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ABOUT
1SKY SCHOLARS GLOBAL ONLINE TUTORING
1SKY SCHOLARS provides THE BEST personalized, patient, IMPACTFUL, flexible, one-to-one, small group and asynchronous online ENGLISH instruction. Our scholars are Neurodivergent and have ADHD, DYSLEXIA, may be ESOL, GIFTED, At-Risk of failing school work, and/or SEN-SEND students. These diamond minds include children, teenagers, university students, adult learners, professionals and teachers with and without language learning differences and abilities.
“The way we talk to our children becomes their INNER VOICE. Our WORDS can help them to RISE, succeed, survive and THRIVE - OR our WORDS can bring them to - and keep them on – their knees.”
Lisa Fátimah
*Mom*Teacher*Founder
IMAGINE you’ve entered a safe learning space. You may visit your online classroom practically any time - from anywhere in the world! There’s grace and gratitude in this joyous space, because we’re honored that YOU are here. You’re free to laugh, learn, and err. Here, there’s no judgement, circles to bubble in, busy work, bells or clocks pushing you to “know”- yet not understand – “to do” without clear directions AND all within a pre-determined - inflexible - time frame.
Here, in this safe learning space, you’re relaxed and received sincerely. Welcome to the ONE SKY that covers all of us – 1SKY SCHOLARS GLOBAL ONLINE TUTORING.
OUR AWESOME SAUCE!
We use a combination of Multi-sensory, Orton-Gillingham instruction, American Sign Language, Game Based Learning (GBL), Total Physical Response (TPR), Socratic Reasoning, Readers Theater, Backwards Design, Music, Epistemological Acuity, and Compassionate, Culturally Congruent Holistic instruction to meet the needs of each student.
WE BUILD SELF-ESTEEM by honoring each student‘s interests, learning styles and background. We create organized, rich, engaging, academic and holistic real life lessons that simplify the complex, and alleviate the frustration, fatigue, fear and confusion of reading aloud, writing well, public speaking, and self-advocacy found in traditional classes.
“We Don’t Compete or Compare.
We Create Positive IMPACTFUL Learning Experiences to Last A Lifetime!”
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Prior To Receiving Tutoring From 1Sky Scholars
Our Parents Worried About:
Being embarrassed, overwhelmed and exhausted.
Failing their children.
Feeling powerless, pressured, vulnerable, swindled and/or ignorant.
Having flashbacks from negative (childhood) school experiences.
Having their child compared to siblings, relatives, colleagues and friends’ children.
Not knowing who to trust or where to turn.
Sharing their worries with family, friends or colleagues.
Voicing their concerns aloud to a new teacher (stranger).
Our Scholars Worried About:
Being bullied.
Being compared to their siblings.
Being misunderstood and viewed
as lazy or incapable.
Being laughed at.
Embarrassing themselves
and their families.
Failing classes.
Falling behind their peers.
Feeling “stupid, weird” and pressured.
Hating themselves and/or school.
Identifying how they learn.
Not having the vocabulary to self-advocate for themselves.
Not knowing what to do or why their brains felt *scrambled.*
Reading aloud.
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WHY DO WE DO WHAT WE DO?
ALL Children and Adults need to be seen, HEARD and to feel VALUED.
They need to enter a WELCOMING environment that is NOT based upon RU$H, $TUFF AND FLU$H™ assignments - or assessments.
RAIN or SHINE, traveling, traffic or train delays, parents and students need to have FLEXIBLE, PATIENT, IMPACTFUL, tutoring, in order to take classes from anywhere in the world - AND - where they can laugh and learn for a lifetime!
SCHOLAR CHALLENGES SOLVED!
We remain solution centered - not problem paralyzed.
We ELEVATE NEURODIVERGENT, DYSLEXIC, ESOL, ADHD, GIFTED, SEN Students, Struggling Readers & Writers, Apathetic AND AT-RISK Students with Language Based Learning Challenges, and Frustrated Parents, Teachers and Professionals Worldwide! 🌍
We can’t wait to hear from YOU!
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WHY 1SKY SCHOLARS BEGAN . . .
"Children may not remember exactly what you said or did, but they shall ALWAYS remember how you made them FEEL."
The Honorable Dr. Maya Angelou
“I hate this place. This school is for dummies! I didn’t ask to be born this way! WHY ME?!”
