Est. in Urbandale, Iowa – Serving Students Nationwide Through Online Tutoring

Online Tutoring

Aspire Academy provides online Orton-Gillingham tutoring using the Wilson Reading System in ALL 50 states. 

All of our tutors are trained to deliver the program with fidelity. Our students make exceptional reading and spelling growth because our lessons are personalized to them, and our tutors build trusting relationships.

  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • California
  • Colorado
  • Connecticut
  • Delaware
  • Florida
  • Georgia
  • Hawaii
  • Idaho
  • Illinois
  • Indiana
  • Iowa
  • Kansas
  • Kentucky
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Maryland
  • Massachusetts
  • Michigan
  • Minnesota
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Montana
  • Nebraska
  • Nevada
  • New Hampshire
  • New Jersey
  • New Mexico
  • New York
  • North Carolina
  • North Dakota
  • Ohio
  • Oklahoma
  • Oregon
  • Pennsylvania
  • Rhode Island
  • South Carolina
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Texas
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • Virginia
  • Washington
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin
  • Wyoming

We customize every lesson to each child using the Orton-Gillingham method.

COVID-19 exposed many pitfalls to online learning, but Aspire has specifically set out to avoid these.

Students tell us they prefer their online sessions, and they look forward to them. Aspire Academy moved to online learning in March 2020 because of the COVID pandemic for social distancing, but we have stuck with online tutoring because it works. Students repeatedly told us that they enjoyed their tutoring sessions better than their online, public-school sessions because they were directly instructed and they could continue their personal relationship with their tutor. They looked forward to their sessions because they were able to engage with a teacher who had a vested relationship in their learning, and they could have open and honest discussions about learning and what was happening in their life.

From Hawaii to Connecticut, we tutor everywhere in the United States.  Call 515-978-4312 for more information.

Amy B.
Amy B.Ames, Iowa
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“Aspire Academy has been wonderful! My child loves meeting with her tutor. She now feels it is FUN to learn how to read! The tutor routinely gives my child advice on how to understand and manage her co-diagnosis of ADHD too. Without Aspire Academy, I have no doubt my child would still be below grade level in reading. She has been on grade level for the last two years and LOVES to read. In addition to reading, they spend time on writing skills, which is actually the bigger need. In addition, Heidi, the Executive Director at Aspire Academy, is a great resource to help you understand psychologist reports and understand what dyslexia and dysgraphia are and how they present themselves. If your child has dyslexia and the school isn't using an Orton-Gillingham or Wilson reading program - talk to Heidi now! .
Jill B.
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"Both of my children tutor online with Aspire Academy. They have provided excellent services, and we couldn't be happier. I frequently recommend them to others."
MotherDes Moines, Iowa
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"My daughter continued tutoring while she was on vacation in Minnesota because she didn’t want to miss her sessions. She loves getting together with her tutor to read poetry and write stories."
Charles G.
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"I tutored with Aspire Academy during the summer, but when I went away to college, I could continue tutoring online. This allowed me to reach a reading level where I could be successful at college academics."
MotherDubuque, Iowa
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"My daughter started online tutoring with Aspire Academy in April 2020 after the pandemic started. She was in kindergarten, and she was really struggling with learning to read. In April she couldn't read a sentence or the word "the." By August, she could read 10 sentences during every lesson. We are so happy we found Aspire Academy."
Jessica O.
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" Being able to tutor online from far-away saved my daughter! She was writing whole sentences backwards, and she couldn't read anything. Her school was not concerned. Now she is reading at grade-level, and says "I would have never learned how to read if it wasn't for Aspire Academy."
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Learning occurs best when children are engaged socially, emotionally, and are not stressed. 

Learning occurs best when it is customized to the child. 

That has always been the philosophy of Aspire Academy, founder Heidi Stoffel, and every tutor she hires. It continues to be whether learning is delivered online or in-person.  

Sal Kahn, of Kahn Academy, states “to ensure that kids keep progressing on both academic and social-emotional fronts, it is critical that educators provide live, teacher-led video sessions. These need to optimize both academic coverage and social interaction. A baseline would be two-or-three 30-45 minute sessions on each core academic subject each week. These sessions need to drive conversations between students and teachers.”

Sal Kahn, Opinion/I Started Kahn Academy. We Can Still Avoid an Education Catastrophe – New York Times, 8/15/2020.

Aspire Academy strives to deliver the best, direct instruction whether it occurs online or in-person. Tutors build robust academic and social-emotional relationships with each of their students, as they tackle their reading challenges.

Aspire Academy’s mission is to deliver the highest-quality learning experience for children who struggle with reading, writing and spelling whether that be in-person or online. Every online session we deliver is one-on-one, direct instruction, delivered live, between tutor and student. We personalize every lesson to their specific needs with the aim of getting them to grade-level reading as fast as possible. We use diagnostic testing and student learning progress to determine their needs and progression.

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