Experience Summary
I recently graduated from the University of Miami with a B.S. in Neuroscience and a minor in Chemistry and Journalism. I am confident that I can tutor in any subject, especially chemistry, physics and calculus. I took AP physics in high school and I also received straight As in calculus while in college.
Right now I am a research assistant at the University of Miami's Institute for Human Genomics, and I am also a teacher for Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions. With Kaplan, I teach SAT and GRE classes.
In high school I tutored students in Algebra and Spanish for two years. Although I did not tutor in college, I was the news editor of The Miami Hurricane, the university's student newspaper. I worked with university administrators and staff, students and other editors on a daily basis. I also taught a class every other week for one UM professor. In addition to having the knowledge and background, I can also make others feel comfortable during interviews, and I can apply this skill to tutoring.
Teaching Style
Teaching is fun and satisfying. When I work with students I challenge them as much as I can, because I have found that students not only step up to the challenge, but exceed my expectations. I like to reward the students I work with, give constant encouragement, and let the students know how much I appreciate their attention and willingness to learn and change.
When I tutored Algebra and Spanish I would go through multiple examples with the students, and then encourage them to look back at their notes or in the book when doing problems on their own. I found that once they felt like they figured out the questions on their own they had much more confidence.
When I worked with students who wrote for me at the newspaper, I would sit down with them and re-edit their articles and say why I was making changes out loud and encourage the students to ask me any questions about the changes I made. I always felt good when I noticed improvement from article to article.