“Having worked for 28 years as a native English speaking Bilingual Learning Specialist and Spanish teacher at public, independent and elite private schools focused on ADHD, Dyslexia, Autism and delayed language processing, I noted the need for many students to have the flexibility of attending school online.
There were a myriad of reasons. Some students were gifted, and were working towards overcoming physical or emotional health issues. Others were in professional sports or the arts, and many more had families that travelled widely. Unfortunately, quite a few students were embarrassed to attend a specialized school for dyslexia, regardless of how highly trained, dedicated and inimitable the teachers and administrators were, or how beautiful and exclusive the school campus.
Students also came from diverse, blended, divorced, HNW, and/or adopted backgrounds. Some scholars required greater compassion, intuition, and support due to constant test-taking trauma, traveling, the complexities and stress of life, and inflexible standardized educational systems.
And then there were those students who, while not being dyslexic, required a more holistic, innovative and fluid approach to learning - where the teacher was not tied to scope and sequence or textbook mandates that drove their courses - and their lives. They needed a dependable, dedicated off-site experienced teacher-tutor who knew how to affectively COMMUNICATE the complex, and one who complemented their traditional public, private, remote, home, or traveling schools.
I knew there was a GREAT need for flexible, CARING, PATIENT, PERSONALIZED and IMPACTFUL one-to-one online tutoring - to address the urgent emotional, academic, and real-life needs of young minds from elementary school to college - and into the working world.
Direct instruction was/is crucial as many students' learning styles, angst and/or antipathy usurped their ability to fully learn in a classroom of 10 to 12 peers - even with two (2) magnificent teachers.”
Lisa Fátimah
*Mom*Teacher*Founder
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OUR CLASSY SOLUTION-CENTERED SWAG!
- Rich, impactful and inspiring one-to-one online instruction.
- Cozy cohort online instruction of 4 – 10 Scholars.
- Pre-recorded asynchronous organized classes.
OUR SUPERPOWERS!
We Create IMPACTFUL, RICH, Learning Experiences to ALLEVIATE FRUSTRATION, FATIGUE, FEAR and CONFUSION For ADHD, DYSLEXIC, ESOL, GIFTED, NEURODIVERGENT and NON-DYSLEXIC LEARNERS.
Advocacy and Analysis
American Sign Language (ASL) Finger Spelling
Anthropomorphic Characters and ADHD Focus
Backwards Design
Beginning Spanish
Comprehension and Memory Retention
Critical and Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
English Fluency Encoding and Decoding
English For Speakers of other Languages (ESOL)
Essay Writing
Etymology
Game Based Learning (GBL)
Grammar & Syntax
Multi-sensory
Morphology and Phonemic Integration
Purposeful Pivoting
Public Speaking and Audience Preparation
Reading & Socratic Reasoning
Readers Theater
Reducing the Affective Filter
Teaching Online For Educators
Test Taking Anxiety Resolutions
Vocabulary Theater Building
Writing Well
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“You won’t leave the same way you came.”
**STUDENT**
FOCUS!
FLEXIBILITY!
FUN!
INVESTMENT
An Investment in Knowledge Pays the BEST Interest.
-Benjamin Franklin
INTRODUCTORY TRIAL CLASS
All students taking one-to-one classes must attend a ninety (90) minute Introductory-Tutorial Trial Class.
Even seasoned scholars accustomed to learning virtually will greatly benefit from our trial class which helps to determine if you (the parent or adult student), and/or your child are comfortable with our one-to-one instructional methods.
We also want to ensure that our 1SKY SCHOLARS teaching style aligns with your goals, family values - and lifestyle.
In addition to coaching and instruction, our trial class includes assessments.
SUCCESS STEPS
STEP ONE (1)
Contact us at Hello@1skyscholars.com Describe your or your child’s learning journey and tutorial or coaching goals and we will schedule a discovery call.
STEP TWO (2)
Schedule a
- 30
- 60 or
- 90 Minute Trial Class.
STEP THREE (3)
Review your Comprehensive Personal or Group Instructional Packet.
Your admissions packet will be emailed to you after your Trial Class.
It will contain all pertinent information regarding private tuition, scheduling and enrollment.
STEP FOUR (4)
If we both believe 1SKY SCHOLARS is a good fit for you or your child, you will receive a welcome letter inviting you to register for your dedicated class.
