Teacher Tutors is a private tutoring company based in Livingston, New Jersey, with certified teachers across the state. We have been matching students with real educators since 2011.
Founder and CEO
Debbie founded Teacher Tutors in 2011 and still personally selects the teachers who work with our families. She holds a master's degree in childhood education, with a minor in special education, from New York University.
Debbie's LinkedIn profileDebbie started out as a real estate agent, selling houses while she finished her undergraduate degree. Selling turned out to be the smaller half of the job. What she really learned was how to listen to a family: what they wanted for their children, what worried them, and what they were not saying out loud.
That skill became the foundation of Teacher Tutors. She listened just as closely to parents describing what their child was struggling with. Helping families settle into a new town mattered to her too, and it shaped Teacher Tutors into a company rooted in the communities it serves.
While she was still working as a realtor, Debbie was already working toward teaching, taking substitute and part-time positions while she finished her degrees. She earned her master's at New York University, then taught in the New York City public schools before moving to the suburbs.
Those years covered classrooms with every resource available and classrooms with almost none. She built lesson plans across grade levels, worked with the curricula of several districts, and learned from specialists in her field. It taught her to be resourceful, and it taught her what a genuinely good teacher looks like. That is the standard she holds our tutors to.
Teacher Tutors provides free tutoring to local women's shelters. Debbie is a member of the Rotary Club of Livingston, where she gives her time, money, and resources to organizations at home and abroad. Closing the achievement gap in our own communities is part of the work, not a side project.
We believe tutoring works best in the privacy of your own home. Your child gets one teacher's full attention, in a room where they already feel safe, with none of the distraction of a crowded classroom or a busy tutoring center. Educational research is consistent on this: one-on-one instruction is what moves students.
Our tutors are pre-screened and highly qualified, and they cover every academic subject. We aim to bring students up to grade level and past it. Set the convenience, the cost, and the results side by side, and learning at home compares well on all three.