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* Recently retired HS Biology teacher with 25 years experience!
Scott W.

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Hello students and parents!

I am a recently retired high school biology teacher with well over 25 years of teaching experience.

For the last 20 years of my career until my retirement in 2024, I taught at Brooklyn Technical, one of the highest rated high schools in the country. During my last 10+ years I focused on AP Biology.

My results speak for themselves: My AP Biology College Board test scores were consistently well above average compared to other science teachers at Brooklyn...

Hello students and parents!

I am a recently retired high school biology teacher with well over 25 years of teaching experience.

For the last 20 years of my career until my retirement in 2024, I taught at Brooklyn Technical, one of the highest rated high schools in the country. During my last 10+ years I focused on AP Biology.

My results speak for themselves: My AP Biology College Board test scores were consistently well above average compared to other science teachers at Brooklyn Tech, and so therefore consistently amongst the highest in the entire state, throughout my career. My students whom I tutored last year also achieved top marks.

More important than all of this, I have an excellent rapport with not only my colleagues and my student’s parents, but especially with the students themselves. Here are just a few quotes from my students from this past year:

"I want you to know you were a huge influence on my life. I don’t think I would have tried twice as hard as I did in your class if I didn’t feel invested in the material, and that’s all thanks to you."

"I have never had a teacher who was as compassionate, enthusiastic and upfront as yourself. I am incredibly lucky to have had you as my teacher this past year."

"I have never had a teacher that made me feel as excited to learn as you have. You even go the extra mile to make study guides for us and to make class engaging and interactive. I know for a fact that I will remember you for the rest of my life."

I have an undergraduate degree from Clark University, and an MA a well as a 5th Year Teacher's Certification degree from UVM, as well as being certified through the DOE of NYC.

While I specialize in AP, I can tutor any level from middle school to high school (IB, Regents, NGSS, Honors) to freshmen college level.

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Education

Clark University
Environmental Sci
University of Vermont
Masters
University of Vermont
Graduate Coursework
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  • Hourly Rate: $125
  • Rate details: I am only accepting online tutoring at this time.
  • Lesson cancellation: 12 hours notice required

  • Background check passed on 8/28/2024

  • Your first lesson is backed by our Good Fit Guarantee

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For the last 15+ years of my career I taught primarily AP Biology at one of the best high schools in the country, Brooklyn Technical High School. My passing and mastery rates for this exam were amongst the highest in our department year after year, hence some of the highest in the state. My teaching, and now tutoring, is focused primarily on distilling and breaking down challenging content in an understandable and engaging manner, and in mastering difficult exams. For College Board AP, for example, the student and I analyze dozens of practice questions for each unit. Let me be clear, AI chatbots such as "Ask Sia" CANNOT help students master the College Board AP exam. I tutor biology at most levels, from middle school, through high school Honors, IB or AP, and through intro college level.
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Exceptional and highly experienced biology teacher

Scott is an exceptional and highly experienced biology teacher who has been incredibly helpful in guiding my daughter. He explains complex concepts clearly and ensures she truly understands the material. He is always approachable and readily available whenever she has doubts or questions. His dedication, patience, and enthusiasm have greatly boosted her confidence in biology. We are extremely grateful for his support and highly recommend him.

Jayaradha, 9 lessons with Scott

Enthusiastic and meticulous tutor!

My daughter had 4 biology sessions with Scott, and her biology score went from 73 to 88 within two weeks. Thanks to Scott's enthusiastic and meticulous teaching, my daughter could get a much better undrstanding of what she was learning at school. Scott could answer all the myriads of questions my daughter had. With his longstanding experience of having previously taught at a high school, he quickly assessed in what areas my daughter was struggling in and what areas she was excelling in and gave her prompt feedback, which really helped my daughter to improve within a short span of time. I'm extremely happy with how my daughter has improved so much within such a short period of time, and my daughter will continue to have more sessions with Scott!

Jiyon, 8 lessons with Scott

Excellent, experienced, engaging and patient Biology tutor

Scott is an excellent tutor for AP Biology. He has been tutoring my daughter on AP Bio. He is well prepared, very experienced with the subject., actively engaged with the material and supportive of the student. Scott is excellent at explaining things very clearly , especially those challenging questions from College Board . He is very patient with the student. Thank you for everything . I highly recommend Scott.

Yiyuan, 9 lessons with Scott

Great Tutor for my Son

My son was struggling with his AP Biology exam, but luckily we found Mr. Scott. He has helped my son raise his test scores quickly. Mr. Scott is very responsible and prepared my son extremely well for the AP Biology exam.

Peng, 23 lessons with Scott

Patient and knowledgable

After feeling lost in class, Scott helped me to gain a better understanding of topics. He's very friendly, patient, and willing to help. Scott has also been very accommodating by providing extra resources such as notes or practice material and is extremely responsive through Wyzant. He is also swift to reply and offers to answer any additional questions outside our lessons.

Jennifer, 12 lessons with Scott

The Best Tutor- highly recommend!

Scott came highly recommended to us as our daughter was getting lost in a class that required biology. What a difference just the first session made, suddenly everything clicked for her! He was able to get her up to speed on an assignment with patience, understanding, and just enough humor to put her at ease and be able to absorb the material. Scott also went the extra mile to send her some very helpful material that we wouldn't have known to ask for, so that was great! We feel lucky to have had him recommended to us so she could start the year off on her best foot in an otherwise challenging class. I can highly recommend this tutor!

Kathy, 1 lesson with Scott

Amazing tutor

Excellent first session, Scott was able to patiently go over all the questions my daughter had, she feels very well prepared for her test, will be using him again for sure.

Eliana, 1 lesson with Scott
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