Amy Glickman

Bio & Expertise: Amy Glickman is a learning specialist with over 30 years of experience.  She supports students with language-based learning differences and other learning challenges. Her students range in age from kindergarten through high school. Amy has a Master’s degree in learning disabilities from Teacher’s College, Columbia University. While at Columbia her work focused on the assessment and remediation of reading and math disabilities. 

Upon graduating from Teacher’s College, Amy worked for several years as a classroom teacher at the Stephen Gaynor School, where she taught students with learning differences.  After realizing she enjoyed the personal connection with students and could effect more meaningful change working one-on-one, she developed a private tutoring practice.  Amy also worked with a team of psychologists and learning specialists performing psychoeducational evaluations. She evaluated students in areas of executive functioning including memory, and attention, auditory processing and language, visual processing and academic skills.

Amy integrates rigorous evidence-based phonics training with literacy encompassing word recognition, reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary development spelling and expressive writing.  Amy has extensive experience supporting students with attention and executive functioning needs.  She is trained in Orton-Gillingham, PAF Reading Intervention, Judith Hochman’s Writing Revolution, SRSD, Stern, Singapore mathematics and a variety of other programs.

Amy’s love of mathematics has led her to tutor students with learning disabilities in math from kindergarten through high school. She believes a strong conceptual understanding is key to math success. For grades k-8 she uses a Singapore Math approach which involves teaching new concepts in three stages; concrete, pictorial and abstract. Emphasizing problem solving, she uses real life examples to make the work meaningful and to motivate students.  On the high school level Amy supports students, in algebra 1 and 2, geometry and trigonometry. She does not just teach the content but teaches the student to think mathematically and take in new information in a manner that is most efficient for them. Most importantly, she teaches her students to enjoy math.

Amy’s philosophy centers around focusing on the whole child. While incorporating the students interests, she tailors the tutoring process to meet the needs and goals of the individual student. To help a student build self-esteem and achieve their full potential she uses a collaborative approach working closely with parents, teachers and other professionals  

Location: In-Person on Upper East Side of Manhattan + Virtual

Fun Fact: I love to travel. Recently I recently visited the Galapagos Islands, Australia and New Zealand. I look forward to exploring new parts of the world

Website: www.amyglickmaneducationalservices.com

Contact: glickmanamys@gmail.com