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Lavontria 's Bio
What I Teach
- AABL (pre-K)
- ACT (8th grade - 12th grade)
- Advanced Placement (AP Chemistry, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB)
- BSRA (pre-K - 2nd grade)
- CBE (pre-K to 12th grade)
- CCAT (pre-K to 12th grade)
- CogAT (pre-K to 12th grade)
- College Prep (selecting colleges, writing personal statements/statement of purposes, locating scholarships, application process, identifying major/minor)
- CTP (1st grade - 9th grade)
- CTY (5th grade - 8th grade)
- Cypress-Fairbanks CFISD Horizon G&T Practice Test Prep (pre-K - 1st grade)
- ECAD (pre-K - 6th grade)
- ELA (K to 12th grade)
- Executive Functioning (time management, organization, planning) (4th grade - 12th grade)
- General Academics (1st - 12th grade)
- Georgia Milestones (3rd grade - 8th grade)
- Hunter (pre-K)
- Hunter College Prep (5th grade - 6th grade)
- InView (2nd grade - 12th grade)
- IOWA (pre-K to 12th grade)
- ISAAD (pre-K to 1st grade)
- ISASP (3rd grade - 11th grade)
- ISEE (2nd grade - 11th grade)
- ITBS (pre-K - 12th grade)
- KABC (pre-K - 12th grade)
- KBIT II (pre-K - 12th grade)
- LAUSD (pre-K - 12th grade)
- MAP (pre-K - 12th grade)
- Math [Elementary (K - 8th grade), Pre-algebra, Algebra I & II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-calculus, Calculus]
- MindPrint (pre-K - 12th grade)
- NNAT (pre-K to 8th grade)
- NYC G&T (pre-K)
- NYC T&E (pre-K)
- OLSAT (pre-K - 8th grade)
- Personal Finance (6th grade - 12th grade)
- PSAT8/9/10/NMSQT (8th grade - 12th grade)
- Renaissance Star (K- 12th grade)
- RIAS (pre-K - 8th grade)
- SAGES-2 (pre-K - 8th grade)
- SAT (8th grade - 12th grade)
- SAT Subject Test (Math I & II, Chemistry, Physics)
- SAT-10 (8th grade - 12th grade)
- SCAT (pre-K - 8th grade)
- Science (Elementary (K to 8th grade), Earth Science, Geology, Astronomy, Chemistry, Physics)
- SHSAT (6th grade - 9th grade)
- Spatial Battery Test (pre-K - 8th grade)
- SSAT (3rd grade - 11th grade)
- STAAR (3rd grade - 12th grade)
- Stanford Binet (pre-K - 8th grade)
- State Achievement (State standards) (K - 12th grade)
- Terra Nova (K - 12th grade)
- Thinking & Engagement T&E (2nd grade - 12th grade)
- Torrence (TTCT) (K - 6th grade)
- Virginia Standards of Learning (SOL) (3rd grade - 8th grade)
- WIAT III (pre-K - 12th grade)
- WISC V (pre-K to 8th grade)
- Woodcock-Johnson (pre-K - 12th grade)
- WPPSI (pre-K - 12th grade)
- WPPSI-IV (pre-K - 12th grade)
😇 Fun Fact
- I have an adorable maltese named Rocko.
- I used to paint faces to pay for graduate school and can draw almost anything!
📚 Favorite Quote
- “It gets easier. Every day it gets a little easier. But you have to do it every day – that’s the hard part. But it does get easier!”
How I Work With Kids
- I focus on concepts, strategies, and applications to promote excellent critical thinking, logic, and reasoning skills to use beyond the classroom.
- I make lessons fun, exciting, easy to grasp, and hard to forget by personalizing each session, which caters towards improving their weaknesses while fostering their strengths.
- I guide parents on how they can help the student outside of our sessions to continue practicing the recently learned strategies and techniques.
- My inherent passion for fostering collaborative and engaging educational environments has successfully encouraged and developed productive, thoughtful, and accomplished students.
Educational Background, Degrees, Licenses
- B.A. Earth and Environmental Science
- M.S. Geographic Information Systems
- Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Science (in progress)
- 2018 August Star Volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
- 2014 Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program Scholar
- 2012 NASA Connecticut Space Grant Scholarship
Experience
- 10+ years with test prep and academic coaching (K-College)
- Lead volunteer at the National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution
- DC STEM Network Ambassador at Carnegie Institution for Science
- Mentor and Independent Learning Facilitator at Polygence
What Parents Say
- “Lavontria was very friendly and accommodating. My 9-year-old son loved the class and he doesn’t often say such phrases. Also, he had the opportunity to ask questions.”
- “Miss Lavontria was super awesome! My daughter scored 99 percentile on her CogAT test. I am so glad we joined Testing Mom.”