01
Organization
Binders, backpacks, digital folders, and systems that actually get used after the session ends.
Meet the Coach
Alisha M. Rodriguez
Dual certified Exceptional Student Education (ESE) and Gifted teacher. More than 20 years helping students develop the skills school assumes they already have.
Certified ESE
Certified Gifted
20+ years
Grades 3–8
Groups & 1:1
Qualifications
Trained to serve both ends of the learning spectrum — and the students in between.
Dual certification in ESE and Gifted means Alisha is used to designing support for students who need more structure, more challenge, or both at once.
- Dual certified Exceptional Student Education (ESE) teacher
- Dual certified Gifted teacher
- 20+ years supporting students with different learning needs
- Experience with IEP, 504, and classroom supports that still leave skill gaps
- Coach for elementary, middle, micro-school, and homeschool students
What she teaches
Skills that make school work feel doable.
These are the strategies Alisha has practiced with students for two decades — then translated into small-group and 1:1 coaching.
02
Time management
Estimating how long work takes, planning backward from deadlines, and beating last-minute panic.
03
Self-advocacy
Helping students name what they need, ask for it, and use school supports without waiting for a grown-up to notice.
04
Study skills
How to start, chunk, review, and show what they know — instead of rereading and hoping it sticks.
05
Executive functioning
Task initiation, focus, follow-through, flexible thinking, and regulation when work feels big or boring.
06
Independence
A personal toolbox so homework and long-term projects do not require a parent hovering at the table.
How she works
Warm, direct, and built around the child’s real week.
Alisha does not treat executive functioning as a personality trait. It is a set of teachable skills. Students practice them on actual assignments, materials, and routines — then take the same tools home.
- Small groups kept tight so every student gets coached, not just seated
- 1:1 sessions for friction points that need more privacy or pace
- In-person and virtual options so families can choose what fits
- Parent partnership without turning every night into another battle
Who she is a strong fit for
Families come to Alisha when a child knows the content but still loses papers, stalls at the start, or melts down over projects.
- Students in grades 3–8, including micro-school and homeschool
- ADHD, autism, learning differences, or twice-exceptional profiles
- Kids who are bright and still drowning in the “how” of school
- Parents who want skills, not more worksheets
Work with Alisha this season.
Share a few details about your child. She uses the parent form to match group, 1:1, in-person, or virtual support.