I am passionate about helping students achieve their educational goals through hard work and perseverance. If a student is willing to ask for help, I am willing to help them.
I've worked with a very diverse number of students over multiple grades. It's amazing to see the interactions among students of different backgrounds all on the same task. It's the way learning should be.
I was educated through the SUNY system in New York where I received a BS in Chemistry with an Environmental emphasis. I went on to receive an MSEd in secondary science. I am currently working toward full Lean Six Sigma Gold Standard.
I enjoy Chemistry. It is my passion subject. It's just so logical and interesting to know how everything in the universe is made of atoms and how they interact and that we, too, are larger atoms interacting in very similar ways. I love to teach Foresnsics. With all the new forensic shows that popped up in the early 2000s I began investigating independantly about different techniques used in forenssics. I even took an adult class in Forensics Anthropology just for fun. I have tutored and taught a plethora of science subjects, even ones that I have never taken like Astronomy and Horticulture. I love science. It sounds like a clich, but it's true. I am not a fan of history or sociology.
My teaching philosophy is one that is straightforward to-the-point pedagogy. I am not a story teller and I'm not going to jump across desks to keep a student's attention. Education is very important to me and I feel it's important for students to learn all they can or they will be left ignorant in the world. I am a facilitator of that education. Students have various ways of learning and my job is to assist in any way possible to be sure a student is getting the material in their style. Although many educational platforms do not work this way, but students should have at their disposal any and all resources that fit their style of learning. Assessments should be performance-based, not based on grades.
My interests are being out of doors. I love Nature and Science together. I am very interested about what is growing on in my back yard. I am a humanitarian, so I like to help people. I am also an extrovert, therefore, I like to be with people of like mind.