June 19, 2013

Adele Steiner (Poetry, Creative Writing)

Adele Steiner

Adele Steiner is an incredibly accomplished poet with a strong teaching and enrichment background.  She is a professor at Montgomery College, an Artist-in-Education with the Maryland State Arts Council, an instructor at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda, MD, and a veteran Poet-in-Residence at Georgetown Hospital in Washington, DC.  She is also the current host of  read more…

Alba Dwass (Italian)

Alba Dwass

Alba has extensive experience teaching Italian in schools and as a private tutor. Her students have included children of all ages, as well as adults. She has coached actors and opera singers preparing for roles requiring Italian and has held intensive sessions with corporate leaders and their families who are relocating to Italy. She is  read more…

Alberta Gerschel (French, Organizational Skills)

Alberta is a native French Speaker and has dual citizenship (France and US). She received her MA in French Education at NYU and spent two years studying at the Sorbonne. She has taught elementary through advanced level French and works closely with the American president of the French Cultural Society. Alberta has supported students from  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…

Aliza Schulman (Family Therapist and Social Worker)

aliza-schulman

Aliza Schulman, LCSW is a licensed clinical social worker with extensive experience working with adolescents, adults, individuals, families and couples in the Boca Raton, Delray, and Parkland areas. Utilizing an eclectic model, Ms. Schulman incorporates psycho-dynamic therapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and family system approach into a customized treatment plan for each client. She has been in private practice for over 15 years. Ms.  read more…

Allison Schupak (Educational Therapist, Elementary Educator and Reading Specialist)

Allison Schupak

Allison Schupak is a certified Educational Therapist, Elementary Educator, and Reading Specialist.  Allison is currently a learning specialist at the Winston Preparatory School in Manhattan, a private special education middle and high school in Manhattan for LD students presenting with Dyslexia, Executive Functioning, and ADD/ADHD. For each one of her students she creates an individualized  read more…

Alona Erbst (Speech Therapist)

Alona Simon

Alona Erbst is an American Speech and Language Hearing Association (ASHA) accredited NYS licensed Speech and Language Pathologist as well as a New York State certified Teacher of Students with Speech and Language Disabilities (TSSLD). Alona has worked with children of all ages from preschool through 8th grade. She graduated from Binghamton University with a B.S. in Human Development  read more…

Amy Shapiro, Executive Director

Amy Shapiro

Amy Shapiro brings her expertise to My Learning Springboard as an Executive Director and Reading Specialist for families and schools in the New York City, Bethesda, Chevy Chase, Rockville, Washington, DC, and Boca Raton areas. Amy is a National Board Certified Teacher with more than 25 years in the field of education as a classroom teacher, school leader,  read more…

Amy Taylor (Elementary Education, ESOL)

Amy Taylor

For as long as she can remember, Amy Taylor has always been passionate about teaching and learning.  She graduated from Hunter College with a double major in Elementary Education and English Language Arts.  She then earned her Master’s degree at St. John’s University specializing in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages). Currently, Amy teaches  read more…

Ana Maria Moore (Certified Health Coach, AADP)

Ana Maria Moore

Ana Maria Moore, has been health coaching since 2007 but walking the talk for 20 years.  During her personal experiments to improve her health, she discovered that food changes everything. She went back to school in 2006 to learn over 100 dietary theories and coaching skills to empower clients to make small changes that lead  read more…