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SAT Program Content Designer and Distance Learning Coach
Edward H.

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Hi, I'm Edward,
I'm a certified teacher of English with extensive experience tutoring math through geometry, and into the fundamentals of trigonometry and calculus. I'm the content designer for two SAT preparation for the 2400 series of the test formerly available on iTunes, using a smart flash card platform that innovated a math system designed specifically to improve time management and trap identification, called CCCP Math. I have also identified techniques that limit the effects of...

Hi, I'm Edward,
I'm a certified teacher of English with extensive experience tutoring math through geometry, and into the fundamentals of trigonometry and calculus. I'm the content designer for two SAT preparation for the 2400 series of the test formerly available on iTunes, using a smart flash card platform that innovated a math system designed specifically to improve time management and trap identification, called CCCP Math. I have also identified techniques that limit the effects of self-distraction that is often the key to better concentration.
I believe there are four components to doing well on the SAT test: specific knowledge, problem solving process, focus, and confidence. I make it my business to address all of these areas.

I've been tutoring SAT for 10 years and have many success stories. more than 90% of student who do 6 or more lessons with me improve markedly. For elite score students, (those who could only possibly improve 16%) I've seen significant improvements in the reduction of the number of errors. For student starting in the 1000-1300 range, I've seen improvements as high as 90% better. I rely on a hybrid teaching approach where I use screen shots of slides from my apps, while process is taught and supported through tutoring and exercises based in McGraw Hill's SAT book. The results have been great.

With covid affecting the learning process, I feel the need to offer my service as a distance learning coach to parents, helping as a mentor reviewing the coming weeks materials for presentation and stepping in to teach only when remediation is necessary. We can't, after all, afford a full program of tutoring in all areas. With over 7000 hours of tutoring under my belt, parents can rely upon my perspective and advice.
Lately in my tutoring lab, I've developed techniques that show results in improving basic focus and addressing "Test Anxiety". Ask me about my findings, if you fear your child is not suited to standardized testing. I may just be able to help.
I'm innovative in my approach. I

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Education

DePaul University
English

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  • Hourly Rate: $60
  • Rate details: My standard lesson duration for SAT is 90 minutes. I will schedule only middle school students for 60 minutes and only if they are within a tight travel radius.
  • Lesson cancellation: 36 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 12/30/2013

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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ACT English

ACT English

I have seven years' experience teaching high school English. I worked a year in an after-school test prep/remediation/enrichment center. I had one student who practiced for the SAT and switched to the ACT ten days before the test date. She scored a perfect (36) in English. I've created a vocabulary and reading drill app for the brainscape website that is available on iTunes.
ACT Math

ACT Math

I've tutored mathematics for five years. I teach in a way that stresses comprehension and versatility in problem solving. I'm heading a project to create an SAT math tutorial for iPhone, iPad, and iPod app covering algebra and geometry. The last two students I taught in SAT math went from 700 to 770 in less than 15 hours of lessons. My method is a given/give/connect/path problem solving. I analyze error source very well and for most students improve confidence.
ACT Reading

ACT Reading

I am certified to teach English in high school. I have 7 years experience teaching high school English. I worked a year in an after school test prep/remediation/enrichment center. I've logged 50+ hours tutoring ACT and created a reading drill and mapping course designed for the ACT and new SAT test.
Algebra 1

Algebra 1

Throughout my teaching career, I've always tutored math. I've home schooled my own children in math for three years combined. I'm currently designing two SAT math programs covering algebra and geometry concepts on the SAT. I have remediation, acceleration, and enrichment training available for algebra 1. I concentrate on filling gaps in knowledge within earlier math to facilitate growth in algebra. I have gotten middle school students into elite public high schools, and turned student who was failing in the 30 percentile to near 90 percent in less than two months.
Common Core

Common Core

I'm a certified teacher of high school English, who has tutored in mathematics for 15 years. I've home schooled three children through all 8 grades and I tutor SAT/ACT math. I've tutor 30+ hours in Common Core at ele, middle and high school levels.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I've home schooled my own kids from K-8th. I've spent two years as an elementary substitute. I am a certified teacher of English who has a 194/200 score on the NTE English. I have tutored more than 25 students in elementary math, language arts, and study skills.
Elementary Math

