The Missing Piece to Literacy Success

Laneta S.

I am an experienced educator, Reading Specialist, and Literacy Strategist with more than 18 years of K–12 teaching experience and five years of instructional coaching experience. I hold a Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction and currently serve as an adjunct college professor teaching Integrated Reading and Writing.
Throughout my career, I have worked with elementary, middle school, high school, and college students in classroom, small-group, one-on-one, and virtual settings. My areas of expertise include reading intervention, comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, grammar, writing, dyslexia support, and academic skill development.
My tutoring approach goes beyond helping students complete assignments. I identify the underlying skills that may be preventing a student from succeeding independently and provide targeted, evidence-based instruction. I use structured literacy practices and personalized strategies to meet students where they are while helping them become stronger, more confident readers and writers.
I have experience supporting struggling readers, students with dyslexia, multilingual learners, and students who earn strong classroom grades but have difficulty with standardized assessments, comprehension, or independent application of skills.
My sessions are structured, encouraging, and goal-oriented. I believe students should understand not only what to do, but why a strategy works and how to use it independently. I also value communication with families so they understand their student's goals and progress.
My goal is simple: identify the missing piece, strengthen the skills, build confidence, and help each student experience measurable academic growth.