Laura
Laura is a National Board Certified teacher. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from UC Santa Barbara, where she earned her degree in Comparative Literature. She earned her Teaching Credential in Elementary Education and Master’s Degree from UC Santa Barbara in 2011.
Laura taught fourth grade for six years, and she is currently a first-grade teacher at SFUSD, where she uses balanced literacy and guided reading to teach emergent readers and writers. As an educator, Laura believes in the power of building strong relationships with all of her students. After school hours, Laura tutors elementary and middle school students.
Laura finds tutoring particularly rewarding because it is a space where the tutor can focus on meeting the specific needs of her student. In the classroom environment, a student’s success is often tied to his or her assessments and work product, whereas in a tutoring session, success is defined by the progress the student makes with his or her tutor and the learning that happens when they discover misconceptions and work them out together.
“Laura is awesome - we love her outlook, energy, style and helpful input. Our boys think she is great.” - Parent
“Laura has been a wonderful tutor for your daughter - she was able to connect with her and make reading tutoring fun.” - Parent
“Laura has been wonderfully effective in engaging [my son] with different tools and tactics. She has been able to help him draw out really good ideas and work during their sessions. She has been working on creating an editing checklist with him which will be very helpful in his future writing assignments and was a great idea!” - Parent