Teaching and

​Coaching 

Academic coaching (tutoring) centers on gaining new knowledge and abilities to ensure academic success, as well as refining the existing skills of students to meet immediate needs.
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Social-Emotional coaching supports students to help improve academic performance, build character and positively affect students' success in school and life. 

Academic Support

1:1 academic support caters to the student's learning style and needs.
I support students by helping them catch up, keep up and build the skills they need to be successful by

• providing early intervention for struggling students
• reinforcing classroom learning with homework, test prep and project help 
• providing specific subject interventions to improve academic success
• coaching students and instilling confidence 

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Coaching: Social & Emotional, ADHD and Parents

All parents want their children to be successful and many can benefit from 1:1 coaching for their child or themselves.
I coach students and parents

• who want to develop self-awareness, self-management, relationship skills or responsible decision making
• needing 504 Plans, IEP or other services provided by the school system but don't know where to start
• with ADHD who need coaching on what and how to put routines and procedures in place to experience a peaceful home before and after school and at bedtime
• who need encouragement and support to set and achieve goals, learn about and understand their emotions or show empathy to others

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Homeschool Support

Parents who choose home education for their children instead of the traditional public or private school setting often face the hurdle of how to get it all done.
I partner with parents of homeschoolers by

• supporting home learning with additional individual support in core content areas of reading and math 
• ​teaching students executive function skills such as task initiation, time management and following multiple step directions
• teaching students strategies for studying and test taking
• supporting social and emotional needs necessary to academic and personal success

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School Readiness

Research shows that pre-reading skills should begin as early as age 2 through word play as well as physical play.
I partner with parents of preschool students by

•  introducing phonological awareness and letter knowledge including names of letters, letter sounds and rhyming
• teaching storytelling and retelling skills
  
• introducing print awareness
  
• strengthening motor skills and introducing early writing skills
  
• introducing rote counting, sorting, and building sets using toys and manipulative​