NYC based Learning & Education Specialist
What I Offer
Meet Victoria
Areas of Speciality:
Reading Remediation/Dyslexia support
Early Literacy Skills and Kindergarten Readiness
Math remediation/dyscalculia support
Writing remediation/dysgraphia support, (basic handwriting needs not in the place of Occupational Therapy)
ADHD and Executive Functioning
Private School Admissions
Victoria Balducci is a skilled Learning Specialist with 18 years of teaching experience and is someone who thrives on empowering her students as learners. Over the course of her professional career, she has taught in roles as a private tutor, learning specialist, classroom teacher, and admissions interviewer. She recieved two masters degrees from Bank Street Graduate School of Education: Ed M. in Advanced Literacy and MS Ed. in Early Childhood and Childhood education.
Victoria specializes in remediation and enrichment in reading, writing, mathematics, executive functioning, and organizational skills. She has extensive experience working students of all ages, diverse backgrounds, and within a neurodiverse spectrum of learners (including those with dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, and executive functioning weakness). She implements a variety of research based practices and assessments to effectively engage her students’ growth. She is trained and experienced with researched based Orton-Gillingham methods and curriculum, essential in her qualifications as a reading tutor.
As a former private school admissions interviewer, Victoria offers services to support parents in search of admissions coaching.
Victoria develops warm and supportive connections with the families she works with and proudly takes on being her students’ biggest cheerleader.
Education & Experience
Education
Ed. M Advanced Literacy Specialization
Bank Street College of Education
2019
M.S. Ed. Early Childhood and Childhood Education
Bank Street College of Education
2011
B.S. Psychology
Michigan State University
2006
Experience
Private Academic Tutor:
Private Practice, NYC
Students I tutor attend/have attended: Saint Luke’s School, Grace Church School, Dalton School, Packer Collegiate, Bank Street School for Children, Little Red Schoolhouse, Brooklyn Friends School, Churchill, Stephen Gaynor, The Nightingale-Bamford School, Village Community School, IDEAL, Friends Seminary, Berkley Carroll School, Avenues World School, and many NYC Public Schools.
Learning Specialist:
Little Red Schoolhouse, NYC
Head Teacher:
Little Red Schoolhouse, NYC
Williamsburg Northside School, Brooklyn
The Logan School for Creative Learning, Denver
Admissions Associate:
Bank Street School for Children
Assistant Teacher:
Bank Street School for Children
Imagine Charter Schools