STEP FIVE (5)
WE BEGIN THE SOLUTION-CENTERED JOURNEY!
HOURLY CLASS OPTIONS FOR ONE-TO-ONE
AND GROUP INSTRUCTION
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INSTRUCTIONAL FRAMEWORK
The focus of all of our English fluency, speaking, reading and writing assignments, is to increase literacy, fluency, and to decode multisyllabic words to denote meaning.
We also make connections between intentional thought, inferencing, subtext, and what is spoken and read.
Our scholars are able to connect their background knowledge, acquire higher level vocabulary and think deeply and critically about what is spoken and written.
Our fluid multi-sensory, higher order instruction includes: learning through reasoning (GBL) Game Based learning for elementary students), Socratic inquiry, visual and context cues and story-telling.
All lessons are designed to introduce analytical rigor that enhances literacy, oral language proficiency, interactive engagement, and listening for effective communication, comprehension, critical analysis and higher order thinking (Bloom’s Taxonomy).
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SUCCESS STORIES
Since 2015, it has been our pleasure to provide meaningful, online, engaging instruction to busy families, and partner with stellar schools, organizations and corporations from the United States and many countries around the world!
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“Miss Lisa’s creativity and determination shines through with each tutoring lesson our daughter delightfully participates in. Our child (Age 9) has dyslexia, speech apraxia with perfectionism and ADHD.
For our child, Miss Lisa has been the best teacher she has ever had; and she has helped our daughter go from below kindergarten level to 6th grade reading level – she is in the 3rd grade. I highly recommend Miss Lisa for anyone who has tried anything and keeps hitting the walls.”
-Danielle**PARENT
“We love Miss Lisa. She works beautifully with our daughter! (Age 6) There are times our daughter is not feeling up for class and Miss Lisa powers through and makes it still a worthwhile session. And she is always positive and upbeat with wonderful words of encouragement and praise!”
-DB**PARENT
“Ms. Lisa has a very creative teaching method that captures my son’s attention. (Age 11) My son has enjoyed the weekly writing lessons. Ms. Lisa is also very organized in her communication with the parents. I would certainly recommend her to anyone.” - MK**PARENT
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“Lisa put together a program that had a depth and breadth unlike anything I had seen. She used a variety of strategies such as Reading theater, “backwards decoding,” Kodaly rhythm syllables, public speaking techniques and the Socratic Method.
She used news stories, features, poetry, short stories and even the Preamble of the Constitution. Most material was keyed to my son’s personal interests in sports, technology and the outdoors. Not only was her program individualized to my son’s (Age 15) interests, it also took into account that his intellectual level was higher than his decoding and fluency skills. She didn’t teach down; she taught UP.” - M. Mundth**PARENT
"Lisa clearly has expertise in teaching children with language-based learning disabilities and a gift for creating rich, relevant curriculum that respects her students’ intellect. Her approach to education is holistic, as seen in her attention to how a child feels about himself and his abilities, as well as to his DIBELS fluency score. She is an educator with exceptional skills to teach, to motivate and to inspire. To use the vernacular, Lisa Fátimah is the whole package.”
-Michelle**PARENT
“Lisa creates the most dynamic multi-sensory environments. She is that rare combination of integrity, scholarship, creativity and determination."
Dr. Martha Hennington, Professor Brooklyn College, USA
“Dear Miss Lisa Fátimah,
I just wanted to write and thank you for all the wonderful things you have done to improve my daughter’s writing skills. My daughter (Age 12) use to hate writing, although she is an avid reader. It was like pulling teeth to get her to write more than one cohesive sentence down. She loathed the drudgery of the writing process. and she would never write more than two or three sentences if asked to do so.
After working with you for the first 20 sessions, my daughter now is a much better writer and writes with an ease and consistency I never thought she would master. There were a few hiccups along the way, but now she and I are very confident in her ability to write not only her many stories, but also book reports and other school related assignments. Thank you.”
Sajdah**PARENT
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ADULT SCHOLAR
“Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere.” Chinese Proverb
“Lisa is an amazing educator. We worked with Lisa for a year and our son (Age 15) has made extreme progress. Within months of tutoring with Lisa, his vocabulary expanded, comprehension level increased and even his confidence level, with expansion in areas he was struggling with – the ELA subject area.
