Consulting, Tutoring, and Training to help students and their parents navigate and maximize their education.
All content except that which is expressly credited is otherwise
©2020 Illana Zauderer
Consulting, Tutoring, and Training to help students and their parents navigate and maximize their education.
All content except that which is expressly credited is otherwise
©2020 Illana Zauderer
$180/hour — How to solve tough math problems, managing math anxiety, step-by-step help with your child's particular math needs.
Frustration can make any student figuratively fold their arms and refuse to move. In working with me, students learn that in the struggle lies the prime opportunity for growth, and that this is how math confidence is built in real time. Most students benefit from a 45-minute weekly lesson, where we explore current concepts according to California and Federal grade-level standards, a student’s upcoming homework and math assessments, and preparation for standardized tests.
$90/30-minutes—Test-taking (classroom and standardized) Executive Function/Organization Coaching, navigating choices in the education system.
In today’s attention-demanding world, the ability to organize, focus, and execute is crucial. In learning how to command and maintain their environment, materials, and time, students’ confidence can grow exponentially and translate into content areas. Similarly, we parents may run into many daunting issues as we navigate and manage our child’s education - communication struggles with teachers, confusing class choices, or how to encourage good test-taking skills. 30-minute consulting sessions with parents are often helpful to strategize a plan of action.
$180/hour — High school/college application essay coaching, how to improve reading comprehension, creative writing techniques.
What makes a well-written essay, one written with a student’s own voice and a point of view? What to do when a student reads a paragraph and then has no idea what she just read? We work together in literacy sessions to demonstrate clarity in a student’s writing, to write from experience, and to engage the mind on multiple levels while reading. Independent high schools, universities, and AP exams can require a significant amount of writing, and the skill of clear and compelling writing is valuable beyond higher education.