Every child learns differently. That’s why we begin by understanding each student’s strengths, challenges, and goals before creating a personalized plan for success.
From pre-kindergarten through college, our expert educators provide individualized support in academics, executive function, and test preparation. We help students build confidence, strengthen skills, and become more independent learners.
We believe great tutoring is about more than improving grades or test scores. It’s about helping students develop the skills, strategies, and confidence they need to thrive in school and beyond.
Every tutoring program begins with getting to know the learner. Using formal and informal assessments, classroom performance, and parent input, we match students with a best-fit tutor who understands their strengths and areas for growth. From there, we create a personalized learning plan that evolves as they do.
Throughout the process, we partner closely with families, providing regular communication and meaningful updates so everyone feels supported along the way.
Test Preparation
Our individualized test preparation programs help students feel confident and prepared for test day.
We tutor students for the ISEE, SSAT, SHSAT, HSPT, TACHS, PSAT, SAT, ACT, and other admissions exams. Every program includes diagnostic assessments, personalized instruction, practice testing, and proven test-taking strategies designed to build skills, confidence, and strong results. We apply our Test Preparation Portal Process to ISEE, SSAT, HSPT, ACT and SAT exams.
Our Test Prep Portal Process. Good test prep is more than content review, learning strategies, or taking one practice test after another. Our process has four parts: instruction in the skills the test measures, explicit practice with a clear purpose, feedback that improves the next attempt, and mock tests under realistic conditions.
Subject Area Tutoring
Whether your child needs extra support, enrichment, or help building confidence, our tutors meet them where they are.
We provide personalized tutoring in reading, writing, math, science, social studies, and world languages for students from pre-kindergarten through college. Our tutors help students strengthen foundational skills, deepen understanding, and develop the confidence to succeed independently.
Executive Function Coaching
Executive function skills help students stay organized, manage their time, plan ahead, and complete work more independently.
Our coaches teach practical strategies for organization, planning, study skills, task initiation, time management, note-taking, and self-advocacy. Rather than simply helping students finish assignments, we teach them the skills they need to become confident, independent learners both inside and outside the classroom.
Our IEF Model. The Integrated Executive Function Model was created by Mary Miele at Evolved Education Company. It has three main steps:
Executive functioning is more than telling a student to be organized or showing them what to do. We find where things break down and teach strategies the student can use on their own.
Our tutoring process is designed to meet each student’s unique needs, creating a supportive experience that helps students learn well.
Assessment
We begin by identifying areas of strength and challenge, allowing our tutors to target specific skills and tailor instruction effectively.
Planning
Based on the assessment, we develop a customized plan outlining session goals and strategies that will work best for how the student learns.
Tutoring
Through engaging one-on-one sessions with skilled educators, students gain a deeper understanding of concepts, build confidence, and develop independent learning skills.
Review
We provide ongoing feedback with families and conduct informal evaluations to track progress, refine strategies, and support continued growth.
Amy assesses each student’s needs, strengths, and goals, then matches them with the best-fit tutor, so each student gets a personalized learning experience.
Formal assessment is optional. Our tutors always do some informal assessing as a matter of practice — it’s how the work stays calibrated. When a fuller picture would help, we’ll say so. Assessment is offered separately and is not included in the cost of tutoring.
Executive function is the set of skills that help a student plan, organize, focus, hold information in mind, and shift between tasks. These skills develop over time, and are best developed in context of a student’s life. They can be explicitly taught and recalled.
Tutoring builds skills in a subject such as reading or math. Executive function coaching builds the skills to complete work within every subject: planning, organization, time management, focus through non-preferred tasks, writing cohesion and organization. Many students benefit from both.
Most students need at least six months. Students with learning challenges or test anxiety often need more or a specialized approach. Every plan includes mock tests, so students practice under real conditions.
No. Our tutors always do some informal assessment as part of their work. Formal assessment is optional and offered separately. We do not offer neuropsychological testing. We can refer to providers.
Amy Nathan, our Director of Student Services learns about your child’s needs, strengths, and goals, then matches them with the best-fit tutor.