Elementary Math

I've tutored mathematics throughout my teaching career. I have homeschooled my kids through algebra I. I stress comprehension of concepts and process efficiency. I target key knowledge and have created materials to help students master them far above the expectations of their school programs. I use better, more straightforward and challenging materials than are used in the schools.
Elementary Science

Elementary Science

I teach better study skills for elementary science. The course basically entails content area reading and application of certain knowledge. It requires generally a written outcome. I use digital smart flash cards as the best means to science knowledge. I use a Socratic guided discussion to create opportunities for application of knowledge. Then, I model well-reasoned responses and teach better writing.
English

English

I am a certified English teacher with seven years of experience in the classroom. I've taught American and British literature, writing, speculative literature, and etymology. I stress an active reading approach favored by Princeton University's McGraw School of Education. I tend to teach books recommended by the College Board. I believe in challenging students with really good reading, and letting the great authors be the teachers. I designed the content and wrote an SAT writing tutorial program for the Brainscape CBR platform available on iTunes since June of 2012. I designed and wrote an SAT reading program available on iTunes since November of 2013. I can teach sentence diagramming, which is a lost art, but really improves the basic understanding of grammar.
ESL/ESOL

ESL/ESOL

I'm a certified English teacher that has taught ESL/ESOL for two years. I have many documents designed to improve listening, speaking, reading, and writing for all levels. I have proficiency in three other languages, so I have some understanding of the difficulties in acquiring a new language. I have gotten a third year immigrant from Russia to a perfect score on the SAT sentence completion vocabulary portion of critical reading.
GED

GED

I am a certified teacher of English who has experience with remediation training for students whose first attempts at subject mastery were unsuccessful. I show both the proper patience, support and encouragement to turn a student around and move them confidently forward in life.
Geometry

Geometry

I have tutored mathematics throughout my teaching career. I teach observation, precision of knowledge, reasoning, proofs, and problem solving. I have digital smart flash cards that I've created to help with knowledge of terms and steps of logic.
Grammar

Grammar

I taught high school English for seven years. I wrote a SAT writing tutorial program for the Brainscape CBR platform. I know how to teach sentence diagramming which is a lost art, but really improves the basic understanding of grammar. I have created materials to improve recognition of parts of speech, sentence analysis, proofreading, and revising.
ISEE

ISEE

I've taught high school English for 7 years. I've created an app for SAT Writing preparation. I'm all but completing an SAT Reading program that should be available on iTunes within 5 weeks. I'm heading a project for SAT Math in Algebra and Geometry.
Literature

Literature

I was a high school English teacher for 7 years. I scored a 194 out of 200 on my praxis in literature. I have over 500 documents that I've created to teach terms, grammar, authors, periods, writing, and genres.
Praxis

Praxis

I scored a 194 on the English Praxis. I have scored a 200 on Praxis I math portion. I have taught high school English for 7 years. I have published two apps for SAT preparation through Brainscape.com. I have created an SAT math program that I call CCCP.
Prealgebra

Prealgebra

I homeschooled my children in Prealgebra. I taught middle school math enrichment, acceleration and remediation at an afterschool program for a year.
PSAT

PSAT

I have created two SAT tutorial programs for the Brainscape platform under the First Class Tutoring company.
Reading

Reading

I'm a certified teacher of English with 7 years of experience that has homeschooled his own children from decoding sentences, to context analysis, interpretation, application of terms, in a variety of genres. I have successfully run a children's book club at Ridgefield Library in which every participant achieved a better assessment level in language arts on the state test.
SAT Math

SAT Math

I am heading a project to create a smartcard-based tutorial SAT Math product,. This will complement the already existing SAT Writing program completed in June of 2012, and SAT Reading completed but being edited for market within a couple of weeks. My approach in math gets excellent results.
SAT Reading

SAT Reading

I have designed an SAT Prep program for the Brainscape CBR smart flashcard system. I taught English for seven years. I've tutored over 50 students in SAT Reading (some classified as learning disabled) and always saw significant improvement (cutting error rates in half).
SAT Writing

SAT Writing

I've designed an SAT Writing program for the Brainscape CBR smart flashcard system. I'm a certified English teacher with 7 years of experience. I've developed special fact sheets that make mastering the knowledge portion a snap. I generally can move a student to within three errors of a perfect score in three lessons (4.5 hours) on the multiple choice portion. For the essay portion, I can improve a student from 4 or 6 to 10 within 6-10 lessons. My writing system involves weighted practice for improving subject versatility and planning.
SSAT

