Lori started tutoring math as a hobby in 1995 after leaving her data processing job of 8.5 years in 1994. Tutoring seemed like a natural thing to do since she had tutoring jobs in junior high school and tutored her friends’ children over the years. She always had the belief that anyone could learn anything, no matter the difficulties or previous bad experiences.
Around 1998-99, Lori found Calculus By and For Young People-Worksheets by Don Cohen. Although she had always been an excellent math student this book opened her eyes. Lori added this curriculum to the MathHead repertoire immediately. Her students started getting caught up twice as quickly as before. Presenting basic concepts in a clear manner, her students frequently exclaim, “But that seems so…SIMPLE!” As someone who wants to help as many people as possible, Lori knows that the basics should be!
Lori has been able to tutor and teach students from 2 1/2 to those in their sixties. She uses simple, pattern driven exercises and puzzles to teach more difficult ideas so that even little ones can understand. And if a little one can understand then anyone can! She is determined to undermine the myth that only the gifted or only boys can understand calculus and other complex math subjects. She has expanded from tutoring individuals to teaching small groups of home schooled students to help them obtain the math skills they will need to enter college or university.
Joe Mathhead
In 2003, Lori’s husband Joseph Morse joined the business. In addition, to already having a B.S. in Mathematics, Joe has his Masters Degree in Mathematical Statistics. He served as a substitute math teacher in the North Kansas City School District in Spring 2004 and a graduate assistant teaching algebra and statistics at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. Joe did a short stint as senior statistical analyst for a large tax firm and at the Southwest Early College Campus, Kansas City, MO. Joe is currently teaching dual credit courses and Winnetonka High school and Quantitative Analysis in the Health Sciences (Nurse 345) course for the School of Nursing at UMKC.
In the Fall 2008, Lori and Joe both passed the PRAXIS II (Teacher Licensure and Certification: Mathematics Content Knowledge 0061). Both are qualified to teach Mathematics in the state of Missouri.
What do we want for our students?
We want all or our students to be fearless learners and we’re going to teach you everything we know to make that happen. We would LOVE for all students to get excited about the “beauty of math”. In the end, not everyone will love math, but hard working students with love their grades and just maybe, one day, decide to dig more deeply for the pleasure of learning math and for the comfort of knowing that they can!
CONTACT US
To sign up for a class or for more information please e-mail or call 816.560.8098.
