics students make me a terrific fit. Additionally, I live in the Philadelphia area and currently have a teaching position at Moorestown Friends School. My role at MFS will be teaching courses in Algebra, Geometry, and Calculus. In my opinion, your physics studies place emphasis on having strong math skills, and I have several years of teaching experience these topics at all levels. In particular, I have taught courses that were conceptually driven and those that were computational by nature (e.g. a year-long course in electricity and magnetism). This was a second-year physics class for students at Blair and was partly catered to preparing them for the corresponding AP Physics C exam. I pioneered this two-year sequence several years ago in an effort to remove the time constraints placed on both teachers and students pursuing the entire AP Physics C curriculum over a single academic year. My electricity and magnetism syllabus is specifically designed to be the culmination of the two-year sequence, and the goals of the course are achieved patiently and with deliberate attention to detail. Moreover, the best tutors are those who understand how to blend the instruction of the theory with common applications. I believe that I am well-suited to function in this capacity given my focus on creating these opportunities for my students now. I have developed several laboratory tasks tied to my advanced courses, many of which feature the use of PHET simulations that help with visualizing the concepts involved. In my option, in order to internalize t