About TutorLoo
Meet the Loo Crew
Laura - Founder + Loo Crew Educator
Laura Moran has been teaching in a high school special education setting for 6 years now. Growing up in an academic household, a love for life-long learning was inherently natural. Her passion for sharing her love shines through in her engaging interactions with her students and family. TutorLoo Learning began while she was a special education major at Elmhurst College, a small liberal arts school 20 miles west of Chicago, and the rest is history!
Erica - Loo Crew Educator
Erica Mueller is the all-in, data-driven, research-based-activity-loving elementary teacher we all wish we had. Her classroom is student-led in order to consistently engage her kids. She carries out innovative teaching strategies in order to motive, inspire, and encourage student-centered learning. She strives to have each of her students embrace his or her ability to learn and succeed every day.
Grace - Loo Crew Educator
Grace Moran is a spunky, mental-health loving, adventurous Loyola University Chicago graduate majoring in psychology, minoring in music. She loves working with children helping them progress in their education by focusing on their overall well being. She is currently in graduate school pursuing her degree in Counseling and Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). She has worked with children diagnosed with autism for 3 years and is currently working as an intern in a mental health behavior hospital with adolescents.
Anna - Loo Crew Educator
Anna Moran is a fun loving nursing student at Marquette University. She enjoys experimenting with new ways of learning and problem solving. She loves working with children and helping them achieve their goals. She is determined in her education and hopes to instill that in other students.
Alexis - Loo Crew Educator
Alexis Kerr is an elementary enthusiast with background in both special education and general education. She makes students feel comfortable applying their skills across multiple content areas be integrating skills in different academic settings. Mastery and confidence are Alexis’s goals for every student.
Ilayna - Loo Crew Educator
Ilayna Busch has a love for literature and an infinity for cultivating curiosity. With her expertise in high school reading and English, Ilayna drives home the importance of language and creativity. She executes every lesson flawlessly with enthusiasm and passion for her content.
Develop a passion for learning
Our Mission.
TutorLoo Learning cultivates a love for learning while allowing students to feel comfortable delving into their academics to uncover their abilities through both discovery learning and exploratory learning, in turn building their academic confidence and broadening their spectrum of academic approaches.
Our Approach.
TutorLoo Learning focuses on what we have deemed “Power Standards” of the common core- the fundamentals, the basics, the need-to-knows. We break down each Power Standard and focus on different approaches to attack the standard from every angle, giving the students a well-rounded knowledge base of each concept. Rather than teach explicitly to the Common Core, TutorLoo uses the Common Core as a guide to develop its curriculum.
TutorLoo Learning incorporates exploratory and discovery learning into their lessons through multiple means of representation, engagement, and expression with the use of manipulatives. We value a hands-on approach which results in students’ confidence to tackle any academic problem.
Our Model.
Setting goals is a common practice for TutorLoo Learning. Here we focus on a 12-week plan, broken down into four three week sessions. During the sessions, students aim to master a goal in reading, math, and writing- resulting in a total of 12 standards mastered. Each session is broken down into twenty minutes dedicated to each subject.
