June 18, 2013

Aleeza Lubin, Director, Middle and Upper School Divisions

Aleeza Lubin

Aleeza is a Director and math specialist with My Learning Springboard, overseeing case management, curriculum design, standardized test preparation, and service-learning.  Her diverse background inspired her to masterfully teach many subjects from anthropology to calculus. She began her teaching career in Toronto, Ontario at the largest private Jewish High School in North America. During her  read more…

Alexandra Bauer (Organizational Skills, Math, Computer Information Systems and Yoga)

Alexandra Bauer

Alexandra is an undergraduate student in the Zicklin Business School at Baruch College and expects to receive her Bachelor’s Degree in Economics, with a minor in Art History. Having the appropriate life and work experiences, she strives to center her work as a private tutor around imbuing students with confidence so that they may become enriched citizens of the  read more…

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler (Math, French and Standardized Test Preparation)

Alexandra Cohen-Spiegler

Alexandra has been working as a private tutor for close to fifteen years. Coming from a New York City preparatory school background, she perfectly understands the demands made on students. She began tutoring at a community center while still in high school, teaching elementary students to read. Since then, she loves helping students get ahead,  read more…

Andrew Laudel (English Literature and Standardized Test Preparation)

Andrew Laudel

Andrew Laudel is an educator, writer, and artist with experience preparing middle, high school, and college students for success as writers and with standardized testing. Andrew graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in English Literature and Musical Theatre and has worked in New York City for the past four years as both a  read more…

Bobby Irven (Mandarin, Political Science, Humanities)

Bobby Irven

Bobby graduated from Rutgers University with dual degrees in Chinese and Political Science with a focus in international relations. He also studied abroad at Jilin University in Changchun, China where he completed intensive Mandarin immersion classes. In addition to tutoring Mandarin, Bobby speaks conversational Spanish and Italian and has traveled the world attending conferences and  read more…

Caron Levis (Reading, Writing, Life Coaching and Organizational Skills)

Caron Levis

Caron Levis–author, playwright, trained actor, and private tutor–has been working in education for over ten years. She uses creative writing, drama, and storytelling to teach literacy, self-awareness, and communication skills to kids of all ages, teachers, and parents. Whether she is teaching reading, writing, study, or life skills she specializes in coaxing out the courage,  read more…

Daria Pennington (English, Literature, Study Skills)

Daria Pennington

Daria Pennington has more than ten years of experience as a classroom teacher and tutor. Currently, Daria tutors students in the areas of reading comprehension, writing techniques, and developing good study habits and skills. Daria earned her BA in Art History at the Univeristy of California, Santa Cruz, where she also studied French. During her  read more…

Fred Weitz (Elementary and Middle School Literacy and Math)

Fred Weitz

Fred Weitz is a seasoned educator who brings many years of experience through a variety of roles during his academic career. Fred received his undergraduate degree in Speech with a minor in Education from Pace University in New York City. He then continued with his graduate studies at Herbert Lehman College, City University of New  read more…

Glenna Abend (History, Film Studies)

Glenna Abend

When she was a little girl, Glenna dreamed of staying in school forever.  With her current profession as a high school teacher, she has managed to achieve her goal!  For the past four years, she has taught US History, Global Studies, and Constitutional Law in several New York City public schools and brought her love  read more…

Grant Bergland (English, Literature, and Test Preparation)

grant-bergland

Grant Bergland comes from a family of teachers and has always loved seeing his students achieve. First and foremost, he believes that his students need to dream big dreams to make them a reality. Over the past 15 years, Grant has worked with students from the ages of 8 to 89 as a classroom teacher,  read more…