A Message to Parents: Our Response to COVID-19
Dear Parents and Students,
As the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, many schools are shutting their doors, telling students to stay home and do their schoolwork online. This development has left many working families in a stressful and difficult situation.
Some questions you may be asking yourself:
You are not alone.
We at Journey Online Tutoring are here to organize, tutor, coach, and hold accountable your child to ensure academic success. We will also do our best to give them the lifelong skills to learn and study on their own!
We are also parents and understand the anxiety and uncertainty caused by the changes brought about by the Coronavirus. The coaching and tutoring services we offer are handled by professional educators who have either a Masters or PhD.
Finally, we are also a Pilot Project kicked into high gear by the necessity of our friends and neighbors. This means that we have been offering online tutoring and coaching services locally for a number of years, but due to the tremendous need of the moment, we have pushed ourselves to expand to help as many families as possible.
We at Journey Online Tutoring are firmly committed to serving our communities and hope that we can support your family in this challenging time.
Thank you,
Luke Hammons
Co-founder, Journey Online Tutoring
As the effect of Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to evolve, many schools are shutting their doors, telling students to stay home and do their schoolwork online. This development has left many working families in a stressful and difficult situation.
Some questions you may be asking yourself:
- Does my child have the self discipline and organizational skills to stay on task and turn in quality work by the deadline?
- Does my child learn by his or herself, primarily through reading text with the occasional video, or do they need someone to help them face to face?
- How do I know if my child has done their homework and is on task while I am at work?
You are not alone.
We at Journey Online Tutoring are here to organize, tutor, coach, and hold accountable your child to ensure academic success. We will also do our best to give them the lifelong skills to learn and study on their own!
We are also parents and understand the anxiety and uncertainty caused by the changes brought about by the Coronavirus. The coaching and tutoring services we offer are handled by professional educators who have either a Masters or PhD.
Finally, we are also a Pilot Project kicked into high gear by the necessity of our friends and neighbors. This means that we have been offering online tutoring and coaching services locally for a number of years, but due to the tremendous need of the moment, we have pushed ourselves to expand to help as many families as possible.
We at Journey Online Tutoring are firmly committed to serving our communities and hope that we can support your family in this challenging time.
Thank you,
Luke Hammons
Co-founder, Journey Online Tutoring
About Us
Journey Online Tutoring is a tutoring and coaching service that supports students and their parents as they navigate the reality of online learning. We are all experiencing stress, anxiety, and confusion as schools shut their doors. We can help you.
We at Journey Online Tutoring help tutor, organize, coach, and hold your child accountable to ensure that the transition to online learning doesn’t derail their education. We understand that right now is a scary, chaotic time, but that is exactly why we are here - as teachers, as fellow parents who are committed to education no matter what - to help give you and your kids the tools that you need to succeed.
We at Journey Online Tutoring help tutor, organize, coach, and hold your child accountable to ensure that the transition to online learning doesn’t derail their education. We understand that right now is a scary, chaotic time, but that is exactly why we are here - as teachers, as fellow parents who are committed to education no matter what - to help give you and your kids the tools that you need to succeed.
EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY
Journey Online Tutoring practices proactive, positive, realistic, and motivational academic coaching. We coach the whole student, giving him or her the tools that he or she needs for success in and out of the classroom.
For example, after our coaching sessions a student should have better study skills, increased internal motivation, more confidence, and hope. Parents can also expect that their children are being given the tools to remain excellent, self-motivated students and workers for the rest of their lives.
But we are realistic.
We coach students that they are capable of success, but that they must invest their own time and energy. We hold them accountable for their choices, demonstrating that their personal choices and actions cause them to miss or achieve their goals.
Finally, we consistently bring the meaning of an academic activity to the forefront, because if the "Why" is clear, the "How" becomes much easier.
Journey Online Tutoring practices proactive, positive, realistic, and motivational academic coaching. We coach the whole student, giving him or her the tools that he or she needs for success in and out of the classroom.
For example, after our coaching sessions a student should have better study skills, increased internal motivation, more confidence, and hope. Parents can also expect that their children are being given the tools to remain excellent, self-motivated students and workers for the rest of their lives.
But we are realistic.
We coach students that they are capable of success, but that they must invest their own time and energy. We hold them accountable for their choices, demonstrating that their personal choices and actions cause them to miss or achieve their goals.
Finally, we consistently bring the meaning of an academic activity to the forefront, because if the "Why" is clear, the "How" becomes much easier.
Founder Bios
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Jill Brito is an educator and entrepreneur who has been teaching since 2008.
She received her Bachelor's Degree in Spanish and Secondary Education with a minor in Latin American and Caribbean Studies from Colorado State University and and a professional teaching license from the State of Colorado and went on to teach Middle and High School Spanish for 3 years. Jill went back to school to receive her Masters in Business Administration in Global Social Sustainable Enterprises from Colorado State University and has been involved with several startup companies since 2012. Jill has over 10 years of experience teaching and tutoring both online and offline and is currently teaching English as a Second Language part-time to elementary school and middle school students online. As an educator and a parent, Jill firmly believes that every student has a unique set of gifts and our job as educators is to encourage and mentor our students to be who they are, grow confidence, and walk along side them as they learn and grow. Jill lives in Fort Collins, CO, with her husband Paulo and her daughters Ava & Mila. |
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Luke Hammons has been teaching from the secondary to adult level for over ten years. His career started when he received a Fulbright Teaching Fellowship to teach English in Hamburg, Germany. Since then, he has taught courses online and in person in literature, creative writing, composition, ESL, public speaking, and reading. Currently, he teaches ESL and all Advanced High School Equivalency Courses: English, Math, Science, and Social Studies at the Center for Adult Learning at Front Range Community College in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Luke specializes in teaching students from diverse cultural and educational backgrounds and mentoring them to success. Besides the reading comprehension, grammar, writing, and test-taking skills he teaches each semester, he is invested in motivating students and working on their goal setting and career planning. It is his wish that each student knows why he or she is in class—that is, the long term objective towards which he or she is striving, thus helping students to find their own path while motivating them to focus on their daily coursework. Some other things Luke has done: For two years, he taught Creative Writing classes to inmates at Airway Heights Corrections Center in Spokane, Washington. Also, he and his wife, Sheila, co-founded and ran a Volunteer Agency, Rio Volunteer, in Rio de Janeiro. This agency put international volunteers into action at schools, orphanages, and other institutions serving impoverished communities in Rio de Janeiro. Luke has his MFA in English Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University and a double major BA in English and German from the University of Puget Sound. He enjoys reading and writing fiction, watching films, traveling, and taking part in outdoor activities in Colorado. |
