Background
Teaching Experience
More than a decade teaching mathematics and physics in classrooms, one-on-one settings, and advanced academic programs.
Classroom Teaching
Classroom teaching has shaped my approach to tutoring in ways that are difficult to reproduce through tutoring experience alone.
Teaching a full course requires responsibility for the entire curriculum: deciding how ideas should be sequenced, pacing instruction across an academic year, determining how much time each topic deserves, assessing whether students are actually learning, and adjusting instruction when they are not.
It also provides repeated exposure to the same concepts across many students. Over time, patterns become clear: which ideas consistently cause difficulty, which misconceptions tend to recur, which explanations work best, and which problems reveal whether a student truly understands the underlying concept.
This experience is particularly valuable in AP courses. Effective preparation requires more than knowing how to solve individual problems. It requires understanding how the course fits together as a whole, how topics build on one another, where students are most likely to lose time or become confused, and how to pace preparation so that the full curriculum is covered without unnecessary overload.
My one-on-one work benefits directly from that classroom perspective. I can focus on the individual student while still keeping the larger structure of the course, the AP standard, and the progression toward exam-level proficiency in view.
Selected Professional Experience
I was the teacher of record for AP Physics, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics. I developed the syllabi for these courses, which were reviewed and approved through the College Board’s AP Course Audit.
As the classroom teacher responsible for the full AP curriculum, I planned and paced instruction across the academic year, developed assessments, prepared students for the AP exams, and worked repeatedly with the concepts and problem types that students find most challenging.
I also taught mathematics and physics across a broad range of levels—from Algebra, Geometry, Precalculus, and general physics to advanced subjects including linear algebra, multivariable calculus, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, and astrophysics. That breadth has been particularly valuable in AP tutoring because it allows me to recognize whether a student’s difficulty comes from the AP material itself or from an underlying mathematical or conceptual gap.
I teach AP Physics and AP Calculus through The Princeton Review, working with students preparing for AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Physics C, AP Calculus AB, and AP Calculus BC.
This work has added to my experience with structured AP exam preparation, timed practice, progress reporting, and the practical demands students face as the exam approaches.
At Avenues, I worked with high school students in a highly individualized, project-based academic environment, designing and teaching advanced mathematics and physics courses and developing assessments tailored to individual student programs.
My work included subjects beyond the standard AP curriculum, including advanced calculus and university-level physics and mathematics. This gave me extensive experience identifying the conceptual and mathematical foundations students need in order to succeed in demanding courses such as AP Calculus and AP Physics.
I also worked as an academic coach, helping students plan long-term work, develop greater independence, and manage challenging academic goals. That experience strongly influences my one-on-one teaching today: the academic standard remains high, while the path to reaching it is adapted to the individual student.
