I feel I should begin by first outlining the details of my teaching experience. I have been working with students in some capacity whether as a teacher, a teacher's assistant or an afterschool coordinator continuously since 2012. I was a 4th grade teacher in Boston Public Schools for two years before moving to Seattle and transitioning to become a GED teacher. For the last 5 years I have worked with 18-24 year-olds in a classroom setting to help them prepare for and obtain their GED...
I feel I should begin by first outlining the details of my teaching experience. I have been working with students in some capacity whether as a teacher, a teacher's assistant or an afterschool coordinator continuously since 2012. I was a 4th grade teacher in Boston Public Schools for two years before moving to Seattle and transitioning to become a GED teacher. For the last 5 years I have worked with 18-24 year-olds in a classroom setting to help them prepare for and obtain their GED certificates.
Having addressed my extensive classroom experience, I want to address specifically what kind of tutoring would really excite me and I feel that I would be best at. I would like to work with students who are struggling in math and help them to build out the foundational skills that they need to succeed. In my work as a GED teacher I have consistently found that Algebra, Geometry, solving a system of equations... so many of the stumbling blocks that students often trip over are really quite simple if you possess the underlying computational fluency that is required. The students who can break two digit numbers apart by place value, who can break them apart strategically and add them in parts, the students who can look at 48 and think of all the factor pairs because the KNOW their times tables; these are the students who can quickly and excitedly pick up new mathematical concepts. I envision working with students who are struggling and helping them to rebuild not only their understanding of math, but their relationship to math.
