About

MATT CARPENTER – Matt is an Arizona Teacher Certified math tutor local to the Tucson area (Educator ID: 5303319; Mathematics, Grades 6-12). He got his start in education in 2018, most notably having worked as a Middle School teacher (in Winslow, AZ), High School teacher (in Phoenix, AZ), and High School “math interventionist” (online). As a teacher, he taught courses including Pre-Algebra, Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Statistics, and Personal Finance (in a formal teaching observation he was scored into the top category of “Highly Effective Teacher”). As a math interventionist, he designed and administered assessments to diagnose gaps in students learning, and implemented personalized courses of instruction to “accelerate” students back to grade level.

Matt grew up in Los Angeles, but came to love Tucson after studying at The University of Arizona. After two years of pre-business education he transferred to University of Southern California to study real estate and later to the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco to study philosophy. As many others who have visited Tucson however, he inevitably came back. His interests include macrophotography, cooking, and playing guitar.

Other Credentials & Recognitions: Dean’s List with Distinction (The University of Arizona), Highest Academic Achievement Award (The University of Arizona), MATH 116 Calculus Concepts for Business (The University of Arizona) – Perfect Exam Record.

Matt has worked with students learning in a variety of contexts, including those on accelerated math tracks and those on Individual Education Programs (IEP’s) & behavior-based plans (having worked as a paraprofessional, classroom teacher, interventionist, and inclusion-model summer camp “unit head”).