Mission
We are discovering unique learning paths while inspiring a love of knowledge.
Services
Online Tutoring
Live tutoring sessions via private Zoom classroom. Subjects include English, social studies, reading, mathematics, and science.
Writing Lab
Writing support, where students upload a draft of their paper and specific questions and concerns. The tutor will provide written feedback (a summary letter and comments embedded in the draft).
Executive Functioning Strategies
Develop foundational skills, including organization, working memory, task initiation, flexible thinking, self-monitoring, planning, and prioritizing.
Individualized Plans
Tutoring addresses specific learning goals on a course-by-course basis. Each learner is unique. Platz Tutoring supports students on various tracks, meeting specific benchmarks for Running Start, AP courses, and homeschool curriculums. Additionally, Platz Tutoring reviews an existing or new IEP and monitors annual goal progress.
Test Preparation
Individualized test preparation, including SBAC, Common Core, PSAT, SAT, and ACT.
College Coaching
Systematic college mapping, defining unique search criteria. A detailed approach to application completion, reference letters, short answer and essay writing, interview support where applicable, determining scholarship opportunities, and filing deadlines.
About
Cait Platz is an independent educator in Washington State.
Originally from Long Island, New York, Cait first moved to the West Coast through the National Student Exchange program. She graduated from the University of Washington's Comparative Literature and Cinema Studies programs. She went on to study Philosophy and Media Studies at New School University in New York City, which led to a graduate residency program at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland. Between graduate school and teacher training, Cait returned to the University of Washington to work in Admissions, supporting transfer students. This experience led Cait to recognize that she was inextricably connected to education and wished to facilitate student learning from the ground up. Cait enrolled in the M.Ed. Waldorf program at Antioch, New England, taking her first class at The Waldorf School of Garden City in New York after graduation. When she's not meeting with students, Cait loves working with horses and spending time with her husband and daughters. Their favorite pastimes are birding, boating, fishing, and crabbing.