- What are your rates?
$60 per hour for an individual student. Inquire about rates for small groups.
- What subjects do you tutor?
Math from Pre-algebra through Calculus III — see the list on the Subjects page. If you're interested in something not listed, please inquire.
- What type of students do you tutor?
Motivated students from middle school on. Students need to be ready to follow through and practice daily on their own. I explain concepts and show you how to learn; you coach yourself through the repetitions needed to master the material. If you're a parent working with a younger child, I'll be happy to help you understand the material and how to teach it.
- Do I need a graphics tablet for doing online tutoring?
Yes. The alternatives — mouse writing and typing — are slow, awkward, and not as conducive to learning. Research indicates that students learn better when they write naturally, as you do with a pen-style input device. You want your focus during a tutoring session to be on math content, not on the mechanics of getting the symbols onto the whiteboard!
As of July 2020, Amazon had dozens of models rated 4 stars or better in the $30-$60 range. Huion, Wacom, and XP-Pen are popular brands. If you have a larger budget and other uses for your tablet, you might want to consider getting a pen display or tablet computer.
- How does online tutoring work?
You and I meet at online at the private classroom reserved for you. We talk via the built-in video connection (or phone, if necessary). We write on the shared whiteboard using digital pens and tablets. We see each other's work in real time, and we can each save the pages we create together, just as you'd save our physical notes if we were tutoring face-to-face. My online classroom allows us to share files with each other, so I can give you handouts I've created, and you can send me scans of tests or homework you want me to review with you. The ability to screen share is especially helpful for students using ALEKS. We can look at your recent topics, grab an image of a tricky one, and paste it on the whiteboard to discuss.
- What are the benefits of your online tutoring service?
Numerous!- You know who I am and what my credentials and experience are — they're posted on the About Me page. I am very highly qualified in Math and have years of teaching and tutoring experience at various levels.
- You'll work with me every time, not a different person picked randomly from a tutor pool.
- We'll get to know each other, and I will get to know your style and strengths and weaknesses. That will help me work with you most efficiently.
- We'll talk to each other in real time — you won't need to submit questions by email and wait for responses.
- A huge benefit to online tutoring is the efficiency and time savings. Working online means there's no travel time for you and no travel charge for me to come to you. Tutoring online allows for mini-sessions if needed between regular sessions. You don't have to book a meeting room, don't have to get a babysitter, don't have to clear the dining room table for a workspace.
- Safety! No danger of spreading COVID-19.
- How does your online tutoring compare to face-to-face tutoring?
Online tutoring can supply almost every advantage of face-to-face tutoring, except sharing cookies or chocolate! Through file-sharing and ebooks online, we can literally be "on the same page," looking at the same material, whenever we want. Just crank up your computer, plug in your tablet, and go to the link for your personalized classroom. At the end of the session, save the whiteboard pages to a folder on your desktop, and you have a complete written record of what we did together. I leave pages online for a while so we can easily refer to them in our subsequent sessions.
Watch this page for additions to the list. Feel free to email suggestions through the Contact page.