Socratics Mentoring
I guide students from elementary through high school to develop writing, reading, researching, general study and subject skills.
I customize to learning styles and learning disabilities.
I collaborate closely with teachers and parents.
I build trusting partnerships with students, being sensitive to their emotional experience.
I empower students to self-advocate and take charge of their learning.
Director
Erik Gleibermann is a longstanding San Francisco youth educator and journalist. He has run Socratics Mentoring since 2005 and taught in Bay Area public schools from 1991-2003.
He has published investigative reporting, book criticism, memoir and poetry in The Atlantic, New York Times, Washington Post, Guardian, Los Angeles Review of Books, National Geographic Traveler, Oprah Daily, Slate, Black Scholar and various literary publication. He has taught writing with the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Education, Stanford Continuing Studies and UCLA Extension and has received teacher’s fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and U.S. Fulbright program.
He grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan and received his B.A. from Yale University.
Services
- Grades 3-12
- Writing and critical thinking focus
- Executive functioning and study strategies
- History, math and Spanish
- High school and college applications
- SAT, ACT, HSPT and AP exam support
- Customized support for students with dyslexia and other learning challenges
