Setting the standard for professional tutoring.
As both a credentialed teacher AND a credentialed Reading Specialist, I provide an expert level of teaching. I am the only instructor your child will work with so you are always guaranteed the highest level of instruction. With over 34 years of teaching experience, I am able to effectively work with a very diverse demographic of learners.
Reading/Language Arts
Melinda Pina provides direct reading intervention to students and adapts instructional routines and strategies to provide direct specialized reading instruction to students with reading difficulties, including monitoring, and adjusting intervention instruction. All
areas of Language Arts are covered during tutoring sessions. Some of the areas of focus include phonemic awareness, phonics, oral reading fluency, writing, grammar, vocabulary, and spelling.
Math
Tutoring sessions also focus on math concepts, according to grade level
standards. Some of the areas of math instruction include building number sense,computation, critical thinking, and strategies to attack word problems.
Professional Development
Melinda has created and delivered school and district wide professional development in many areas including oral reading fluency, spelling, comprehension, vocabulary, student engagement, phonics, and phonemic awareness.
Her audiences include administrators, teachers, instructional coaches, paraprofessionals, and parents.
Consulting
Melinda works with school districts to support administrators and teachers in providing specialized services. As a credentialed Reading Specialist, she works with district staff and parents to create appropriate IEP goals. Her consultation services also include working with individual students who require specific reading and math instruction that is aligned to the student’s IEP.
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Do you attend IEP meetings?Yes. I work closely with each student’s school in order to support IEP goals.
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Are there any registration fees?NO. There are absolutely no registration fees.
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Do students get homework?NO. Students are not given any work to take home. As a Reading Specialist, I work with your child while they are here at Piña Reading Academy. I monitor their learning process and align my teaching to their specific needs.
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Why should my child attend Piña Reading Academy instead of another tutoring center?As both a credentialed teacher AND a credentialed Reading Specialist, I provide an expert level of teaching. I am the only instructor your child will work with so you are always guaranteed the highest level of instruction. With over 33 years of teaching experience, I am able to effectively work with a very diverse demographic of learners. My clientele includes students with Specific Learning Disabilities, IEP, 504 plan, ADD, ADHD, cognitive deficits, dyslexia, English Language Learners, auditory processing difficulties, phonological processing difficulties, as well as gifted students. I have 22 years of public school teaching experience in my own classroom. I have over 10 years in the private sector, here at Piña Reading Academy. If you are going to make the investment in your child’s education, you should expect the highest level of expertise and results. That is what you get at Piña Reading Academy. I set the standard for professional tutoring.
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Are parents allowed to watch the lessons?Yes. Parents are always given the opportunity to watch a lesson. Often, parents are invited to participate in a lesson in order to learn strategies for working with their child at home.
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Are parents required to sign a contract for your services?NO. You will never be required to sign any contracts at Piña Reading Academy. I am confident you will be happy with our professional services and return because you are seeing results.
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Is there a materials fee?NO. All materials are provided by Piña Reading Academy.