Award-Winning IB Environmental Systems and Societies SL Tutors

...Public Health with a concentration in Chemistry. I have been passionate about education since high school and have been teaching, tutoring, and mentoring students from grades 6-12 and college in a variety of subjects since! I specialize in mathematics and science tutoring as well as standardized exam preparation. In the past, I have helped students achieve significant improvements and success on the SAT, SHSAT, Regents and other exams! I truly believe education is a mutual...

...down south to North Carolina where I studied at Duke University. I created my own interdisciplinary major and graduated in May 2014. During my time in college, I was lucky to spend a semester studying in South Africa at the University of Cape Town and return to the country the next summer to conduct independent research. After graduating from Duke, I accepted an international teaching position with WorldTeach. I was very grateful for the experience...

...my BS and MS degrees in chemistry and Rutgers University Graduate School where I received my Ph. D., also in chemistry. I have eighteen years of experience as a research scientist and seventeen years of experience as a high school and college level science teacher. I have taught chemistry, physics and environmental science at all levels including CP, Honors, AP and Dual enrollment. I have also taught IB Chemistry and IB Physics (SL and HL)....

...the University of Oregon's Environmental Science program, and have minors in Biology and Latin American studies. In the fall I will be starting a program in Speech and Hearing Sciences, and plan to follow up with a masters in Speech Language Pathology. During my undergraduate career, I was enthralled with the life sciences, and am passionate about passing that excitement on. The subjects that I love teaching most are Algebra, Geometry, Life Science, and English/Essay...

...that which they value, or push into them what they deem imperative. It is my firm belief that teaching is not simply a profession or craft, it is an art that resolutely states that it is never my prerogative to inscribe my values, my knowledge, or my expectations on a student, but rather to give students the tools whereby they construct their own knowledge base and therefore write their identity upon themselves. The most effective...

...William & Mary when I was earning my Biology BS. My teaching career started as a life science teacher in middle school, moving on to High School where I have been for the past 12 years. During that time I earned a Masters degree in Special Education. I have taught AP Biology, IB Biology HL/SL, IB Environmental Science, AP Environmental Science. In high school I played basketball and lacrosse, and enjoy any type of sport.

...I am working on my dissertation in Engineering Education from Purdue University. In 2005, I received my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Boston University where I minored in History. In 2011, I studied in England to earn a M.A. in Poverty & (International) Development from the University of Sussex. I know first-hand the challenges associated with manipulating equations and writing extended essays. My favorite subjects to tutor are Math, Physics, History, and Engineering. During tutoring...

...from NYU with a major in Urban Design and Sociology. I work at a climate change think tank and love to work with students and help them achieve academic excellence in their spare time. I am passionate about learning in all its forms, but most of my areas of expertise are centered in math, science, and humanities. While my studies as an undergraduate student ranges from architectural drawing to Marxist thinking, my tutoring interests are...

...The University of Georgia in May 2012. After graduation, I moved to Thailand, completed my TESOL certification, and spent a year teaching English as a foreign language to Thai students ages 3-4 and 10-11. Working in the classroom was both fun and exhausting, but I especially enjoy one-on-one or small group learning situations because it allows for the opportunity to target individual weaknesses and turn them into strengths. I am especially interested in tutoring writing...

...help them continue learning after tutoring is finished and throughout their lives. In addition, using my knowledge of science, math, the arts, and the humanities, I make connections between different subjects to help my students see how what we're working on isn't so strange after all! Before beginning to work with Varsity Tutors in August of 2014, I worked in a K-8 school as an intervention math teacher. There, I tutored elementary- and middle-school students...

...of Virginia. In high school I completed the IB diploma program and took chemistry, math, english and history at the higher level. I tutor in Middle school math, Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, IB Math (HL,SL and Studies), Calculus 1, Calculus 2, IB Chemistry (SL and HL), IB Environmental Systems and Societies, Ecology, and SAT math test prep. I have experience tutoring students in IB courses and non-IB courses. When I tutor I...

...(MWCC)as a non-traditional student. Due to my diligent work, I was honored with the Re-entry Student of the Year award from MWCC. I also made the National Dean's list and was Re-entry Woman of the Year awarded by the American Association of University Women; among other honors. I graduated with similar honors from University of Missouri - Kansas City (UMKC)with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science. My focus areas included Geography and Geology, meriting...

...them to reach their full potential. I look for ways to engage students in activities that appeal to their multiple intelligences and make them excited about learning. It is important to me as a teacher that I also value their input. There must be an opportunity to take ownership of their learning. Not only does this allow my students to demonstrate self-efficacy but they can continuously reflect on how they can improve. I understand that...

...in Earth & Environmental Engineering. As an undergraduate I attended Bard College and Columbia University for Biology and Earth & Environmental Engineering, earning a BA and a BS. I most enjoy tutoring math and science, especially Biology, Chemistry, and Physics, but I am truly passionate about learning and have taken courses in a variety of subjects. Because of my unique undergraduate college experience -- my senior year of high school was at the University of...

...University New Orleans, both great universities in Louisiana. My undergraduate degree is in Animal Science and my graduate degree is in Parasitology. I am presently a high school science teacher. I LOVE science and have been tutoring students in science for 13 years. Prior to teaching science, I worked in research. My favorite sciences are the life sciences: Biology, Environmental Science, Anatomy, etc. Once students realize that science is a part of our life and...