NRRF - Reading Tutors

Reading Tutors

Contact these resources for reading tutors.

Arizona

Cave Creek: Gail A. Thiele is a certified Spalding tutor and certified academic language therapist. Gail works with children K-6 with mild to severe reading disorders, but specializes in gifted dyslexics. She may be reached at 480-437-1331 or 35004 North Sunset Trail, Cave Creek, AZ 85331. She uses the Spalding method, a total language-arts approach to spelling, reading, writing, and comprehension.

California

Cypress: Julie Anders, NRRF California Director, uses the systematic phonics in Spalding's The Writing Road to Reading to tutor children and adults in reading. This includes spelling, vocabulary, Greek and Latin roots, and affixes when requested. Contact her by e-mail at jungljulie@comcast.net or by phone at 714-893-2286.

Georgia

Marietta: Brenda Fitzgerald, NRRF Georgia Director, trains teachers and parents to use intensive, systematic, explicit phonics. Her popular Leaping into Literacy workshop focuses on the five elements that make up an excellent reading program: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. Contact her at 770-794-8525, e-mail brendafitzgerald@bellsouth.net, or at the Georgia Educational Training Agency, 172 Helmswood Circle, Marietta, GA 30064.

Illinois

Batavia: David Ziffer offers the I Can Read reading program which teaches explicit, systematic phonics to children in grades 1-8, using SRA's Reading Mastery and Corrective Reading curricula. Small group instruction is offered during three semesters per year, with children grouped according to reading skill, which is measured at the start of each semester. Classes are held four days per week for 13 weeks per semester. Cost is under $13 per hour. For more information, call 800-700-4616.

Indiana

Indianapolis: Kathleen Alfke, public school reading teacher, tutor, and Direct Approach to Reading and Spelling trainer, provides tutoring for children and adults. Using the Direct Approach to Reading and Spelling, an older program that uses a wall chart to teach phonetic sounds and diacritical marks, students of all ages quickly learn to decode words by breaking them down into syllables and marking the long and short vowels, blends, prefixes, suffixes, root words, etc. Students also work on spelling rules, comprehension activities and vocabulary building while attending these small group sessions. For additional information, e-mail Kathleen at Kalfteach@aol.com.

Kansas

Lawrence: Linda Weinmaster, NRRF Kansas Director, trains teachers, parents, principals, and students with intensive, systematic, explicit phonics using Dr. Orton's 70 Phonograms for Spelling the 45 sounds of English Speech, and Romalda Spalding's Writing Road to Reading. Workshops or tutoring are available to teach proper spelling and spelling rules, handwriting, phonetics, and writing skills using this multi-sensory approach. She may be reached at 785-843-4060, e-mail LMWeinmaster@cs.com, or 4517 Broadmoor, Lawrence, KS 66047.

Michigan

Bloomfield Hills, Farmington Hills, and Shelby Township: Reading and Language Arts Centers provide one-to-one private tutoring sessions for beginning and struggling readers, pre-school through adult. They offer specialized programs to meet the unique needs of learners labeled dyslexic, LD, ADD, as well as others struggling with reading. Contact RLAC for rates and scheduling at 800-732-3211, info@rlac.com, and www.rlac.com.

Montana

Livingston: Miscese Gagen can only tutor a limited number of students. Therefore, she primarily helps parents learn how to use direct systematic phonics to teach their own children to read proficiently. She uses Right Track Reading Lessons, a highly effective direct systematic phonics program. She also offers workshops and presentations on teaching children to read with effective methods and will train other individuals interested in tutoring. Contact her at mail@righttrackreading.com.

Nevada

Las Vegas: Karyn Bachmeier offers a reading tutorial service which uses Action Reading, a complete intensive, systematic phonics program suitable for adults and children alike. Instruction includes audio cassettes, workbook, and games. She has used the Action Reading program successfully at community centers and also offers private instruction. She may be reached at 702-658-5799, e-mail: denlaura@aol.com, or 7224 Sleek Ave., Las Vegas, NV, 89129.

Texas

Mission: Peg Leach, NRRF Texas Director, will help locate tutors who teach systematic phonics in the area. Contact her at pegleach@academicplanet.com or 956-583-0532. Her address is P.O. Box 2942, Mission, Texas 78573.

Vermont

Underhill: Mike Audet, NRRF Vermont Director and a certified Master Tutor, provides one-on-one tutoring in basic reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, and grammar instruction at the Back-to-Basics Reading Clinic. He says, " Reading is the goal, and phonics is the tool. English is a phonetic language, and it must be taught directly, systematically, and explicitly. " In a child-friendly setting, Mike uses rigorous academic standards and requires homework between tutoring sessions as well as parent participation for the younger students. Most are elementary school age, but he also tutors middle and high school students as well as adults. Contact the Back-to-Basics Reading Clinic at 802-899-3235, e-mail mlaudet@msn.com, or 725 VT Route 15, Underhill, VT 05489.

Virginia

Berryville: Jennifer Welliver NRRF Virginia Director, tutors individuals and small classes using Phonics Pathways to teach reading. Her Web address is www.libertyreading.com. Contact her at 540-955-1373, libertyreading@msn.com, or 16 Liberty St, Berryville, VA 22611.

Christiansburg: Janelle Anderson offers a one-on-one, private tutorial service - Reading Solutions - which provides intensive, systematic phonics instruction for children and adults. The program includes instruction in spelling, vocabulary, grammar, and creative writing. For more information, call 540-381-0118. E-mail: ReadingSolution@aol.com.

Manassas: Sandra Elam, NRRF Washington, D.C. Area Director, uses the intensive, systematic phonics in Phonics Pathways to tutor children and adults in reading. She also tutors students in spelling, vocabulary, and grammar, and gives phonics workshops. Contact her by e-mail at sselam@verizon.net or by phone at 703-365-2428.

Roanoke: Betty Price, owner of Professional Reading Services and author of See Me Read, tutors students and gives phonics workshops. E-mail: ceemeread@aol.com.

Warrenton: Carol Grayson tutors using Touch Phonics, a multi-sensory phonics system. For more information, she may be reached at 154C Fairfield Dr., Warrenton, VA 20186. Her phone number is 540-341-7802 and email is Carol Grayson@lmsn.com.

Washington

Kennewick: Excel Learning Center provides explicit, sequential phonics through direct instruction on an individualized basis for ages kindergarten through adult. Teachers since 1964. For more information, call 509-735-0523.

Wisconsin

Milwaukee: Richard Szatkowski provides tutoring for children and adults using Why Johnny Can't Read and Pyramid Reading. He has had extensive experience tutoring for Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee Public Libraries, SER Jobs for Progress, and We Can Parents' Network. Call 414-383-8346 for more information or to schedule an appointment.

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