Tutor Profile
Kaitlin specializes in executive functioning development, reading intervention, advanced reading comprehension, analytical and creative writing, and college essay coaching. She works with students to strengthen the cognitive and academic foundations that drive success across disciplines — from organization, time management, and task initiation to close reading, argument development, and sophisticated written expression. Her approach blends explicit strategy instruction with individualized coaching, helping students become more independent, confident thinkers and writers.
She also provides expert preparation for AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, and AP U.S. History (APUSH) examinations. Kaitlin supports students in mastering rhetorical analysis, literary interpretation, document-based questions (DBQs), long essay questions (LEQs), and evidence-based argumentation. Her instruction emphasizes strategic reading, thesis precision, textual integration, and timed writing fluency, equipping students with both the content knowledge and analytical agility required for top AP scores.
In addition to advanced coursework support, Kaitlin provides targeted literacy intervention grounded in comprehensive assessment. She administers and analyzes formal and informal diagnostic tools — including graded word lists, miscue analyses, phonemic awareness inventories, and comprehension assessments — to identify specific skill gaps and design responsive remedial programming. Drawing on structured literacy principles, the Science of Reading, and culturally responsive practices, she can develop personalized intervention plans that strengthen decoding, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and written language, particularly for struggling readers and multilingual learners.
Kaitlin graduated from Hamilton College with degrees in English literature and art history. As a student, she received multiple recognitions for her academic and journalistic writing, including the Alfred J. and A. Barrett Seaman Prize in Writing; acceptance to the American Society of Magazine Editors’ prestigious internship program (through which she worked at Sports Illustrated); the Frank Humphrey Ristine Prize for English (2015); and the Walter Pilkington Memorial Prize for Print and Radio Journalism (2016).
Her final action research project for her Master’s degree in Students with Disabilities from Brooklyn College was selected for publication and presentation by the Association for Psychological Science in 2023. She is currently pursuing a second Master’s degree in Literacy and Multilingual Studies (TESOL) from Mercy University, further deepening her expertise in literacy development, multilingual education, and assessment-driven instruction. Additionally, she has specialized training in working with autistic and neurodivergent learners from New York University.
Currently, Kaitlin is an Access & Inclusion Specialist and teacher of AP English at NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies in Chelsea, New York City. She designs scaffolded, multisensory instruction aligned to New York State standards and integrates executive functioning supports into all aspects of her teaching. Her classroom practice emphasizes structured writing frameworks, strategic reading instruction, vocabulary development, and explicit modeling of thinking processes that enable students to move toward independence and long-term academic success.
When she’s not tutoring or teaching, Kaitlin coaches pickleball in Central Park. She enjoys cooking and baking, playing games, staying active outdoors, practicing yoga, and working her way through her ever-growing Goodreads TBR.