Kimberly

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Experienced tutor in Mathematics in Austin, Kimberly offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

Maths
Algebra
Trigonometry
Arithmetic
Geometry

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About Kimberly

I've taught secondary math for nine years. I've taught in US, as well as all over the world -- every grade level and every circumstance imaginable. I have also tutored math courses from middle school all the way up through college. I've literally seen it all! I have also taught a significant amount of math to ESL/ELL students, so I'm familiar with needing to build a base level vocabulary for understanding along with learning the concepts in a secondary language.

I have taught students on both ends of the academic extremes and everywhere in between. There is no such thing as "too far behind" or "too math dumb" as far as I'm concerned. I love a good challenge, and I love to help students reach that Aha! moment of math understanding. I absolutely love helping students come to the realization that they are more than capable of understanding the material -- that it's not too hard and that they can do it!

I've been teaching since college. I have taught 5 years in Texas, 2 years in China, 2 years in Kosovo, and I tutored professionally with a private company for 3 years during grad school.

I have taught secondary math for nine years. In addition, I tutored for a private tutoring company of college students while I was in graduate school. My undergrad degree is in math and I have an ACSI teaching license for secondary math.

About the lesson

My first step is to assess where the student is and where they need the most help or can benefit the most from my help. This involves gathering various information by talking to them and asking them where they thing they are and need the most help, asking to see recent grades and assessments from class and talking through errors to see how well the student is understanding what they've missed and why, and giving some practice problems to see how the student approaches problem-solving.

This usually also involves asking the student and parents what the overall goal of tutoring is for the student and setting realistic, attainable, measurable goals for the student to meet. Over time, these may need to be adjusted as I see more of the student's performance in tutoring. I may also have to help the parents or student understand that goals may or may not be realistic -- a student trying to make an A in a course coming for tutoring the week befor finals when they're failing probably does not have a realistic goal. So we need to talk through why that is not realistic and what is realistic and what will be needed to achieve the new goal.

Ideally, I know the schedule beforehand for when any major class assessments are coming so we can work towards success on those and I can give practice assessments leading up to the in class assessment. This is not always possible, but is helpful. Also, I try to identify any bigger gaps that might exist in the student's previous math education that could be hindering progress forward. In some cases, it is more beneficial to back up and focus on filling these gaps before moving forward as these gaps could make genuine progress unattainable.

I've worked with students from all ends of the spectrum of academics. I've worked with some extremely bright students who could "out-math" me and for whom I couldn't seem to give enough new material for them to learn. I've also worked with students who hate math or who believe math hates them and that they'll never be able to understand it. And with some work from both of us, they could! I've also worked with quite a few students for whom English was a second, third, or fourth language, so it was a struggle to get past the language barrier to begin to try to communicate the math concepts.

Go with your gut. Math -- learning math is in large part psychological. Which means if you don't believe you can or you don't feel like you can, it doesn't really matter how great the teacher or tutor is -- you'll feel defeated and struggle to make progress. That's why it's so important to pick someone who helps you feel like this is something you can accomplish -- NOT someone who makes you feel guilty because understand and NOT someone who tells you it's fine and you can totally get an A when the reality is an A in that class might just be mathematically impossible. You need someone you feel comfortable working with and making mistakes in front of and who motivates you to want to put in the work to be successful without making you feel guilty because you didn't do it. So go with your gut. You will know when the chemistry is right. And the moment you get it and it all clicks makes it worth all the work to get there. You shouldn't avoid the tutors who make you work, because you need that. And you shouldn't get a tutor who just tells you what you want to hear, because that's not going to help you grow. But you'll know in your gut if it's right or wrong. And the chemistry being off doesn’t mean they're a bad tutor, they're just not the right one for you.

I just adopted a puppy!! She's keeping me on my toes!

But if you're asking about teaching, I just helped a seventh grader who struggled through most of the year get properly identified and realize that he needed an IEP to be taking tests orally. His test average had been a C (not bad, but I could tell from interactions that he could do better and he was discouraged when he'd get work back because he felt like his work was not indicative of his ability). But he took the final exam orally in a separate room and made an A. It was very exciting to see the payoff of fighting for him to be properly identified and get the accommodation he needed.

A few things worth thinking about before reaching out
You might feel super inclined to blame someone or something. You might want to blame your teacher or some unavoidable circumstance that happened or some big misunderstanding. It's okay to vent, but that not really going to help your tutor help you. I like hearing the emotion of where my students are coming from, but in the end, it doesn’t really help me see where they are mathematically.

In the same way, this doesn’t need to be a massive guilt fest where you talk about how you'll never be able to get it and you're just too dumb. It tells me a lot about how you think about yourself, but not what math you actually know or don't know.

You need to think through what has lead you to this point academically. What have your grades been like? Why? Not what should you blame -- literally the questions you've missed so far -- why? Is it a consistent assessment grade you're making that you want to improve or did you blow one chapter and now you're lost? In math everything builds on itself. So it's really easy for things to snowball out of hand very quickly if you aren't careful. Your tutor needs to know because one of the primary things we will want to figure out is how far back we need to go with relearning. We need to know if it's just one concept on or if there are gaps further back in your learning that need to be relearned (you'd be amazed how many middle schoolers I've worked with in after school tutoring need to relearn second and third grade concepts they missed for one reason or another that are causing problems all the way up through math now).

Most importantly, be prepared to offer specific examples at first of where you're lost. It can be hard for a tutor to know how to help when the main answers to the question "Where do you need help?/What seems to be the problem?" are things like "Well I'm just no good at math." Or "Well I hate all the fractions." Or (favorite) "All of it. I don't understand anything." (By the way, if you feel that way, it's totally fine! Think about the last thing you remember understanding and feeling confident about in math. You can say you don't understand anything, but then also tell them that!)

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Becky

She was always happy to help with any questions I had, and adjusts learning based on my needs and how I learn. She makes math easy and understandable, which is really needed for some kids who find it overwhelming.
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Becky
She was always happy to help with any questions I had, and adjusts learning based on my needs and how I learn. She makes math easy and understandable, which is really needed for some kids who find it overwhelming.
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$20 per hour for an individual on a weekly plan set up for the semester. ($15 per hour for an individual on a weekly plan with two meetings per week set up for the semester)

$30 per hour for group sessions if at least one person in group is already on a weekly plan.

$30 per hour for an individual as a standalone session

$40 per hour for a group session as a standalone session

24 hour notice for cancellation is required or half the fee for the session will be required (exceptions can be made for extreme circumstances, as long as you communicate with me regarding the emergency)

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Experienced tutor in Mathematics in Austin, Kimberly offers private lessons tailored to your needs.

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About Kimberly

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Other tutors in Maths

Nerel Jean

Fatima

Lenard

John Paul

Kacey(Kia)

Sophia

Edward

Earl Jhon

Princess Karen

Mary Jane

Christian Mhel

Lyka

Henry Gabriel

Akif

Ellie

Kenny Jay

MARVIN SAGRADO

Kaye

JANE

CHRISTOPHER M

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