Our Mission
On-Track strives to inspire a passion for learning and to encourage students to develop a sense of academic independence, responsibility, dedication, and self-discipline.
Our Philosophy
Our philosophy is that students will meet high expectations and challenges if given the opportunity to do so. When students are given the tools to build confidence and knowledge, they can achieve academic success. Our goal is to equip each student with the skills required to be an independent, life-long learner; our mission is to empower students to discover their strengths and achieve results!
On-Track’s Founder
I founded On-Track Tutoring in 1999, knowing first-hand the impact that one-on-one tutoring can have on a student’s life.
“As a young student, it became apparent that I could read everything put in front of me, but I didn’t appear to have the ability to comprehend any of it. The results of an evaluation were conclusive – I was a high-ability child with learning disabilities.
I had several one-on-one tutors over the years who had a tremendous influence on my academic career. Like constructing a building, they laid the foundation and built on concepts I knew, until I finally had a solid, standing structure. They provided me the strategies that enabled me to learn in a different way.
Then, in high school, I participated in a community volunteer program where I taught adults with cerebral palsy to ride horses. I became enamored with helping people. Soon after, I volunteered in a self-contained classroom for children who were diagnosed with “severe and profound disabilities” (a truly awful label). We all have our defining moments in life when we realize that everything we have experienced was for a reason; for me, it happened when I was sixteen. I knew from that year forward that I had a mission – to become a special education teacher and to help others overcome their challenges and achieve their potential despite learning differences or other challenges.
Years later, as I held my undergraduate and graduate degrees with summa cum laude status in my hands, I fully realized the impact that my outstanding tutors and educators had on my life. They provided me with tools to achieve academically, but, ultimately, they empowered me to succeed in life.
I truly look forward to my work every day. One of my favorite quotes, by publisher Katherine Graham, says it all:
‘To do what you love and feel that it matters, how could anything be more fun?’”
On-Track’s Administrative Team
Our hard-working behind-the-scenes team of passionate and dedicated professionals is responsible for managing On-Track’s administrative processes, which allows our tutors to do what they do best: teach!
Providing the highest quality, home- and site-based academic tutoring services
throughout Phoenix, Scottsdale and other areas of the Valley since 1989, On-Track strives to discover each student’s independent learning potential through a variety of services.
What makes On-Track different than other tutoring companies? Our dynamic, motivating tutors inspire a passion for learning. Our exclusive, innovative Foundations™ program teaches essential study skills and organizational tactics in a multisensory format. We are local, family owned and operated by educators who genuinely care about kids. Moreover, unlike other tutoring companies, our programs are all individualized to fit each student’s needs.
Regardless of students’ learning challenges, On-Track helps pave the way for academic success and skills that last a lifetime.
On-Track’s Mission
On-Track provides exceptional academic tutors & coaches who maintain high standards of excellence and professionalism. We strive to inspire a passion for learning and to encourage students to develop a sense of academic independence, responsibility, dedication and self-discipline.
On-Track’s philosophy is that students will meet high expectations and challenges if given the opportunity to do so. When students are given the tools to build confidence and knowledge, they can achieve academic success. Our goal is to equip each student with the skills required to be an independent, life-long learner; our mission is to empower students to discover their strengths and achieve results!
Academic success and skills that last a lifetime!
Regardless of students’ learning challenges, On-Track will find the keys to unlock your student’s learning strengths.
Cultivating Strengths,
Transforming Lives!
Our sister company, The Jones-Gordon School (JGS) is a small, private day school that provides an individualized, strengths-based approach to education in an environment where diverse learners thrive. Our unique program combines the following components essential for whole-child well-being, effective learning and student success:
- Multisensory, research-based curriculum and experiential learning;
- Small class size (8 or fewer kids in core classes);
- Daily FLEX Hour for remediation, acceleration, or enrichment;
- Executive function and social skills are taught through explicit instruction as well as woven into the fabric of every school day (Our motto: Every teacher, Every Student, Every Period, Every Day!);
- Personalized positive reinforcement systems & behavioral supports facilitated by on-site BCBA, social worker, and school psychologist;
- STEM, field studies, service learning, & gifted/twice exceptional (2e) programs;
- On-site, certified & licensed speech/language pathologists & occupational therapists;
- Highly-skilled teachers and administrators who are passionate about education and who understand how kids—especially those with learning differences—learn!
A Family of Educational Services
The Jones-Gordon School and On-Track Tutoring (OTT) are divisions of Herzberg Educational Services, Inc. (HES), owned and operated by Dana Herzberg, M.Ed. With more than 20 years in the education industry, Dana is well known in the Phoenix Metro area for her work with students who have learning differences, including dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, and twice exceptionalities (giftedness in addition to learning difficulties). Dana founded On-Track Tutoring in 1999, knowing the impact that one-on-one tutoring can have on a student’s life. Through OTT, Dana coaches an army of tutors in an effort to help students achieve their academic potential. Through The Jones-Gordon School she empowers students to succeed despite learning differences in an educational environment that is built for their success. Both organizations employ Dana Herzberg’s proprietary programs: Foundations™, a study skills and organization program that provides students with tools and strategies required for long-term, independent academic and life success; and Strategic Connections©, a comprehensive executive function skills program. Read more of Dana’s story here.