Many of my math students come to me either behind in math class or struggling to do well on tests. Other students have gaps in their math knowledge or are rusty in concepts they haven’t seen for several years. I work one-on-one with students to work through the material in a judgment-free zone, providing clear explanations and scaffolding students to be able to do the work on their own. I often hear back from parents within just a few sessions about how their student’s attitude towards math is already changing with their increased confidence.

Some of my math students are looking for ways to extend what they are learning in school. Many of these students tend to be bright middle school students initially prepping to take the PSAT or Pre-ACT, often for admission into special gifted and talented programs. We work to build logically on the math that they already know, advancing their understanding of topics in algebra or geometry. This tutoring works great for students who may be bored with the repetition of school math classes and gives students a solid intuitive understanding of math that they can draw on in the rest of their studies.

When your math tutor is also a standardized test expert, you can be sure that the math skills you are building will also help you be more prepared for high-stakes tests like the SAT and ACT. I focus on true understanding of math concepts – not just memorizing brute force computations – which means that my math tutoring students are often much more prepared for the ways that the SAT, ACT, and AP Calculus exams test critical thinking and creative problem solving in math.