Adolescent Reading Support

That Builds Confidence, Connection, and Growth

WHO ARE WE

We build meaning-makers and support the teachers who guide them.

At Our Essential Story, we nurture adolescent readers by providing coaching rooted in the science of reading and grounded in community values, traditions, and lived experiences.

Impact on Instruction

97%

Increased their use of targeted vocabulary instruction

0.58

impact in 9th grade reading intervention

(Pilot Study)

96%

Reported more frequent peer-to-peer, text-based academic talk in classrooms

OUR SERVICES

Literacy, instructional, and curriculum consulting with expertise focused on the distinct needs in secondary settings where literacy development must be integrated across content areas while addressing the needs of students who require additional support.

SEE OUR SERVICES

Curriculum & Instructional Coaching

Disciplinary Literacy

Reading Intervention

New Teacher Mentoring

Leader Support

Helping Schools and Families Grow Readers

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For Families

Support for families, homeschool communities, and parents focused on adolescent reading development, comprehension, and independent learning skills.

Parent Coach

I guide parents who homeschool, as well as those who send their children to school, understand the science of reading and use evidence-based practices to help their children become strong, confident readers.

Tutoring

I help students build confidence as readers and writers through supportive, engaging tutoring grounded in structured literacy and tailored to their individual needs in one-on-one or small-group settings.

HOW IT WORKS

We Offer a Range of Services Tailored to Your Needs

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Let’s talk about how Our Essential Story can help meet your students’ adolescent literacy needs.

SCHOOLS

Partner with us to strengthen adolescent literacy through curriculum and instructional coaching. We support teachers, leaders, and school communities with targeted reading intervention, teacher mentorship, and leadership guidance that helps build stronger instruction, deeper comprehension, and more confident, capable readers across content areas.

FAMILIES

Reach out to access instructional coaching for homeschool providers and parent tutors, along with one-on-one and small group reading intervention for adolescents. We help families build stronger readers by offering personalized, evidence-based support that strengthens decoding, comprehension, and confident independent learning.

OUR SERVICES