Offerings
Single family consultation: Finding the right school for your child
I work with you and your child to identify the right school. In working with you individually, I personalize the school choice process to your particular needs. We collaborate in each step of the process as I assimilate your views, needs and desires and articulate them for you into the eventual schools that fit your child and your family. The process involves:
Uncovering your educational background, life values and views on how education in today’s changing world.
Discovering your child as a learner and a social being.
Combining your views on education and the uniqueness of your child into an articulation of your hopes and dreams for your child’s education.
Education on the different types of schools. Practical and logistical considerations including cost, transportation, community support. Complete directory of Seattle/Eastside schools including leading public schools.
Recommendations of 3-5 schools. Assistance in the application and admissions process based on a personalized school enrollment calendar.
Suggestions for how you can best support education at home so it complements the work done at the school and creates a space in which your child might find their deepest passions.
Mentoring and Tutoring
As a mentor, I create a learning space that draws on school curricula, learner’s questions and passions, real-life experiences, local and global community events, as starting points for learning explorations. Explorations begin with existing school curricula and expand to include relevant learner questions and real-life events. In the explorations, learners inquire, think critically, make connections and develop a well-considered independent perspective on content. As learners engage higher cognitive skills they also master fundamental academic skills in service of and in the context of life-centered content.
How is this different from usual tutoring?
Every tutor offers a unique learning experience. While it is not uncommon to see examples of tutoring that is singularly focused on learning academic content, my mentoring accomplishes academic goals while exploring broader questions that are relevant to the learner. I make content come alive based on the learner’s questions, passions and real-life events.
Group workshop on How to find the right school for your child
I offer a workshop for 3-6 families guiding them through a process for choosing the right school for their child. The workshop is designed for those families who are looking for some guidance on how to choose the right school and are interested in conducting the actual process by themselves. It covers:
Exercises in uncovering your individual and family values, hopes and dreams for your child’s education.
Ways in which you can discover your child’s learning and social interaction styles.
Understanding different types of schools: Private, Public, Montessori, Experimental, Waldorf alongside un-schooling and home-schooling as options to consider.
A guide of practical and logistical considerations including cost, transportation, community support.
A complete directory of Seattle/Eastside schools including leading public schools. Calendar of important enrollment events. Access to individual school profiles on The Art of Education website.
A guide for school visits, applications and admissions process.
Next workshops listed here. Also feel free to gather your own group and contact me.
Individual consultation: Crafting the right education at home
Families and students can consult with me on a 1:1 basis to address any of the following or other related topics:
Choosing a school: Advice on any part of the process of choosing a school.
Rounding out the school experience: No school, even the right one is perfect. Families play a critical role in rounding out a child’s education and they can do so by identifying and appreciating the unique talents, inclinations and challenges of each child. I can help you personalize your child’s home education experience through activities, experiences and social interactions that will bring joy and passion into your child’s life.
Support for school work: Optimizing home support for education including identifying your child as a learner and the kinds of tools/activities that will help their school work.
The nitty-gritty: After understanding your particular child, I can recommend books, activities, experiences and social interactions that will grow your child and create playful, joyous interactions between you.
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