"My name is Ryan and for ten years I served as a history teacher and then chairperson of a history department at a high school in New York City. Currently, I serve as the Assistant Principal of another New York City high school. I taught AP US History for many years and over time increased my school's passing rate to over 90%. When I started the scores were well below 50%. I was trained to teach AP history in the summer of 2015 and have spent a significant amount of time since that time studying the (constantly changing) AP rubrics and honing my craft. I've done quite a bit of tutoring - both online and in person - and have a good rapport with students, many of whom I continue to be in touch with. I am extremely proud to say that over seven years of tutoring, almost 100% of my tutoring students have passed the AP exam.

I love teaching and am eager to help other students learn to master the content, skills, and strategies needed to conquer the AP History test. I have a lot of resources to help students with the different events, peoples, trends, and connections of the curriculum and also strategies to perfect the writing (DBQ, LEQ, SAQ) and multiple choice portions of the AP test. I have experience teaching a diverse group of students and am willing and able to work with anyone, no matter where they are in their preparation for the test.

I pride myself in my writing and I have been teaching with students on their writing for over a decade. I have specific strategies that will help with each type of writing activity on the AP test as well as practices to help writing as a whole.

I'm willing and able to bend my schedule to meet your needs. And, I am eager to help as much or as little as you'd like. I can lecture on content or provide sample multiple-choice and essay questions as well as give specific feedback on your (or your child's) work." less...