Policies: Rates, Packages, Etc.
Policies: Rates, Packages, Etc.
RATES and POLICIES (6/2025 to 6/2026)
Literacy Intervention:
College Application Coaching:
BILLING AND SCHEDULING
Literacy intervention services are billed in advance at the beginning of the month, and are due by the 15th. College application coaching is billed at the beginning of the coaching process (typically March), and can be paid in full or divided into four equal payments, spread throughout the season. Sessions are taught at my residence, but teaching at an alternate location will be considered if requested (travel surcharge). Zoom sessions for all services can also be arranged.
CANCELLATION
Cancellations initiated by the client must occur 24 hours or more before the session to be rescheduled. Rescheduling must happen within the month. If a mutually satisfactory time cannot be found, a session canceled with 24 hours notice will be credited on the next month’s invoice. If I have to cancel a session, I will offer alternative times or the client receives full compensation. If the client cancels the session on the same day, no compensation will be offered, unless it is due to sudden onset of illness. In this case, we will split the cost of the session. I often turn down clients to schedule your space, so please try to keep appointments.
HEALTH PROTOCOL and DESCRIPTION OF WORK SPACE
Sessions are offered outside in my comfortable back patio space with fresh air, shade, and clean work surfaces, or indoors, when the weather does not allow for being outside. A bathroom is available for use and handwashing. Lap blankets are available in chilly temperatures. Please do not send a student with a fever (or other obvious sickness) or if there has been close contact with illness. We all learn best when we are well!
PAYMENT Cash, check, Venmo (@Marsi-Richardson) or Zelle ([email protected]).
Literacy Intervention:
- 8 sessions, $760 (2 one-hour sessions/week, 8 hours total)--5% discount
- 12 sessions, $1080 (3 one-hour sessions/week OR 2 ninety-minute sessions/week, 12 hours total)--10% discount
- Single Intervention Session, $100
- Mandatory administrative & progress monitoring fee, $100 per semester
- Additional packages (e.g. summer boot camps, longer sessions, or more days) calculated as needed
- Literacy Assessment and Evaluation services calculated on an individual basis (typically ~$750)
- Notes:
- Meeting twice a week is the minimum commitment to make progress
- In-person sessions preferred, but remote sessions on Zoom/Whizzimo platform are available after completing foundational lessons, at the discretion of the tutor (and when student/tutor are sick or out of town)
- When the length of a month requires more or less sessions than normal, cost is adjusted
- When a session falls on a holiday, it can be rescheduled for a different day that week
- Tutoring continues year round except for school holiday weeks and flexible breaks in the summer
- On-site tutoring at the student's school can be arranged during the school day, if all parties are amenable
College Application Coaching:
- College Application Coaching Package: $1500 for 15 customized coaching sessions (~one hour)
- Package above includes initial meet-and-greet complimentary session, "on call" personalized guidance outside of sessions (texts, phone calls, emails--within reason), organizational and research time, and coach-initiated check-ins at no additional charge. After package hours are exhausted (15), additional sessions are discounted 25%, $75/hour.
- Hourly coaching sessions are available a la carte at $100/session, but do not include additional perks or discount described above.
- The college application coaching process typically runs from March of junior year to December of senior year, and package sessions must be used during this time frame, unless otherwise arranged.
- One "get to know you" session with parents is included FIRST, free of charge, to answer preliminary questions. This session is available to families who choose the PACKAGE option, in spring or early summer.
- Initially, student sessions must be in person unless there is a compelling reason to begin remotely. After the first session, clients can use additional hours remotely (zoom or shared google docs during editing), continue to meet in person, or switch back and forth between formats.
- The coach collaborates with the student/family to build a realistic college list and ensure applications are completed thoroughly, accurately and by deadlines, but this does not constitute a guarantee of admission at any college.
- Families must agree to terms outlined in initial invoice.
BILLING AND SCHEDULING
Literacy intervention services are billed in advance at the beginning of the month, and are due by the 15th. College application coaching is billed at the beginning of the coaching process (typically March), and can be paid in full or divided into four equal payments, spread throughout the season. Sessions are taught at my residence, but teaching at an alternate location will be considered if requested (travel surcharge). Zoom sessions for all services can also be arranged.
CANCELLATION
Cancellations initiated by the client must occur 24 hours or more before the session to be rescheduled. Rescheduling must happen within the month. If a mutually satisfactory time cannot be found, a session canceled with 24 hours notice will be credited on the next month’s invoice. If I have to cancel a session, I will offer alternative times or the client receives full compensation. If the client cancels the session on the same day, no compensation will be offered, unless it is due to sudden onset of illness. In this case, we will split the cost of the session. I often turn down clients to schedule your space, so please try to keep appointments.
HEALTH PROTOCOL and DESCRIPTION OF WORK SPACE
Sessions are offered outside in my comfortable back patio space with fresh air, shade, and clean work surfaces, or indoors, when the weather does not allow for being outside. A bathroom is available for use and handwashing. Lap blankets are available in chilly temperatures. Please do not send a student with a fever (or other obvious sickness) or if there has been close contact with illness. We all learn best when we are well!
PAYMENT Cash, check, Venmo (@Marsi-Richardson) or Zelle ([email protected]).
