About Us

Steve Emma is a teacher of sciences grades 5 through 12 and has been teaching for several years. He has wide range of experience with both inner city students as well as urban and suburban populations. His focus has been on ecology, biology, earth sciences, plant sciences, weather and atmosphere, wildlife conservation, soils, geology and other life and earth sciences. Mr. Emma is licensed in Massachusetts to teach biology and general sciences and has degrees in science and music. He is also an accomplished artist, sculptor, craftsman, and poet. And is a folk-craft expert in restoring heritage and antique caned and rushed period furniture. To his repertoire of teaching skills Mr. Emma brings over twenty-five years of business acumen both has a home re-modeler and builder and small business owner. A firm believer in the innate abilities of any child to enjoy and excel at learning Mr. Emma brings a hands on project based concept to tutoring and the teaching profession, an open mind and heart to the near infinite possibilities for a students future success, and an accepting and patient attitude of the divergent and different modes of learning each and every child brings to learning. Unless otherwise arranged tutoring is provided at various public libraries at convenient times for the student and parent. Students are expected to bring pencils, journal booklets or notebooks, textbooks, homework, and other books or materials as needed for the tutoring. Any special materials such as crayons, construction paper, scissors, rulers, microscope slides, specimens, hand lenses, etc. will be provided by the tutor.