Welcome to Tutoring Families

I am a licensed reading specialist who has worked in public and private schools and in private practice for 19 years.  

My speciality is working with children who struggle as readers and writers and to craft and implement instruction that guides them into competent and confident readers, writers and learners.  

When I started my study at Harvard Graduate School of Education, I had no experience as an educator.  I had studied Japanese and Literacy Studies as an undergraduate.  Within weeks of enrolling and starting to train in the HGSE Literacy Lab, I was working as a literacy tutor in local elementary schools.  I witnessed immediate literacy growth in my students and felt empowered as an educator.  

The inspiration for Tutoring Families grew out of this experience.  Just as I grew into a qualified and effective tutor with a little education and a lot of support in those first few weeks of graduate school, I know that parents, too, can be taught to become powerful literacy tutors to their children.  To be successful, parents need to know what skills are essential, how to develop those skill areas and that there is an expert to turn to for support and guidance.  Seeing this happen on a case by case level with many, many clients, Kate decided to create an online program, The Literacy Lifestyle, to reach more families who want to know how to support their children’s early literacy learning at home.

By joining the Tutoring Families community, you will gain access to effective, engaging and easy-to-implement literacy activities/lessons.  You will no longer wonder how to inspire literacy learning in your child.  Through the community's support and the personalized support of The Literacy Lifestyle course - if you choose to join - you will confidently grow into the role of literacy tutor to your child.  You will find that there are so many benefits to becoming a "tutoring family."  Your child's literacy skills will soar.  Your family will establish a positive learning environment at home.  You will learn how to be a powerful contributor to your child's literacy learning.  

With your involvement, we can create a community of Tutoring Families who love literacy, value education and understand that parents/caregivers can be effective tutors to their children.