Student Success Program

Carolina Friends School contracts with professional tutors and coaches to provide services to our students on our campus both during the school day and after school. Student Success staff members have had background checks and are experienced in their respective fields.

Support Offered By Student Success

Remedial Tutoring

Designed to reteach material that the student did not master in class
Involves specialized teaching methods designed to enhance understanding
Two sessions per week recommended

Classroom Support Tutoring

Designed to bolster the student’s understanding of current classroom instruction
May involve extra practice or specific teaching methods

Homework Helper Tutoring

Designed to supervise and support a child’s homework
Academic support provided as needed

Coaching

Designed to support the student in managing time, planning, and organizational issues
Guides students in developing goals for completing responsibilities, both in and out of school
Student reports daily to the coach daily on progress toward weekly goals
Coaches meet with students once a week

Procedures for Engaging a Student Success Tutor or Coach

Procedures for Engaging a Student Success Tutor or Coach

Step 1 – Complete the Student Success Application Form and submit it to Kersten Biehn at kbiehn@cfsnc.org.

Step 2 – Once Kersten has received your application, she will provide you with the name(s) and contact information of tutors or coaches who both have expertise in the area(s) indicated and are available to work with your child at the designated time.

Step 3 – You contact the tutors/coaches and decide whom you would like to hire and when they will meet with your child. Complete the Program Agreement form supplied by Kersten and return to her. She will notify you and the tutor of where they will meet for their sessions.

Step 4 – Services begin! You will be billed on a monthly basis for services. Please see the Parent Handbook for more details.

Student Success Program Application

Student Success Program Family Handbook

Program Coordinator

Kersten Biehn

Kersten has a BA from Princeton, an MA and PhD in intellectual history from Rice, additional graduate degrees in teaching from Emory and Meredith, and a graduate certification in special education from NC State. She is passionate about celebrating neurodiversity and supporting students with disabilities. Her prior experience includes teaching at charter and independent schools in North Carolina and Texas. Over the past decade, she has held a variety of leadership positions, including Principal of Teaching and Learning and Interim Head at The Lerner School. Kersten loves spending time with friends and family, swimming (she is the assistant coach for the CFS swim team!) and sports in general, visiting the mountains and the ocean, staying engaged through community service and activism, reading and learning, and writing a science fiction novel in collaboration with her brother. She is also a Carolina Friends parent.