Lisa ensured that our son was engaged in each session and she is extremely flexible. She kept him attentive by making sessions fun but also ensuring that he was also grasping what was presented in the session. Lisa does not limit a student to only areas that need improvement, but she also expands the student’s knowledge to other areas and levels. I would definitely recommend her tutoring services to any parent that is seeking a compassionate tutor that provides quality services.”
- S. Georges **PARENT
“Miss Lisa is very professional. She mapped out a plan of action for my son (Age 11) based on her assessment after speaking with me. She is very friendly and my son enjoys working with her. He has made improvements in his writing. He actually tries to write and do his best. When he doesn’t understand he asks questions now. Wonderful instructor.”
- Ieasha S. **PARENT
“Miss Lisa was amazing. My daughter enjoyed every second with her. She encouraged my child (Age 7) to be innovative, creative and proud of the work she does. She showed her that everything she does is special.
-D. Veras **PARENT
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CURATED ACADEMIC ACTION PLAN
SUZHOU, CHINA
SUZHOU, CHINA –
NEW YORK CITY
SCHOLAR
Female Adult Businesswoman
ESOL ~ Multilingual ~ Highly Intelligent and Educated
NATIVE LANGUAGE(S)
Suzhounese ~ Mandarin
ENGAGEMENT
4 – 5 Days Weekly
PROMISE
Highly Disciplined
Great Sense of Humor
TEMPORARY LEARNING ~ ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES
Confidence
Correct Preposition usage
Multisyllabic Words
Novice English Speaking level
Pronunciation
Working in a predominantly Mandarin & Cantonese Speaking Environment
HER STORY
Our 1Sky Scholar comes from a highly accomplished family. Born and raised in China, our 1Sky Scholar emigrated to the USA as a married adult.
Having built a thriving business, scholar was determined to finally tackle a worrisome challenge - learning to speak English well.
While born in comfort, she was not averse to putting in the hard work and the necessary time to improve her English fluency.
PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
RESULTS
A program was designed that was sensitive to our scholar’s goals, self-esteem, education level and thirst for knowledge.
This included, but was/is not limited to: Current events; vibrant word associations using phonics; context filled commonly used English words; Socratic inquiry, visual and context clues in story-telling; analytical rigor to enhance literacy, oral language proficiency, interactive writing for fluency engagement, critical listening comprehension and analysis; creative expression, public speaking; drama; higher order thinking interdisciplinary grammatical and syntax analysis.
Our Scholar’s confidence, pronunciation, and self-correcting abilities all have risen from Novice English level to Intermediate Advanced (ACTFL Standards).
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ABOUT OUR FOUNDER
Lisa Fátimah is a Certified Educator for Dyslexic and Neurodivergent learners. For 20+ years, she has taught students in grassroots independent, public/ government, exclusive private, and progressive home school settings.
A Native New Yorker, Lisa comes from a family of educators, and she is resolute about teaching students the way they learn, building self-esteem, and creating holistic curated learning plans that work! After leaving broadcasting, the corporate legal arena, and serving as John Marshall Law School’s Director of Admissions, in 2010, Lisa Fátimah founded Milán International School Scholars (MISS), an educational outreach program serving learners with limited English and mobility.
In 2015, Lisa Fátimah established 1 SKY SCHOLARS Global Tutoring. She passionately teaches online English classes to Neurodivergent, Dyslexic, ADHD, ESOL, Gifted, and traditional learners in the USA and worldwide. Lisa brings a wealth of substance to schools, busy families, and institutions with global brilliance.
Lisa is a student of linguistics and the human experience. She understands diverse cultural nuances, social meanings - and the contours of class within communiqué. An alumna of Spelman College, Lisa Fátimah holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Language and International Business from Georgia State University (USA), and pre and post-graduate certificates from La Universidad Autónoma de Benito Juarez (Oaxaca, México), and Learning & The Brain, Focused Organized Minds, Insights into Neuroimaging, Harvard Graduate School of Education (USA).
Lisa Fátimah is a member of The Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators, New York, USA.
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ARTICLES & RESOURCES By Lisa Fátimah
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REMEMBER
In our classes we learn
“The GREAT Make MISTAKES.
So get it WRONG and GROW STRONG!”
Lisa Fátimah
*Mom*Teacher*Founder
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