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Accessibility Statement Accessibility Statement for Encourage Education Services This is an accessibility statement from Encourage Education Services. Measures to support accessibility Encourage Education Services takes the following measures to ensure accessibility of Encourage Education Services: Assign clear accessibility goals and responsibilities. Employ formal accessibility quality assurance methods. Include people with disabilities in designing our website Conformance status The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) defines requirements for designers and developers to improve accessibility for people with disabilities. It defines three levels of conformance: Level A, Level AA, and Level AAA. Encourage Education Services is fully conformant with WCAG 2.1 level AA. Fully conformant means that the content fully conforms to the accessibility standard without any exceptions. Feedback We welcome your feedback on the accessibility of Encourage Education Services. Please let us know if you encounter accessibility barriers on Encourage Education Services: E-mail: Beth@EncourageEducation.net We try to respond to feedback within 2 business days. Compatibility with browsers and assistive technology This site has not been tested with all browsers, operating systems, and assistive technologies. Please notify me if you have difficulties and provide information on how to fix the issue if you know how to do so. Technical specifications Accessibility of Encourage Education Services relies on the following technologies to work with the particular combination of web browsers and any assistive technologies or plugins installed on your computer: HTML These technologies are relied upon for conformance with the accessibility standards used. Limitations and alternatives Despite our best efforts to ensure accessibility of Encourage Education Services, there may be some limitations. Below is a description of known limitations, and potential solutions. Please contact us if you observe an issue not listed below. Known limitations for Encourage Education Services: Some content may not be accessible: because I am in the process of editing content for accessibility. Please email me if you notice something that is not accessible. I will do my best to fix it within 2 business days. Assessment approach Encourage Education Services assessed the accessibility of Encourage Education Services by the following approaches: Self-evaluation External evaluation Evaluation report An evaluation statement for Encourage Education Services is available at: https://adobe.ly/49D7Ube . Formal complaints Please email me at beth@encourageeducation.net if you encounter any accessibility issues. I will respond within 2 business days and do my best to fix it promptly. Date This statement was created on 12 December 2024 using the W3C Accessibility Statement Generator Tool .

Recommended Curriculum & Parent Resources Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them. - Lemony Snicket English Language Arts Handwriting My Top Five Books for Parents and Teachers 1. Brain-Body Parenting or Beyond Behaviors, Mona Delahooke, PhD 2. Lost and Found , Ross W. Greene, PhD 3. Positive Discipline or Positive Discipline in the Classroom , Jane Nelsen EdD 4. Unconditional Parenting or Beyond Discipline , Alfie Kohn 5. Raise Your Hand: A Call for Consciousness in Education , Komal Shah Link Click the links to go to the author's page. Homeschooling Resources Student Corner Click here to go to Mrs. Wordsmith on Amazon Special Needs & Learning Differences

Handwriting Without Tears ® "Take pains to write a neat round, plain hand, and you will find it a great convenience through life to write a small and compact hand as well as a fair and legible one." ~ Thomas Jefferson A Few Reasons to Choose Handwriting Without Tears Children who have mastered handwriting are better, more creative writers HWT uses developmentally appropriate, multisensory tools and strategies Handwriting Without Tears® and Get Set for School® have been nationally recognized for excellence in helping children develop a love of learning Before & After One of my students. This is his improvement in one year with some online and some in-person instruction. Read more about it these links: Why HWT Works Research on the Effectiveness of HWT 4 Reasons to Write by Hand article What I Offer Handwriting instruction K-5 Print and Cursive Screening or a full assessment of handwriting difficulties Remediation for children struggling to write their letters Click to visit website Mat Man (above) helps children identify and visualize the parts of their bodies in space. We can build him with the wood pieces (and a few little extras). Children's drawings of people improve right away! (See the before and after? That was before and after the Mat Man lesson!) Click on Mat Man to see his video on YouTube. Source for facts and images : Handwriting Without Tears website, 2017. http://www.hwtears.com/hwt

Tutoring "The best education does not happen at a desk, but rather engaged in everyday living - hands-on, exploring, in active relationship with life." Vince Gowman Tutoring Service Tutoring for homeschooled students in grades TK-8 Specializing in English Language Arts & Handwriting Ocean Grove vendor. California Multiple-Subject Teaching Credential Cross-Cultural Language Acquisition and Development certificate Level 1 Certified Handwriting Specialist with Handwriting Without Tears Over 30 years experience Licensed and insured Learning differences are welcome! More about the Handwriting Without Tears Program How to get started: Contact me at Beth@EncourageEducation.net to ask questions and find out about openings. If I have no openings, I can add you to my waitlist. Once we have made an arrangement (day, time, tutoring details), Ocean Grove students must submit a PO before lessons begin. If you are paying out-of-pocket, I will send you an invoice that you can pay by check, PayPal, or Zelle. Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion Encourage Education Services is committed to accepting students of all races, ethnicities, and countries of origin. I also accept students with learning differences whenever possible. I create a safe space for any child to learn and discover without making judgments about their identity.

About Me “Let us remember: one book, one pen, one child and one teacher can change the world.” Malala Yousafzai I opened Encourage Education Services in 2017. I enjoy working with families to provide the best learning experience for each individual child. I'm credentialed for K-5 in all subjects, but English—reading and writing—is my strength and my favorite subject to teach. TEACHING PHILOSOPHY Teach conflict management & problem-solving instead of punishing children Treat everyone with dignity and respect Give individual attention and accommodation for specific learning needs Encourage students and focus on what they do well Give choices when possible and tailor instruction to the individual Give specific feedback instead of grades when possible Work together with the parent(s) and child(ren) to plan the best learning experience CREDENTIALS HELD CURRENTLY: Professional Multiple Subject Teaching Credential - Elementary Crosscultural Language and Academic Development Certificate Level 1 Certified Handwriting Specialist with Handwriting Without Tears TEACHING EXPERIENCE : Encourage Education Services Owner, Founder, Educator 2017 - present; In addition to tutoring, I have taught classes at A-TEAM and Blossom Village homeschool programs San Jose Unified School District Substitute Teacher, elementary 2016-2017 Ocean Grove Charter School, San Jose Education Specialist, all grades 2010-2015 LEAD Center/Liber Community School, Los Gatos Math & Music Teacher (all grades)/Core History & English Classroom Teacher (4th-6th) 2008-2009 EDUCATION: San Jose State University 1993 Teacher Education Program California Institute of the Arts 1990 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Music My full resume is available on LinkedIn . “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison

Special Needs and Learning Differences Resources The OT Toolbox Ms. Jamie OT Your Therapy Source Check out the "free stuff" page! Understood National Center for Learning Disabilities|NCLD WrightsLaw Special Education Law & Advocacy Parents Helping P arents: Family Support, Information, and Advocacy This place is excellent and located in San Jose. Most groups and events are still running online throughout the pandemic, and they will take your call and answer your questions. Invaluable! What are Learning Disabilities? Managing Learning Disa bilities in College Cerebral Palsy Guide Birth Injury Center: What is cerebral palsy? Five Historical F igures who Overcame Learning Disabilities Did Albert Einstein have Dyslexia? The famous people above are just a few of those who had learning disabilities. Agatha Christie had dysgraphia - a disability that causes difficulty with writing - but still became a famous author. Isn't th at amazing? Read their stories and more in the articles above.

Encouragement is to humans like water is to plants. It nourishes our souls. - Rudolf Dreikurs