Zak N. Very responsive
Tutoring near Newcastle NSW & Kotara NSW & Warners Bay NSW & Nelson Bay NSW & Pelican NSW

|| Expert Secondary and Tertiary Tutor in Math & Physics || Chairman of the Newcastle Permanant Primary School Mathematics Competition || 14yrs Tutoring and Training Experience || Personalized one-on-one tuition from a friendly and skilled educator || Online and In-person || || Mr. Zakary Jay Nicholls || He/They || CertIVFrontlnMgmt CertIVTrain&Asses DipGenStud(Sc) BCom GradCertMath GradDipSc || Available slots for Term 2, 2024, are: Tuesday 7:30-9:30pm (extension math/physics only), Wednesday 6:30-7:30pm, Wednesday 7:30-9:30 (extension math/physics only), Thursday 6:30-7:30pm. Experienced math and physics tutor with over a decade of experience in one-on-one teaching. My name is Zakary Jay Nicholls, and I am a secondary & university educator focused on the fields of mathematics and physics. I have worked as a tutor for the last 14 years (in both in person and online lesson formats) and during my time in the industry have taught over 15000 hours of one-on-one, and small group, lessons to in excess of 2000 students. I began my career back in 2011, initially as a K-10 tutor teaching mathematics, later training as a vocational teacher and expanding my tuition into business studies and economics, and later into full scale instruction in K-12 and university math and physics. My extensive experience, and demonstrated history of strong student improvements, make me one of the most successful tutors in the state. I am highly skilled at generating improvements for students in both academic and vocational pathways. I received my bachelor's degree in commerce specialized in economics and mathematics from the Newcastle business school at the University of Newcastle, alongside a certificate in business management (focused on staff training) from HBA learning and a certificate in vocational teaching (focused on numeracy teaching) from the Newcastle TAFE. I later received a diploma in general studies science and a graduate certificate in mathematics both specialized in mathematics and statistics from the school of computing, mathematics, and engineering at Charles Sturt University, followed by a graduate diploma of science in astrophysics and physics from the school of mathematics, physics, and computing at the University of Southern Queensland. In addition to my teaching, I am actively engaged as a public academic and commentator in my fields of expertise. I am the current chairman of the Newcastle Permanant primary school mathematics competition (taking over from current incumbent Mr Merv Curren in April 2024), I run a YouTube page dedicated to math and physics (In order to provide high quality resources to students seeking online videos - search ZJNT on YouTube to find my videos), I am a routine volunteer marker on Khan Academy, I am an expert contributor in the continued and higher education forum on LinkedIn, I am a contributor to math/continued education forums on Bored of Studies, and I run a Quora page (focused on STEM and STEM education) with over fifty thousand monthly views and over 500 followers. For any students taking physics, I run a full-service physics course, covering the entire course completely, for students doing math lessons my lessons are based on their classroom teacher schedule. I take on new enrollments for 9-10 mathematics at any stage of the course, physics at any stage of the course, for year 11-12 math I only take on new students in year 11 or below and teach through to the end of year 12. If you are interested in trying to secure a lesson slot, please send me a message and I will be in touch as soon as I can.

Achievements

Numerous former students offered competitive degree entry for UNSW and USYD
Numerous former students offered early entry for Nursing, Teaching, and Engineering
Many former students offered apprenticeships in Electrical, Construction, and Business
Around a dozen former HSC students made the Distinguished Achiever list
Run a successful Math/Physics YouTube channel with over 300 videos
Chairman of the Newcastle Permanant Primary School Mathematics Competition

Education

University of Newcastle, Bachelor of Arts, Humanities/Education, 2023-Present University of Southern Queensland, Graduate Diploma of Science, Astrophysics/Physics Charles Sturt University, Diploma & Graduate Cert in Mathematics, Math/Stat University of Newcastle, Certificate & Bachelor of Commerce, Economics/Math Newcastle TAFE, Certificate IV, Vocational Teaching/Assessment HBA Learning, Certificate IV, Business Management/Training Apprenticeships Australia, Proficiency Certificate, Sales/Operations Merewether High School, Certificate, Secondary Studies

Interests

Video games
Car maintenance and mechanics
Botany and gardening
Ancient history and Classics

Reviews

Thanks for teaching me over the past years I've really appreciated it!!! :) - Mia O (Student Feedback - 2023) [Mia has recently completed Year 12] -- Thank you again, my study is going well and I look forward to reviewing the university notes you've sent me before uni starts. - Greg F (Student Feedback - 2023) [Greg was an Extension 1 Math student of mine who will be studying University Engineering in 2024] -- I definitely feel I went into the exam the strongest I have in a bit because I knew what I knew and I knew enough to scavenge some marks from questions I wasn't completely sure about. I did also get some of the really challenging questions right. Thanks again for your help. - Mitch J (Student Feedback - 2023) [Mitch was an Advanced Math student of mine who will be studying University Engineering in 2024] --

- By Zak Nicholls on 18th November 2023

Thanks for all your help with the MATH courses, I got a credit in MATH1020 which I'm pretty happy with because I found the calculus in that unit pretty hard. - Tom L (Student Feedback - 2023) [Tom is a University undergraduate in Mechanical Engineering] -- Thank you Zak, you’ve been an amazing help over the last couple of years. Appreciate you work. Lon A (Student Feedback - 2022) [Lon is a student involved in professional sport industry] -- Good news!!! Early offer program so I didn't need an ATAR. Thanks again Zak! - Miles D (student Feedback - 2022) [Miles is now a University undergraduate in Aerospace Engineering] --

- By Zak Nicholls on 2nd April 2023

Thank you Zak for tutoring Gabriel. He found your sessions both stimulating and motivating. He finished each session with a smile and enjoyed your mutual conversations. - Dorothy W (Parent Feedback - 2021) [Gabriel is a current year 12 student] -- You have maintained your position in the god tier of teachers. Thank you so much! - Louis S (Student Feedback - 2021) [Louis went on to study Economics/Finance at Macquarie] -- Thank you for all your help and continual support throughout the year in preparing me for the HSC. I feel I have improved so much :) - Charlotte G (Student Feedback - 2019) [Charlotte went on to study Speech Pathology at Newcastle] -- I have found that Jack thoroughly enjoys his lessons with you and comes bouncing out of every lesson – which is a blessing! - Sandra K (Parent feedback - 2018) [Jack is a current year 12 student] -- We could not have asked for a kinder or more patient tutor, thank you for helping Ben through his HSC. - Regina J (Parent Feedback - 2018) [Ben went on to do a manufacturing/boilermaking apprenticeship] --

- By Zakary Nicholls on 3rd December 2021

Character references

I worked with zak when he was the maths tutor at the Green room MP at Warner's Bay from 2016 to 2019. Zak was a popular tutor with many of his students rebooking lesson with him over a number of years. He was always friendly and when he left in 2019, most of his students finished their lesson with us and saught out him privately.

- By Jess E on 18th November 2023