No marketplace, no rotating cast. Your student is matched to one tutor on subject depth first and temperament second, and if the chemistry isn't there by session three, we re-match free.
We hired 9 of the 214 people who applied to tutor here since 2018. Every tutor passed a subject exam at the level they teach, a paid trial session observed by Dana, and a background check. No contractors, no marketplace.
Director of learning · reading specialist
Founded the Loft after eleven years in elementary classrooms. Runs every assessment personally or trains the person who does. Believes phonics is not a debate.
High-school math & physics
Left circuit design because explaining things turned out to be the favorite part. Speaks fluent calculus, AP Physics, and 'wait, I actually get it now.'
Test-prep lead (SAT & ACT)
Builds every prep plan from a full diagnostic, not a brochure. Will tell you when a retake isn't worth your Saturday, and has, often.
Elementary reading & writing
The tutor whose students ask to read the next chapter. Keeps a shelf of decodable books that don't feel like decodable books.
Middle-school math
Specialist in the grade-6-to-8 canyon where fractions, negatives, and x all arrive at once. Draws a mean number line.
Chemistry & biology
Turns stoichiometry into recipes and Punnett squares into puzzles. Honors and AP sections are the home turf.
Executive-function coach
Works on the how of school: planners, starting, finishing, handing in. Parents call his sessions 'the ones that fixed the other subjects.'
Writing coach · AP English
Edits like an editor, not a red pen: three things to fix, one thing done well, every draft. College essays are the busy season.
ACT math & science
Data person. Tracks every practice-test item a student misses and rebuilds the plan around the pattern, not the vibe.
Book the free 60-minute assessment and the written plan names the tutor we'd match, with their credential and the published rate: before you spend a dollar.