The team behind your student's progress.
You shouldn't have to manage your student's education alone. Every North Avenue family gets a dedicated team of tutors, advisors, and support staff who know your student and keep the plan moving.
Who’s on Your Student’s Team
One tutor is never the whole picture. Behind every session is a team that plans the work, tracks progress, and keeps you informed, so you can step back and trust it's handled.
tutor or coach
Works with your student every week.
We match your student with a tutor who fits their goals, subjects, and learning style. If the fit isn't right, we rematch.
Program Advisor
Builds the plan and keeps it on track.
Sage helps families map the right mix of support, from weekly coaching to test prep to college planning, and adjusts it as your student grows.
Client Support
Your first call for scheduling and billing.
Ashleigh and Talia handle scheduling, billing, and the details in between, so you get a quick, clear answer when something changes.
Learning Science AdvisorS
Shapes how we teach.
A developmental and cognitive scientist on the faculty of Georgia Tech, Dr. Anita advises on our executive function curriculum and co-developed the Essential Skills Assessment every coaching student takes before their first session. She also trains our tutors and joins student progress meetings.
Tutors who have been there and done it themselves.
We hire experienced educators from around the country, then train them in our methods and keep training them. Every tutor meets two standards before working with a North Avenue student.
3+ years of tutoring or teaching experience
98th percentile or higher test scores
Who Leads North Avenue
Scott Clyburn
Executive Director
BA, University of Virginia
MA, Yale University
Metacognition is primary to Scott’s coaching philosophy. To facilitate growth and meet goals, he believes students must first understand their own learning processes.
Originally from Houston, Texas, Scott has taught in both secondary and higher education and has been tutoring professionally since 2005. He sees tutoring as an opportunity for any student to become a better learner. Scott specializes in coaching students with LD and is motivated by seeing his students transform their potential into action.
Meghan Ryan
Chief of Staff
BA, Agnes Scott College
MA/MS, St Edwards University
An educator and creative at heart, Meghan brings both strategic vision and a deep love for collaborative problem-solving to her role. She is passionate about building systems that are people-centered, scalable, and rooted in equity – and she thrives when helping teams move from big-picture strategy to concrete, effective implementation.
Before joining North Avenue, Meghan led the project management and strategic planning team at the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, where she spearheaded cross-agency initiatives and operational improvements. Her career began in the classroom as a 2012 Teach For America corps member in Washington, D.C., where she taught middle school science, art, and healthy relationships. Since then, her work has spanned instructional design, study abroad program development, and business systems design—all grounded in a commitment to meaningful, mission-driven work.
Take the stress out of academic support.
Tell us about your student. In a free 25-minute consult, we'll talk through where they are, where they want to go, and the team that can get them there.
BA, Smith College
Sophie has experience teaching a wide range of subjects, from SAT coaching to essay writing for admissions. Most recently, she was a tutor at an academy in Seoul, South Korea. Sophie takes pride in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each student to curate an optimal environment that fosters a personal approach to learning.
Sophie’s Study Tip: "Train your mind to expect patterns in standardized test questions by examining the syntax of the answers available to a question or prompt."