Academic Coaching

The Academic Coaching areas help students achieve their potential and succeed in their classes through the efforts of the qualified, experienced team working as math, science, and writing coaches. 

Kitty Jordan, Manager of Academic Coaching

Education: B.A. in English with a minor in Latin from University of Texas; Master of Library Science from Texas Woman's University

Contact: Kitty.Jordan@Lonestar.edu or 281.401.5388

Kitty worked as an Undergraduate Writing Consultant at UT while studying for her B.A. in English. After graduating, she moved back home to Tomball and began working as a circulation assistant at LSC - University Park in the SLRC, then as a writing coach. She became the full-time manager of the Academic Coaching areas in 2014. She reads anything she can get her hands on, enjoys baking, and has two cats who constantly steal her seat on the couch.

 

Mike Alose, Coordinator III, Extended Learning Center

Education: BS in Psychology from University of Houston

Contact: Michael.S.Alose@Lonestar.edu

Michael is the man in black. He's a helpful but subtle shadow, sliding from one job to the next, yet you can always detect his presence by the smell of cinnamon. He began tutoring fellow undergraduates over a broad range of subjects as a hobby during his time at the University of Houston. In the time since, he began working at Lone Star College-University Park as a writing tutor before moving on to become a P/T Coordinator, then F/T Specialist IV of the Science Hotspot, and now Coordinator III of the Extended Learning Center. Michael is a passionate writer and avid reader. He divides his time between finding new things to worry about and the best way to convey them in short-story form. He is something of a technophobe and has a grave fear of the ocean at night.

 

Angelo Brual, Coordinator III, Math Hotspot

Education: B.S. in Applied Economics from De La Salle University, Philippines; AAS Major in Accounting from Lone Star College-Tomball.

Contact: Angelo.L.Brual@lonestar.edu

 

 

 

 

 

Kimberly Hayden, Coordinator III, Writing & Reading Hotspot

Education: B.A. in History, M.Ed in Literacy

Contact: Kimberly.B.Hayden@Lonestar.edu

Kim is a former K-12 teacher. She worked as a training facilitator and instructional coach for teachers, as well as a reading interventionist, helping students improve their reading comprehension. As a teacher, she also tutored and prepared students for success on the STAAR Writing Test. Kim considers herself a life-long learner. She is a collector of trivia facts and interesting vocabulary words. She is an animal lover who is owned by two cats. She is an avid reader, as well as a devotee of costume drama and documentary films. Her reading genre of choice is nonfiction - especially biographies - and anything related to European and American history. Currently she is obsessed with the Outlander book series by Diana Gabaldon and its companion TV show.