MEET YOUR ENGLISH GUIDE WHO UNDERSTANDS YOUR FEARS!

Take a minute to think about what you would need in a Mentor to help you and your children master English class and succeed in life.

What mentoring characteristics would be important to you?

That person would need to understand struggling student’s needs, fears, and concerns while understanding how to handle at-risk student teaching methods.

It would help if they’d written a book or two on English, Grammar, Handwriting, and Reading and wouldn’t it be cool if their kids struggled with reading too, despite all their training.

Meet Your Guides… Jay & Jeanne Patterson

Both Jay and Jeanne are experienced public school instructors. Jay taught Language Arts, Journalism, Creative Writing, Literature and Drama for 43 years in a public school classroom. He continues to teach to homeschool students - some in person, others online.

Jeanne began classroom teaching in 1971, where she taught for 5 years. She continued teaching as a home educator for 17 years.Their sons, Jared and Joel, were home schooled from the time they became school age. When their own child struggled with English, they looked for research-based concepts to help him learn. These concepts became the beginnings of their comprehensive English program.

Jay is the author of THE WORKS TRILOGY, a set of very strong and effective language arts texts:

Reading Works - Gleanings from My Journey along The Writing Road to Reading

Grammar Works - Equipping Students with Tools to Master the English Language

Writing Works - An Analytical Approach to Writing.

These published works came about as a result of his responsibilities as a teacher of both high-achieving and at-risk students and at the prodding of his workshop participants over the years.

Though Jay retired from the classroom in the spring of 2017, he and Jeanne continue to have a heart for the schools, homeschool community and other clients who have become a part of The Works People Family over the years.

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