About the instructor
Scott Kupiec
Teacher, tutor, curriculum writer, and consultant for first-year teachers. Most of what I know about why students struggle with physics I learned from sitting with one student at a time and watching where it goes wrong.
5.0 ★
Average rating, 600+ reviews
2,300+
Hours of 1-on-1 tutoring
18+ yrs
Tutoring AP and honors physics
12 yrs
Teaching high school physics
My former classroom: Metea Valley High School
District 204
How I got here
2008 – 2016
Full-time in the classroom
Teaching every level of high school physics, from the introductory course through AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C.
2016 – now
College and one-on-one
Part-time community college and online teaching, with most of my working hours spent tutoring students individually.
Throughout
Helping other teachers
Curriculum writer for high school districts, mentor for first-year physics teachers.
12
Years teaching
I've taught every level of high school physics, from the introductory course through AP Physics 1 and AP Physics C.
Homewood Flossmoor High School
Illinois District 233
Metea Valley High School
Illinois District 204
The College of DuPage
Community college
18+
Years tutoring
In person and online. I've worked for several tutoring companies over the years and now teach students directly.
Physics is hard for a lot of reasons, but the main one is that every unit builds on the one before it. Within the first thirty minutes with a student I can usually find where the trouble actually started, and build a plan to get them back to where their class is now.
Students have different strengths and weaknesses when it comes to a difficult subject. I can explain the same concept several different ways, and I'll keep going until one of them lands.
I really appreciated how much material I was able to learn and understand in depth in just an hour. Mr. Kupiec taught me how and why laws of physics work in the real world which allowed me to appreciate and love learning the class material.
Emma G.
Naperville, IL · Student
Credentials
Illinois State University · Physics
Licensed teacher
Curriculum writer — AP Physics 1
Curriculum writer — AP Physics C
Curriculum writer — Honors Physics
Mentor, first-year physics teachers
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