Award-Winning Tutors in Boulder, CO for students with Reading Intervention

I am an experienced elementary educator with a passion for helping struggling students develop a love and confidence in reading. I utilize Orton Gillingham in my tutoring. My calm demeanor and ability to connect with a variety of students is a strength.

I'm a retired elementary special education teacher, with about 30 years teaching experience in both special education and reading intervention. I believe in encouraging my students when they do something well, and in blending systematic instruction in basic skills with comprehension-based strategies that will help students succeed in their regular classrooms.

...elementary school, and middle school subjects but am also available to tutor math through algebra. While I am passionate about all subjects, I have really enjoyed working with students on reading and phonics. I've worked with a wide range of students with a wide range of abilities and within a wide range of environments so...

...and I love meeting and working with new students! I worked as a Special Education teacher for K-8 for the last two years and I enjoy teaching people who learn differently compared to their peers. I am fluent in American Sign Language and I have studied the language for over 13 years. I have my...

...set a good example for their children, and I even tutored tax preparation to people courageously changing careers later in life. It was during this time, and the months that followed, I tutored at Sylvan, focusing on test prep and college application essays. I also helped HS seniors and those just starting out in college...

...reach their goals. I bring a unique set of skills, experiences, and personal assets to my teaching approach. I have abundant passion and tenacity for teaching all learners. I am a cheer-leader for my students. And I am a champion for ideals that foster change and encourage self-confidence in my students. My core proficiencies and...

...on one teaching is a ratio formulated for success. I believe that given the right tools any student can succeed. I strive to create personalized lessons that are fun and engaging. I have devoted my life to Education. I am a certified teacher with a specialty in linguistically diverse education, reading and writing as well...

...to tutoring, I find it incredibly important to act as a mentor for K-12 students. I want them to know they have someone rooting for them both inside and outside of the classroom, and try to make myself available to attend basketball games and piano recitals to show how much I care. In my experience...

...teacher for 14 years. I have worked with various grade levels from 1st-5th. I taught 4th grade for 6 years, 3rd grade for 4 years and one year of 2nd grade. I currently do small group reading instruction with all grade levels and coach other classroom teachers. The subjects I tutor are literacy and math.

...they work! I want to help students succeed by helping students learn and grow into who they want to be through increasing their knowledge. I received my Bachelors degree in Elementary Education from University of Northwestern St. Paul, and have a Masters degree in Curriculum and Instruction from Southeastern Oklahoma State University. Outside of education,...

...Mary studying Biology and Kinesiology. I have worked in education for the past 4 years, starting with elementary education and broadening my experience from there. I have the most experience teaching and tutoring in reading, writing, and math, but I love learning about and teaching all subjects. I encourage all of my students to find...

...the aptitude to learn anything we set our minds to. The trick is just finding a connection to the material that interests us - the rest will come naturally with a little encouragement. Something else important about me is my service in the Peace Corps. In 2019, I was deployed to the Gambia, a small...

...and enjoy teaching and coaching students of all abilities. I firmly believe that all students can learn and grow with the right support. I believe that wholistic approaches to learning using as many senses as possible is most effective. I myself am a hands-on learner and tend to integrate this in my approaches to teaching.

...have recently spent 6 months in Colombia, where I taught English, and I enjoy learning about and experiencing a variety of cultures. I believe that learning to look at life as a big picture is vital to appreciating education and I try to share this with my students. I also enjoy exercising, reading (especially science...

...yoga, cooking, travel, family and friends. I have four children all with different academic struggles, so I know first hand how to deal with different issues including dyslexia, apraxia, dyspraxia, processing difficulties, and even the gifted. I am organized, a hard worker and genuinely care about the success of each and every child I may...

...students. I am most passionate about Reading - all the parts of it (phonemic awareness to comprehension) and helping change students' lives. Watching struggling students learn to become better readers has been very rewarding for me. I have changed lives and opened doors to students that thought they were not able to go any further....

...teaching students with disabilities and those students who struggle with Reading. I also have 4 years of experience teaching English Language Learners. I have a genuine passion for helping students meet their academic goals and close any gaps in their education. I strongly believe that education is a vital key to success and fully invested...

...reading, writing, spelling, decoding, comprehension, fluency, grammar, and phonemic awareness. I believe all students can learn successfully; some students just need assistance to find the way they learn best. Giving students tools and strategies for learning critical language skills allows them to be independent, confident, and successful. There is nothing more thrilling than watching a...

...struggling to learn to read. Countless hours of research, breaking out my old text books, late night/early morning web searches, and the suggestion by an amazing teacher that we test for dyslexia gave us the answers we were looking for, all four of my amazing children are dyslexic. Armed with this knowledge and now knowing...

I have 37 years of teaching - special education in Tempe School District, 32 years with Mesa Public Schools, and over 20 years teaching teachers how to teach reading. I have been retired three years, and I miss teaching so I am happy to be able to teach again!