Golden Advantage Education, LLC of Hawthorne

Golden Advantage Education, LLC of Hawthorne is a tutoring service in Hawthorne, NJ. It provides tutoring in all core academic areas as well as test preparation, with instruction delivered both in person and virtually across Northern New Jersey. The business holds a rating of 5.00 based on customer reviews.

Jennifer Golden founded Golden Advantage Education in 2010 to address her growing waitlist for Orton Gillingham instruction, hiring other Orton Gillingham tutors and reading specialists. Jennifer has been a Certified Orton Gillingham Specialist since 2003 and has tutored in Orton Gillingham since 2001. She is also a Reading Specialist and Special Education Teacher, currently teaching Resource Room Language Arts in a middle school. The tutoring team includes Adriane Freidman, who holds a B.A. in Literature and Secondary Education from Ramapo College and an M.A. in Applied Linguistics from Montclair State University, has taught English at the high school and middle school levels since 2012, and has tutored for The Princeton Review and Huntington Learning Center specializing in SAT preparation. Alexandria Rivers is a certified special education teacher with a bachelor's degree in Childhood Education from Brooklyn College and a dual master's degree in Childhood and Special Education from Touro University, certified in special education and general education in New York and New Jersey for K-6, and Orton-Gillingham trained through the Institute for Multi-Sensory Education.

The intake process gathers information on each student's strengths, weaknesses, and background, including any 504 or IEP diagnosis and academic needs. SAT and ACT clients are asked to provide PSAT, SAT, or ACT scores with breakdowns. Orton Gillingham clients receive a Phonetic and Non-Phonetic Assessment used to create individualized lesson plans, reviewed with the parent or guardian before a tutor is selected based on location, personality, and availability. Three months after starting OG sessions, a free follow-up session is offered in person or virtually. Tutors send weekly progress reports summarizing learning, progress, and focus areas, which can be shared with teachers. Educational evaluations are conducted by a Certified Learning Disabilities Teacher-Consultant using standardized tests including the Woodcock Johnson V, WIAT IV, Gray Oral Reading Test, TOWRE-2, TOWL-4, Nelson Denny, and CTOPP. Psycho-educational evaluations combine academic testing with cognitive and psychological testing by a licensed psychologist.

Golden Advantage Education is located at 163 Emerson Rd in Hawthorne, New Jersey.