Meet the learning Curve Coach
Alice Giarrusso is a career educator and high school academic coach, with a passion for helping students in their quest for school success.
With over 30 years of classroom teaching, degrees in education and counseling, and certifications in Coaching Children and Teens, Wilson Reading Instruction, and Positive Psychology, she believes that the journey to school success should be engaging, enjoyable and meaningful, while firmly within the grasp of all those willing to work for it.
Alice is the author of The Learning Curve; Navigating the Road to High School Success, and the creator of Jumpstart; a 12 hour program emphasizing high school preparatory skills. She is currently the Academic Coach at Bishop Brady High School, in Concord, NH, where she helps guide students along a path of greater academic performance and satisfaction.
Alice Giarrusso
EXPERIENCE
The Learning Curve Coach, Academic Coaching Practice
– Owner and Academic Coach
The Learning Curve; Navigating the Road to High School Success
– Author
Bishop Brady High School
– Academic Coach
Jumpstart – Transition to High School Successfully
– Curriculum Developer & Instructor
Nashua Community College
– Adjunct – Foundations of Education, Introduction to Psychology
Nashua Vocational Technical College
– Academic counselor for at-risk students
Amherst School District
– 30+ Years Experience, Public School Classroom Teacher
– Amherst Middle School, 5th-8th Grade, all subjects
– Clark-Wilkins Elementary School, 3rd Grade, all subjects
– Teacher of Extended School Year Summer Classroom
– Science Curriculum Coordinator
– Supervisor of Student Teachers
CERTIFICATIONS & Education
CAPP – Certificate of Applied Positive Psychology
– The Flourishing Center, NYC
Wilson Reading System, Multisensory Language Training
– Program of Education in Therapy for Specific Reading Disability
Certificate of Coaching Children and Teens
– University of New Hampshire, Graduate School
Master of Arts, Counseling and Psychotherapy
– Rivier College
Bachelor of Science, Elementary Education and Environmental Science
– Springfield College
Cohen Center for Holocaust Studies Fellow
– Keene State College
My Book
