08/31/2026
Another AI trend:
⚠️ Fair warning before you meet Leanne:
She seems friendly, funny, and very put-together at first. Give it a few minutes.
Within approximately seven minutes, you will learn that she has already noticed three things everyone else missed, has a theory about why they happened, and has mentally created an intervention plan.
She will absolutely say, “But what does the data actually show?” and then proceed to pull together six different assessments because one score is not going to tell her the whole story. If you try to use a single percentile as the be-all and end-all, prepare yourself.
She has very strong feelings about reading instruction, weak phonics practices, bad writing instruction, undertrained teachers, and people following a program instead of responding to the actual child in front of them.
She may casually say, “Do they need it? Then teach it,” and somehow make you question every scripted curriculum you have ever touched.
She will tell you she wants something “simple,” then immediately notice that one sentence is slightly misleading, one benchmark needs context, the wording sounds too clinical, and the recommendation needs to be clearer for parents.
She is also deeply invested in her students. If a child makes progress, she will know exactly where, exactly how much, and probably have the March and September data ready to prove it.
Outside of tutoring, there is a very high chance you will hear about dogs. Possibly training. Possibly reactivity. Possibly agility. Possibly a detailed analysis of why Copper barked at something that technically should not have offended him.
She also has approximately 47 things going on at once and will still somehow remember a random detail you mentioned three weeks ago.
In summary: Warm. Observant. Data-obsessed. Slightly chaotic. Extremely invested. Educationally opinionated. Dog-enabling.
Do not come armed with one STAR score and expect to win. 😂
