Joan Geyer Kaliher is a certified Illinois teacher with over 23 years of experience as a substitute teacher, tutor, and curriculum developer. She has a bachelor's degree in math and science as well as 30 graduate credits and partial MBA. As a tutor, she helps students in various subjects develop a love of learning through a customized approach that considers their learning styles. She has experience developing sales training programs at IBM and volunteering as a literacy tutor in Chicago.

1. Math Tutoring That Works by Joan Geyer Kaliher
Joan Geyer Kaliher is a Certified Illinois Teacher -- K - 9 with Middle School Endorsements in Math,
General Science, Social Studies, Technology and Art. Since 1989, she has worked as a substitute
teacher in accelerated and standard Math classes in Naperville Indian Prarie School District 204, as
well as in Lisle District 202. She is a Naperville Tutor in Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, General
Science, Biology, Physics, English, Writing, Reading, Social Studies, U.S. History and Study Skills.
helping students primarily from Districts 203 and 204.
She has a Bachelors of Science; Math and Science Major, Art Minor; 30 Graduate credits beyond
Bachelors and a partial MBA.
In addition to her 23 years of private tutoring and classroom experience, Joan developed IBM Sales
training programs, which were adopted nationally in IBM. Her business experience was in Sales,
Marketing, Education and Channel Operations.
She volunteered and taught in the Chicago Literacy Reading Program and has a sense of Caring,
Enthusiasm, Humor and Desire to provide high quality education She helps students develop love for
learning, giving consideration to student's learning style and preferred learning modality in
customized approach.
Teaching, Education and Curriculum Development
Middle School Teacher, Supervisory Teacher
Substitute Teacher Lisle District 202 and permanent Math Substitute in Naperville District 204.
Fountain Valley School District, Fountain Valley, California Supervisory Teacher for 2 student
teachers
Long Beach Unified School District, Long Beach, California
Utica Community Schools, Utica, Michigan
Teaching and Education Development Work Experience in Business Environment

2. IBM Corporation
Sales Training Instructor/Developer for (Sales Representatives and Managers) within IBM
Corporation, NDD Education. (Taught five-day sales solutions skill certification course to 1,200+
dealer sales representatives annually.) Responsible for Atlanta headquarters NDD sales education
and provided education to major cities across the U.S.
Managed education/development project. Designed, created and produced 7 Computer Based
Training (CBT) sales course modules, 7 videotapes, diskettes, work books and interactive skills
assessment module, including writing of scripts.
Implementied and created the division marketing programs and plans, including division
announcements, marketing collateral, pricing. Set up a distribution center for the product called The
EDGE -- (Education, Guidance and Evaluation).
Significantly enhanced training experience and performance of sales representatives. 98% dealer
satisfaction compared to 65% ratings achieved by other non-trained channels from statistical
survey.
Senior Program Instructor/Developer -- Technical Education/Product and Operating System
Software
Technical Education/Developer Instructor in high volume student environment provided to System
Engineers and Manager. Taught computer courses on PC products, Sales Skills, OS/2 2.0 Operating
Systems marketing, installation and configuration services in 24 cities. Set up of LAN (Local Area
Network) systems in every classroom environment.
23 years of tutoring serving students from Naperville schools at a reasonable cost.
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