The Little “Read” School House

Your child's education is very important to you! Sadly, COVID-19 continues to negatively impact our children's education. They will experience some serious educational lags in the future  because of  time missed of direct classroom instruction and the ineffective  "virtual learning" platforms.  This does not have to happen. My students have complained that they are not learning anything. My service is far superior to the "cookie cutter," pricey franchises. Not only do I address the reading concerns, which are usually underdeveloped decoding skills, but I also incorporate important related skills that impact on reading, such as spelling, grammar, writing, etc.  It is much more personalized. I am not a random tutor. My parents and students have access to me outside of the tutoring sessions. I must say that I am not a "silver bullet" that you can call in to fix a "bad report card in a quarter or a semester. Student must "practice and study". Parents call me and say that their children are below grade level and expect over night results. That won't realistically happen with anyone. I can provide your child with the skills and tools, but again they must "practice and study."

I am a retired elementary principal with a Bachelors, two Masters and a Doctorate degree in the field of literacy/education. I have done extensive training of teachers as an adjunct professor in reading at Bowie State University, Morgan State University, the Community College of Baltimore, and Howard University. One of my MSDE certifications is in Reading and Literacy. I’m considered to be an effective expert in the field of Literacy. I provide effective corrective and remedial instruction with strategies that address phonemic awareness/word recognition, decoding, pronunciation, comprehension, study skills , fluency, content area reading proficiency and more. I'm trained in  Orton-Gillingham methodology, used with "dyslexic" students.You will begin to see positive results in your child’s overall academic performance in as soon as two or three months, if you provide regular, twice weekly,  tutoring sessions and your child practices and studies. Twice a week sessions are recommended for best results. I strongly advocate for standardized testing both before and after instruction. Many schools are giving parents informal or subjective estimates of student reading proficiency. Please have them tested on a standardized test.

Please note that I’m only in the state of Maryland; currently serving Howard, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties. I’m available 7 days a week. My day typically begins at 8:00 a.m. or earlier, on the weekends.

The current situation with COVID-19 pandemic continues to erode our students opportunity for a quality educational experience. This platform allows me to provide parents with a reasonably priced, high quality option to mitigate the damaging effects of the emergency  virtual platforms. I like the fact that my students will not miss a beat as a result of my personal intervention. One-on-one tutoring works and is more effective than even "in school, whole class instruction."