PROFESSOR. TUTOR. COACH. EDITOR. FOUNDER AND OWNER OF FORWARD.

My name is Dr. Theodora Sakellarides and I am the founder and owner of Forward: Academic Coaching and Tutoring Services, L.L.C.

I am a part-time professor at numerous institutions in the Lancaster and Philadelphia area. I have been an instructor in the college classroom for 11 years and have taught well over 100 different English (Literature and composition), Business Writing, Sociology, and special-topics classes, both on campus as well as online (long before the pandemic!). I was awarded an Outstanding Instructor of First Year Writing Award at Temple University (2019) and the Nevelyn J. Knisley Faculty Award for Inspirational Teaching at Lebanon Valley College (May 2022). These are the highest teaching awards available at my level at both institutions.

I started private academic tutoring and coaching in 2017 because I believed I had a unique set of skills that would be valuable to families-- particularly those seeking help with college work or college preparation. Nearly 5 years and 50+ different clients later, I can say with confidence that this was true. My ongoing work in academia allows me to offer my clients an extensive knowledge of higher-education; I understand how the system works and how to both prepare for and succeed within it.

Between tutoring, coaching, editing, and my work in the formal classroom, I have instructed thousands of students of all ages and needs. I never lose sight of the fact that each and every client is an individual. No person I work with is the same, and it is my responsibility to design a plan or curriculum that is most helpful to YOU.

I have watched my clients learn how to read, be accepted into college, win essay contests, write novellas, publish memoirs, succeed in college, develop life-changing executive functioning skills, obtain GEDs, get into medical school, and secure their dream internships. Playing a small role in each and every one of their success stories has been one of the greatest honors of my professional life.