Meet Our Director and Owner Shirlanda Mitchell

 

Ms. Mitchell is a certified PreK-3rd grade teacher who is currently enrolled in a dyslexia certification program to better serve students who struggle with reading. She has taught in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana, as well as worked in Houston, Texas schools, where she used a variety of creative reading and math strategies to accommodate her students' learning styles. Her experience spans from students in PreK to 8th grade in both special education and typical classroom settings.

 

Ms. Mitchell's passion for helping students has led her to create a tutoring company that provides year-round services to young people. Her K-4th grade Academic Summer Camp focuses on academically oriented activities that review skills not yet mastered and introduce skills for the upcoming school year.

 

Ms. Mitchell's experience includes working with intermediate students (5-6th grade), developmentally delayed PreK students, and providing resource support to middle schoolers in 6th-8th grade. As a HIPPY Home Visitor, she empowered parents of 3-5-year-olds to teach reading and math readiness skills. For over 13 years, she has dedicated herself to teaching and/or tutoring kindergarten through fourth-grade students' math and reading skills. Her focus has been to build her students' confidence to improve academic progress, whether challenged with ADHD, dyslexia, or other learning disabilities.

 

Ms. Mitchell has held leadership positions and worked cooperatively with other professionals on various levels. She has actively participated in school-wide leadership committees, provided leadership to new teachers, and held grade-level team leadership positions. Ms. Mitchell is known for building confidence, providing effective intervention, working closely with educators, and building relationships with families. Most importantly, she is known for changing the lives of her students.

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