SSAT

I'm a certified English teacher with 7 years of experience in the classroom teaching honor's 10th, 11th, and 12th grades. I taught at a test prep school for 1 year where I tutored a number of students in SSAT. I've designed two SAT programs for language arts.
Study Skills

Study Skills

I've taught High School for 7 years. I have designed graphic organizers and have tools for creating digital flashcards to improve knowledge development.
Vocabulary

Vocabulary

I've just published an SAT Reading program on iTunes in which I created over 1500 cards in vocabulary teaching. I teach context sentence reading, rooting, associative, and usage based memory approaches.
Writing

Writing

I'm a certified teacher with 7 years of experience teaching writing. I've designed a tutorial program for SAT Writing using the Brainscape CBR smart flashcard system. I have drills to improve planning, wordsmithing, flow, looping, and can teach using freewrite/rewrite or brainstorm/map/outline/write draft/redraft/proofread/publish method. I can also teach within a structure that should make SAT Writing prep superfluous.

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A creative tutor who connects with students at their level

My 7-year old is doing online sessions with Edward to improve his reading skills and fluency. I have been incredibly impressed with Edward's ability to connect with him -- my son claims he hates reading, and Edward is slowly helping him find confidence. Edward worked with me to find subjects that appealed to my little guy and ways of reading that seemed more welcoming. We have much further to go till we reach comfortable reading, but so far, the lessons have been great. I highly recommend Edward as a tutor.

Samantha, 12 lessons with Edward

Unique tutor!

Thank you Edward for helping my daughter prep for SHSAT. Thanks to your unique approach + her hard work and positive mindset, both of which you encouraged and nurtured, she got into high school! We are thrilled and grateful to you. I’ve shared about you with many of my friends who are preparing their children for SHSAT so I’m sure you will be in high demand.

Mariola, 8 lessons with Edward

Edward’s Lessons Are Unmatched

Edward did an excellent job of implementing organizational skills and teaching study skills to my daughter. He is very efficient, very effective and knowledgeable at time management and organizational skills. He is very knowledgeable in teaching her Algebra 11 Madison enjoyed her session and was able to implement the suggested strategies immediately. We are very pleased and satisfied with her lesson and look forward to next lessons

Sonia, 2 lessons with Edward

Knowledgeable tutor who teaches a lot of great things

Edward teaches lots of useful things about SAT contents and practice; strategies and time management. Building on his years of experience, he teaches students to unlock their potential

NATALIA, 6 lessons with Edward

Knowledgeable and friendly approach

Edward is excellent at explaining math concepts and approaches to solving math problems. My son is working on geometry and algebra. He also teaches great study tips. He makes everything accessible to struggling learners.

Jackie, 3 lessons with Edward

Knowledgeable and patient SAT tutor

My son is working on improving his English SAT score and we are happy we found Edward on Wyzant. We are two lessons in and will continue. He is very knowledgeable and patient with my son.

Amy, 3 lessons with Edward

Nice laidback nature

Edward is very calm in his mannerisms and that is helpful in a stressful time like tutoring. He is very knowledgeable and patient. We are only two lessons in and my son already gaining traction.

Marcy, 5 lessons with Edward

PHD of SAT Prep

We needed SAT prep for our son. After first tutoring session was finished Edward did something which some of the other tutors do not do and recorded the session. I reviewed the video and what I saw in front of me was a total alternative approach to SAT prep. Immediately my reaction was that I wished I had Edward help me in my SAT when I took it decades ago. The better half took a look at the video and immediately said this is the guy. After several sessions our son caught on to his approach and has an excellent rapport with Edward. As a family we highly recommend Edward for SAT prep. His angle to preparing is so unique and he adjusts to the individual student that they can handle this. It takes an approach on how to take the test and it really allows the student feel they can handle this and not have the test discourage them!

Gregory, 6 lessons with Edward

Edward

He does an outstanding job with our daughter. He has a unique way of translating his concepts into the minds of these kids. My daughter really enjoys the way that he gets his message across! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trevor, 6 lessons with Edward

Familiar and well informed as well as patient.

Edward was successful at communicating and explaining basic math concepts to my nephew. He was also patient and showed great interest in helping him to understand the skills he will be addressing in upcoming sessions.

Josephine , 8 lessons with Edward
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