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I'm Ann!
I graduated from Madonna University with a BS majoring in math and a teaching certificate in secondary mathematics (2006). Well before I graduated, I started tutoring mathematics. It's how I even met my best friend and husband. I would hang up flyers around my campus, city public library, and go door-to-door. I started by tutoring my classmates, and from there I just grew. I have been tutoring for over 20 years and will continue private tutoring probably until I cannot anymore. I have several years of in-person and online tutoring and teaching experience working at multiple schools and universities.
After teaching in a high school setting for several years, I decided to expand my educational background and earned my MA in mathematics education from Concordia University (2014). My most current employer is Brandman University where I work as a senior mathematics tutor. I specialize in tutoring statistics, algebra, geometry, and education students. I began only tutoring algebra and statistics students, but since I started in February of 2016, I teamed up with the Dean of the Mathematics Department, and created over 30 new, fully interactive learning workshops. In addition, I assist in rewriting the curriculum for the algebra and statistics courses. Last year, I was asked to serve on the panel for ACTLA (Association of Colleges for Tutoring and Learning Assistance), showcasing to dozens of schools and their support staff Brandman’s interactive math workshops.
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Why I chose tutoring as a career...
I don't think I chose tutoring, it chose me. I don’t think I became a tutor, I was destined to be one and through experience with my students, I developed into an exceptional one. The very least, math tutoring gave me the greatest friends in the world and a life-long partner. As a bonus, it made me more patient, self-aware, and able to grow as a person.
Math is an art and I am artist.
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