Quotes and Testimonials
Elizabeth is an INCREDIBLE and comprehensive math teacher in our community. My son had a penchant for mathematics, and we have found Elizabeth’s take on problem solving within a comprehensive umbrella of math study perfect for him. I HIGHLY recommend Elizabeth and I will tell you we are LUCKY to have her. She is organized, complete, creative, inferential, insightful, and appropriate for the way the world of math is currently evolving. Don’t miss out on her and her math teaching experience for your student!! You won’t be sorry!! -Parent
Elizabeth is the most creative teacher I have ever had. She can teach a class for kids in all levels of math, and still make it equally challenging for all. Instead of telling me equations and making me memorize rules, she finds a way to make everything memorable and makes sure everything is fully understood. Elizabeth has shown me that there is more than just numbers and equations in math, and that math can be fun. -Eighth Grader (reflecting back to 4th-6th grade) My child has been taking classes (and a camp) with Elizabeth for a couple of years now. So far he has studied mathematics, problem solving, and logic and enjoyed every class. Elizabeth is able to interact and engage with children in ways that keeps them curious and active in their learning. The curriculum is creative and fascinating and has kept my child eager to come to class, and even work with the material later. How fortunate we are to have such brilliant and dynamic educator in the local home school community. -Parent I thought the most effective aspect was how fun the classes where. It is much easier to learn when you are having fun! I also learned about note taking and studying for tests without specific assignments which will be very helpful in the future! . . . I loved both of your classes sooooo much! I would recommend them to anyone! Thank you for a great year! -Prealgebra and Middle School Science Student Before I really wasn't the best at reading the directions and doing them without asking for help, but since we always got papers with directions on them, I got better with the directions. -Middle School Science Student As a math teacher, I often depend on Elizabeth for new resources, clever ideas, and pedagogical insight. Her math camps would be a great and fun place to foster math inspiration in your middle schooler! -Parent & Teacher Elizabeth is awesome. She taught me all the math I needed to make a cool shield! She is super encouraging. -Sixth Grader Elizabeth makes learning fun! I was always excited for Mondays and I'm sad it's over. Take this class, it will be really amazing! -Eighth Grader Elizabeth has taught a fantastic math class to my son for many years now at Pacific Elementary School. She mentors the other math teachers with clarity, enthusiasm and great expertise. She has a unique ability to make mathematics fun, relevant and appropriately challenging for the students, introducing concepts using diverse methods. Students will deeply benefit from Elizabeth's classes! -Parent & Teacher It helped me concentrate and keep me interested when you said something funny. -Reasoning and Logic Student This year in science class I learned how to efficiently get through a science experiment and learn as much as possible from it. I also learned how to still be productive in a group with other people who are more distracted. . . . I learned how to read directions better and set up experiments with fewer mistakes. I also found how valuable recording past experiments in detail helps with future experiments. -Middle School Science Student I am learning SO much and having SO much fun in your class! Thank you for everything! -Seventh Grader Elizabeth is an inspirational teacher! Her curriculum and teaching are well thought out, engaging, and organized. I've been amazed how much the students have learned. -Teacher |
Hi Elizabeth, I just wanted to let you know how much [my son] has been enjoying your class. He actually comes home and tells me about the things he's been learning, he doesn't do that with anything else, not even art or volleyball! Thanks so much for providing such a great experience for AFE students! -Parent
Elizabeth makes all of her classes super relate-able and fun. The homework is just enough and helps you learn the best ways possible. When I was in her class, my MAP score went up 30 points while it was expected to grow 2 points. -High School Student Elizabeth not only inspires students to want to learn, but provides challenges to help them grow. I really appreciate that she is available to provide extra help to students outside of class and that she gently guides them to be responsible for their own work. She holds them accountable for turning in their weekly assignments and provides interesting projects which have real world applicability. And her math class reignited a passion for math in my child and helped her realize that she can learn higher math with ease. -Middle School Parent My note-taking skills have improved greatly since the beginning of the year, and now it is second nature to draw diagrams and/or pictures to go along with my notes. I got better at writing very thorough explanatory papers in this class. I've gotten less defensive when I get a question wrong and can accept feedback better too. In this class, I have learned to be more of a leader and step down when others want to lead. I have learned (the hard way!) to keep all of my work nice and neat so when I need it I can easily find it. I have learned to get along with other types of people. -Middle School Science Student Elizabeth is a master of "real-world" mathematics. By applying math in new and creative formats, even students who are less than enthusiastic about math find themselves having fun! Elizabeth takes math to a whole new level by making her students think about concepts in a variety of ways they had never before thought of. -Parent Thank you so much for offering challenging yet enjoyable classes to AFE students! Every year I find that my students love your classes and learn a great deal. I very much appreciate the way in which you connect with each & every one of them. They feel supported and comfortable. I am always glad when I hear they have enrolled in one of your classes because I know intellectual curiosity as well as success is on the horizon. - Consultant Teacher You are very friendly and easygoing with your students. You have a very direct way of getting to topics at hand, and can explain complicated matters effectively with just a few words. - High School Student Elizabeth draws really cool diagrams on the board that help you understand things, and she gives really creative word problems, like: "If you had nine cubes stuck together and you dipped them in paint, how many sides would have paint on them?", instead of just like "Mary walked seven blocks and then she walked five blocks. How many blocks did Mary walk?" -Fourth Grader For the past seven years, Elizabeth has been an integral and valuable parent teacher in my 2nd through 6th grade math program. She not only creatively teaches older students math but also creates whole-class, multi-age collaborative projects! Before and after the changes in our math standards, Elizabeth has consistently instilled a love of learning in all our math students. -Teacher All the experiments we do involve creativity, and this is a skill you need for life. When something doesn't work or you don't have the right tools to do something, you have to be creative or try new things, and this class helped me with this. -Middle School Science Student Hi Elizabeth, I really enjoyed sitting in on your class. You're presenting thought provoking content in a fun fashion. Thank you for doing this class -- I know it's lots of work for you. You're giving the students a great gift. -Teacher |