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David F.
Private tutor in Indianapolis, IN
Education
Sloan Sch. of Management (Mass. Inst. of Tech.)- MS, Mgmt (Business); General Motors Institute (GMI, Kettering U.)- Bachelor, Industrial Engineering; Purdue U.- AAS, Computer Technology. Thesis topics/ titles: Engineering- "Evaluation of the Labor/Quality/Schedule Performance Index System" Business- "Application of the Factory Model to Large-Scale Software Engineering"
Experience
Hourly rate for tutoring can be discussed and tailored to individual needs if necessary and mutually agreed. Tutoring in elementary school subjects: reading mechanics, composition grammar and style, mathematics, pre-algebra, elementary algebra, science; High school/College /Professional subjects: business, human resources, writing, editing, business start-up, insurance. I have tutored and taught in the past. I have not worked as a full-time school teacher but I taught as a substitute for a semester. My tutoring experience goes back many years, to a period of about two years after I completed my undergraduate degree, while completing a second undergraduate degree (computer technology). I am the dad of two teenagers and have always been able to help them with their homework, for as long as they've both been in school. In the professional employment setting, I have instructed adults and facilitated group work. I have a passion about helping people find the missing pieces in their understanding of subject matter and helping to close those gaps in order to create confidence. I especially love the learning and discovery process in people of every age, and am able to feel a sense of deep joy and satisfaction when the lights go on for them. I have experienced that when a student misses a very important piece of the subject matter puzzle, they may not realize it enough to even know what questions to ask or what help to seek. My goal has usually been to equip learners with a grasp of what they may have been missing in their understanding. I then encourage additional questions they should ask in order to fill in and catch up when they return to class. Because I learn in overviews and am able to mentally create pictures of how concepts fit together, it frustrates me when someone is teaching or explaining something to me and starts somewhere other than at the top without changing that approach when I ask for a different mode of explanation. I want to know why what I'm about to learn is important, how it applies, examples of how it is used for intended purposes, how it fits with other information, etc. My imagination tells me that other people learn this way too, while others do well with other methods. I just believe it is important for the teacher (tutor) to start by learning -- learning how the student learns and is, therefore, best taught. I have learned how and when to slow down or speed up in explaining, asking questions for promoting self-discovery, and probing for areas of understanding or confusion. I have been able to be both patient and kind, as well as encouraging and challenging as needed, when helping someone to learn. One area in which I particularly enjoy discussions and helping to shape thinking is in regard to business enterprise development -- start-up, small business, corporate entities. The majority of my career experience has been in the corporate world, but my areas of greatest recent learning have been with the challenges of small business.
Subject Expertise
1st Grade, 1st Grade math, 1st Grade Reading, 1st Grade Writing, 2nd Grade, 2nd Grade math, 2nd Grade Reading, 2nd Grade Writing, 3rd Grade, 3rd Grade math, 3rd Grade Reading, 3rd Grade Science, 3rd Grade Writing, 4th Grade, 4th Grade math, 4th Grade Reading, 4th Grade Science, 4th Grade Writing, 5th Grade, 5th Grade math, 5th Grade Reading, 5th Grade Science, 5th Grade Writing, 6th Grade, 6th Grade math, 6th Grade Reading, 6th Grade Science, 6th Grade Writing, 7th Grade, 7th Grade math, 7th Grade Reading, 7th Grade Science, 7th Grade Writing, 8th Grade, 8th Grade math, 8th Grade Reading, 8th Grade Science, 8th Grade Writing, 9th Grade Reading, Arithmetic, Business, Business Enterprise, Elementary Math, English, Essay Editing, Grammar and Mechanics, Human Resources, Phonics, Pre-Algebra, Reading, Vocabulary, Writing