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Compassionate Special Educator with Advanced Training in Literacy
Kaitlin C.

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I had a 7-year career as an early childhood special educator, early childhood classroom teacher, and teacher leader/instructional coach with Denver Public Schools. In 2019, I left public education to support families who are engaging in alternative forms of homeschooling through coaching and tutoring. I have experience tutoring creative writing and reading instruction. I am most passionate about literacy tutoring through inquiry-based cycles. To expand my expertise in early 2022 I am...

I had a 7-year career as an early childhood special educator, early childhood classroom teacher, and teacher leader/instructional coach with Denver Public Schools. In 2019, I left public education to support families who are engaging in alternative forms of homeschooling through coaching and tutoring. I have experience tutoring creative writing and reading instruction. I am most passionate about literacy tutoring through inquiry-based cycles. To expand my expertise in early 2022 I am participating in a Science of Reading certification course as well as a Teaching Writing Process accredited course from John Hopkins University.

I have years of experience working with students in special education and expertise in working with neurodiverse students. Specifically I have supported dyslexic, Autistic, and ADHD students learn the fundamentals of reading using Orton-Gillingham and Science of Reading methodology, sensory strategies, and student-led learning.

My goal for teaching writing is to support student’s writing interests and to teach them the writing skills most valuable to them in this moment of their life as well as skills that will lead to their future success. As much as possible the process of teaching writing should be individualized to the student. It should emphasize their strengths, be engaging and appropriate for their developmental level, and help them understand their resistances and their struggles

I have years of experience teaching and tutoring foundations in literacy. I have a Master's in Early Childhood Special Education. I was an early literacy leader in Denver Public Schools and am currently completing certifications in the Science of Reading and Teaching Writing Process.

I am a licensed special educator and taught for many years in the special education classroom. Since 2019, I have coached parents of neurodiverse children to implement homeschool programs that meet their child's needs. I am also a neurodiverse person and have a passion for supporting neurodiverse children.

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ADHD

ADHD

I have a Master's in Early Childhood Special Education from the University of Virginia and hold a teaching license in Early Childhood Special Education birth-age 8 in the state of Colorado. I taught special education students in Denver Public School from 2013-2019. I have been tutoring special education students privately since 2010.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

I to have a license from the state of Colorado in Early Childhood Special Education birth-age 8 to teach students with autism as well as evaluate students for educational programming. For the past two years, I have been supporting parents homeschooling their autistic children. As a neurodiverse person, autism advocacy in education is something I am passionate about .
Common Core

Common Core

I have 7 years of experience teaching in a public elementary school using common core. I have an expert understanding of elementary common core and have worked as a curriculum developer (both in schools and as a freelance) to create lesson plan content based on common core standards.
Dyslexia

Dyslexia

I am an early childhood special educator and recently have received more specialized training to support dyslexic students. I use a Science of Reading program that is designed to support dyslexic and other struggling readers. The program included a 20-hour teacher training.
Elementary (K-6th)

Elementary (K-6th)

I am licensed to teach special education birth-8yrs old. I have tutored all grade levels of elementary students in reading, writing, and self-directed inquiry cycles. I am an expert on many education modalities that support elementary students and can support elementary students with tutoring or homeschool studies.
Homeschool

Homeschool

I am an educator passionate about supporting homeschooling families. I have experience coaching homeschooling families, teaching virtual homeschool, creating curriculum and content for homeschool families, and facilitating a homeschool-style in-person learning group. I am passionate about supporting interest-led homeschooling styles. I specialize in literacy instruction and support homeschooling students to gain literacy skills through inquiry-based interest-driven learning styles and self-directed writing projects with authentic audiences.
Reading

Reading

I am a licensed early childhood special educator in the state of Colorado. I facilitated professional development in early literacy research during my career in Denver Public Schools and coached teachers who were teaching literacy. I've tutored elementary students in reading for over 10 years. I recently completed certification in the Science of Reading with Ignite tutors and am currently participating in a Teaching Writing Process course from John Hopkins University.
Special Needs

Special Needs

I have a masters in early childhood special education, a license in birth -8 early childhood special education, and 7+ years of experience teaching in the special education classroom.
Writing

Writing

An educator with 10+ years of experience. Recently completed a John Hopkins University School of Advanced Studies Specialization in Teaching Writing Process K-12.
ESL/ESOL
Phonics
Study Skills
Vocabulary
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Incredible Tutor for Special Needs Children

We are so thankful Kaitlin came into our lives to support our homeschooling journey. I have 3 children I started homeschooling when the school was not supporting their special needs. At first, was not sure about virtual tutoring but my children are learning more in short virtual sessions than they were all day in public school. My 10 year-old is Austic/ADHD and was refusing to do any learning with me or in public schools. He could read but wasn't comprehending anything that he was reading. Kaitlin adapted to his learning style and used his special interest in bugs to help him learn. She created a unit study about bugs to address his comprehension needs. I've never seen him so engaged in learning, He is excited about his session and can't wait for it to start. He went from having no interest in books to wanting to read on his own every day. Not only has his comprehension skills improved, but his language has improved and he talks a lot more in longer sentences. His twin who is also 10 years old works with Kaitlin for writing and novel studies. Thanks to Kaitlin she is above grade level. She also loves going to class and talks about the novels she reads all the time. Kaitlin is very enthusiastic and has really built my daughter's self-esteem. My youngest, 8, is dyslexic. Kaitlin uses a program designed for dyslexic readers to teach him to read. He went from a beginning 1st grade reading level to a 2nd grade reading level in just 6 months.

Nadia , 9 lessons with Kaitlin

Great Job

Kaitlin receives input and adopts quickly to the needs of the student. Very performance oriented. She has been working on the CER methodology with my daughter and shown results

Sumit, 32 lessons with Kaitlin

Wonderful, Caring and knowledgeable Tutor

We are very happy that Katlin is tutoring our child. She is wonderful. We highly recommend her. She adapted to our child's style of learning. Her sessions are excellent and we always look forward to them. She brings a lot of energy and enthusiasm to sessions. She uses very good material also. Our child continues to benefit a lot from sessions with her.

DEEPESH, 104 lessons with Kaitlin

Excellent Tutor!

I was immeasurably fortunate to connect with Kaitlin, and could not imagine someone better qualified and suited to assist my granddaughter!

Stephanie, 5 lessons with Kaitlin
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