Resources

FREE Checklists and Resources

Executive Skill Checklist – Find out your areas of strength and weakness
Spring Slump Checklist – Don’t let the spring time fun get in the way of your grades
Finals Prep Checklist – Finals can be a drag, but if you plan it out effectively you don’t have to stress
Eisenhower Matrix – Prioritize your tasks by figuring out what is actually important and urgent and what isn’t

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Executive Functioning Skills

Executive functioning is basically the brain’s management system—it’s what helps us plan, stay organized, manage our time, and follow through on goals. These skills are key for things like problem-solving, handling emotions, and making good decisions. When students strengthen their executive functioning, it doesn’t just help with school—it can lead to lower stress, better mental health, and a more balanced life overall.

Here are links to videos and blog posts for each executive skill area with tips and tricks on how to improve the skill.
Emotional Control – video and blog
Flexibility – video and blog
Goal-directed Persistence – video and blog
Metacognition – video and blog
Organization – video and blog
Planning/Prioritization – video and blog
Response Inhibition – video and blog
Stress Tolerance – video and blog
Sustained Attention – video and blog
Task Initiation – video and blog
Time Management – video and blog
Working Memory – video and blog

Brain Theory

If we understand how the brain learns, then we can learn anything. I take the time to teach each of my students a little bit of brain theory to help them better understand themselves.

Strategize

Students need a plan for studying, and most don't know where to start. I help students come up with a specific study plan so that they can prove their learning most effectively.

Goal Oriented

People are motivated when they have a purpose. My students create short and long term goals to maintain their focus, monitor their progress, and feel a sense of accomplishment in school and beyond.

Before working with Jessica, we were battling with our son constantly about his homework. He was struggling to keep up but refused any help from us. Since working with Jessica for a year, we have noticed so many changes with our son. He is happier, has better study and organization habits and skills, has a more positive attitude about the future, and the accountability aspect of the meetings has helped his grades. Jessica is organized, kind and insightful. She went deeper than simply tutoring to work with our son on the root mindset challenges holding him back from success.

We found Jessica Mintz during COVID. We were desperate to coordinate the education of our children while balancing our work from home. COVID took an emotional and educational toll on a lot of families and ours was no exception. Jessica coordinated with teachers and caretakers helping us, the parents, to stay updated and on track. Jessica takes a balanced approach to working with kids and considers the emotional impact that life events may have on them. Jessica's services are a holistic answer to rounding out the educational experience of today's student.

Jessica worked with both of my sons, one in 8th grade and the other in 9th grade, on organization, time management, and prioritization. Neither saw a point in keeping track of their assignments since they had access to the Canvas Portal, but still assignments were not being submitted. Jessica developed tools to hold my boys accountable to their work, and then she took things a step further and broke down each assignment into manageable steps. My older son has a lot of math anxiety; so, Jessica incorporated mindfulness and positive self talk into their sessions. This helped my son become more aware of his bodily response to triggers and he is now able to re-regulate himself so that he can perform at his best. We are so grateful for Jessica’s professional insight and holistic approach to teaching and learning.