I am a New York State certified math Teacher with 3 years of teaching classes (grades 10, 11, 12) including Algebra II, Statistics, Applications of Geometry, College Algebra, College Prep/Consumer Math, and AIS Math (grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). Prior to this, I was a data analyst for nearly five years alongside work experience in insurance and banking. During this time I volunteered several times for a Saturday math class for kids ages 5-10. I also have experience tutoring students (ages...
I am a New York State certified math Teacher with 3 years of teaching classes (grades 10, 11, 12) including Algebra II, Statistics, Applications of Geometry, College Algebra, College Prep/Consumer Math, and AIS Math (grades 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12). Prior to this, I was a data analyst for nearly five years alongside work experience in insurance and banking. During this time I volunteered several times for a Saturday math class for kids ages 5-10. I also have experience tutoring students (ages 10-20) in Math 5, Algebra I, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, and SAT/ACT prep.
This experience coupled with my abilities to develop rapport with students and make learning engaging will serve me well in tutoring. I have a good idea of curriculum scaffolding and how to take steps back from problems, provide simpler problems that dissect if the misunderstanding is computational or conceptual, and build the foundation needed to properly tackle the original problem. For example, my Statistics students were struggling with calculating the standard deviation of a sample. I realized they were having trouble understanding what the formula is conveying, which is just an extension of the distance formula (d=(x^2+y^2+z^2)^(1/2)), which in itself is an extension of the Pythagorean Theorem a^2+b^2=c^2. Thus, I brought them backward to simply calculate the hypotenuse of a right triangle, then added complexity back in with the distance formula showing you can add the square distance of each component. This led back to standard deviation, which is essentially an average distance from the mean found by taking each difference's square: s = (Sum((x - mean)^2)/(n-1))^(1/2).
My experience in data analytics has aided me in my tutoring abilities by allowing me the opportunity to learn spreadsheets, database organization, and coding SQL queries to access databases in extreme detail. This allows me to create spreadsheets on the fly to use as an alternative calculator and provide further explanations with the use of technology.
