Student analysis, custom software, and college planning
A struggling student almost never has a general problem. They have two or three specific ones, hidden under years of workarounds. I find the gap, write the plan, build the software to close it, and keep the college path on track. A teacher in your corner.
First 20-minute call is free. I'll tell you honestly what I think is going on.
Each stands on its own. Families who want a single answer start with the analysis and stop where they like. Families who want it handled, all of it, all year, take everything.
One session with your student plus a review of recent work and grades. You get a written summary in plain language: what's actually breaking down, what's fine, and a step-by-step plan you can run with me or with anyone else. Everything else starts here.
I build education software for a living. Off-the-shelf apps are too broad for a student who needs drill on one narrow skill. I build a small practice tool aimed at exactly the gap in their plan, one that adapts as they improve, and you keep it. Includes one revision as the student moves.
For 9th through 12th graders. Transcript audited against the current CSU and UC graduation, a-g, and admission requirements; a course plan for the next two years; an honest career conversation; and for juniors and seniors, the application timeline and essay coaching. Two meetings a semester plus text access. Every plan is double-checked against current requirements before you get it.
Twenty to thirty minutes online, Monday through Thursday. Not a homework service, an accountability service: what's due, what's stuck, what we're doing about it before it becomes a zero. Parents get a two-line text every Friday. Billed at my actual teaching rate; four half-hours a week is about $680 a month. Limited to a handful of students so it stays real.
All four packages for one student, one bill. The analysis in week one, the software built by month two, the college and career plan running all semester, and the daily check-in the whole way. Semester commitment. This is for the family that has done the hard part already and wants to make sure it carries to the next generation without anything slipping through.
Parents who made it, often the first in their family to, and who know from experience that nobody was watching the details for them. You don't want a tutor. You want someone who'll watch the details for your kid.
Twenty minutes, free. You describe what you're seeing; I ask the questions that usually point at the cause.
One session with your student. You get the written summary and plan within a week.
Run the plan with me, with someone else, or on your own with a tool I build. Your call.
I'm a credentialed California teacher with 14 years in the classroom, completing a master's in teaching at CSU Fresno. My day job is working with the high school students who have fallen furthest behind, which means diagnosing learning gaps is what I do every day, not a side skill.
Before teaching I served 23 years in the U.S. Air Force and retired as a Master Sergeant. Most of my adult life has been spent training people who didn't think they could learn the thing. I also design and build education software that finds a student's gaps and adapts to them, which is where the custom tools come from.
Credentialed to teach
Multiple-subject credential, plus secondary:
Which means I can read a transcript across every subject on it, not just one.
In person at a public library meeting room in the Antelope, Roseville, or North Sacramento area, or online. Evenings and Saturdays.