Go beyond school-as-usual.
You know the feeling: endless hours of classes, teachers who just keep talking, test after test, homework, dinner, bed. Sleep. Wake up. Repeat.
You’re driven. You have real goals, real dreams—and somewhere in the daily grind, they keep getting pushed to the back seat.
What’s the point of any of this?
I asked the same question you’re probably asking, back when I was in high school and then early in university: What’s the point of any of this? It wasn’t until I figured out how to put school to work for something—my own goals, my own curiosity—that it stopped feeling like a humdrum waste of time and started feeling like mine.
B436: Connect the dots between school and education
That’s what b436 does. Named for the bus line that took me from the school where I taught to the home where I did my real thinking about education, this program is where I help my clients connect the dots (just like a bus route!). This isn’t tutoring. We’re not just asking, “How do I succeed in school?” Instead, we’re exploring: How does succeeding in school serve what you actually care about? What are the bigger goals worth chasing?
Learning should make you hungrier to learn—not overwhelmed and bored.
Here’s how it works
Together we find, define, and refine a bespoke process that works for you:
Step 1
Book a free consultation
We discuss what is and isn’t working and lean into your strengths.
Step 2
Build a bespoke plan suited to you!
There is no generic template for your process. We identify the direction, define the boundaries, and refine a sustainable process and path that you value and love.
Step 3
Build momentum on your terms
With small, sustainable steps, in a process built for and by you, we settle into the rhythms and routines that redefine your relationship and connection with education.
Bespoke Student Services
School frequently forgets (or neglects) to see students as whole people who have unique perspectives and talents to share with the world. You deserve to be seen and heard! The world needs what you have to share.
Together, we will connect the dots between learning and life and chart an education that empowers you beyond classroom success.
1-1 Coaching
A sure-fire way to discover and connect to a system and style of learning built for you. You can excel in school AND make it meaningful for yourself.
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1-, 2-, or 3-4 times weekly recurring monthly packages
Together, we tackle challenges with writing, grammar, organization, planning, goal setting, motivation, and understanding the often hidden rules of doing school. We ensure you find success in school AND develop an intellectual life and strategies that take you well beyond school and propel a lifelong education!
Services starting from CHF 150.
Final investment confirmed in your proposal based on scope.
Educational Editing
insights into the aspects of your writing process that—with improvement—can best contribute to your writing growth.
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Developmental Coaching: Brainstorming, argument formation, and structure of compositions.
Revise and Edit: The developmental aspects of brainstorming, argument formation, and structure of compositions AND grammatical proofreading and feedback.
Services prices starting from CHF 150.
Final investment price confirmed in your proposal based on scope.
Small Group Coaching (Seasonal)
Sometimes you just need company… Stop studying and working in isolation! studiO and more-than: a book club bring a small group of goal-oriented students together to turn schoolwork into an enjoyable and deeply engaging learning experience. Go beyond “just getting it done”!
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studiO: A llightly facilitated online study hall with a small cohort; peer support and light coaching. support.
more-than: a book club: Why not read together? This small group takes personal reading choices or assigned texts and elevates the reading and study of those to new levels.
SUP: Summer Passion Projects: You spend all year doing work for other people. Summer is for diving deep into your personal interests.
Services starting from CHF 250.
Final investment confirmed in your proposal based on scope.
Frequently Asked Questions
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How are your services similar and different to tutoring?
While targeted tutoring can certainly play a role in our work together, it will be couched in identifying why performing well is important to you. We want to connect your capabilities with your commitments.
Do you work with students struggling with motivation?
Everyone struggles with motivation. This is completely normal. One way we address this is in working to identify what drives you and then connecting your work to that. However, I will only recommend my services to clients motivated to try new approaches. In other words, if you and I together can accomplish goals you have (even if it is finding motivation), we can work together. We shouldn’t work together if your reason for doing so is someone else’s interest.
Do you work with students who have diagnosed learning differences?
Yes, of course, but I am not a specialist in – nor do I offer specialized services in/for – various learning differences and/neurodivergences. So many amazing resources exist for that work. I encourage you – and can help you – connect with those. What we do is consider how your uniqueness can be mobilized in service of your greater education goals.
Do I already need to know what my goals, dreams, and interests are before working with you?
No, and the answer to these questions may likely continue to change for all of us. We each constantly evolving in our answers to these questions. so we may find that clarity comes and goes. That’s ok. If you have some clear goals but struggle to connect them to your educational experiences, I can help with that.
Do you offer subject area curricular expertise? If so, which ones?
I am a certified secondary English Language Arts teacher with approximate 30 years of classroom teaching experience. I also teach advanced learners of English as an Additional Language. Finally, I love working with preservice and inservice educators. Secondary English teacher education is a primary component of my PhD in Curriculum, instruction, and Teacher Education from Michigan State University.
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