Neil 's Bio
What I Teach
- Scratch- I have over 300 projects, and taught pretty much everything, to age levels from elementary to middle school, including private lessons and small classes as well as camps
- Python- I taught to all ages from elementary to high school, I also taught a series of camps to a private school
- CSS-HTML I taught this to advanced elementary students, all the way to high schoolers
- Robotics- I taught middle schoolers + advanced elementary students from beginner to advanced robotic classes using micro bit
😇 Fun Fact
- I am an expert in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and have won at the highest level.
📚 Favorite Quote
- “I am always proud but never surprised” - I always say this when kids go above and beyond.
How I Work With Kids
- My specialty is that I think I can get the most out of my students using mainly positive reinforcement, since I started teaching, I have been primarily teaching an extracurricular activity, so the challenge was to motivate and discipline kids mainly by having a fun environment.
- I can turn boring projects fun by just being silly and having fun with the students. E.g., I had to teach string manipulations the other day, which is boring, so I came up with a terrible rap about strings, the students loved it and we were all laughing and coming up with different ways to manipulate and change the raps
- Another advantage I have when teaching is I am an avid gamer, so it's easy for me to relate material with the kids’ favorite games, E.g. I'll throw a Pokémon, or among us character into the game, which the kids really seem to enjoy
- I’ve had several times where students graduate from my class (which means I would no longer be there teacher) only to find that they specifically request me to be their child’s teacher again and begin paying for private lessons
Educational Background, Degrees, Licenses
- Bachelors in Computer Information Systems
- Specialty in web applications
- Teaching coding for almost 2 years
- C#, Python, HTML+CSS, C++, JavaScript
Experience
- Teaching coding for almost 2 years at Coding with kids
- Taught Scratch/Python/HTML+CSS/ Robotics
- Taught camps and weekly classes, I’ve proctored tests, and did orientations
What Parents Say
- “Students love Neil, we would like to continue working with him and CWK as long as he is my son's teacher. He loves his classes, and we can’t wait to start with him teaching level 3”
- “My child had a lot of fun working the python classes. He really enjoyed his teacher Neil”
- “My child really enjoyed their advanced scratch camp; my daughter said the instructor was the best teacher she ever had.”
- “The Micro bit level 2 class was really hard, and we think parental engagement really helped, my son really feels like he accomplished something, we would also like to thank Neil for being so patient, knowledgeable and helpful”