Meet The Educators
Robyn Akehurst
Robyn Akehurst the Founder of Alpine Learning. She is a trained Education Assistant with a back ground in Special Education. She brings extensive experience with working with school aged children with all learning profiles. Robyn has training in both intellectual and physical learning differences. She works regularly with high performance sports athletes as well as students with specific medical needs.
Robyn brings experience working with students on the Autism spectrum and has specific training in POPARD. Robyn has supported her clients with behaviour intervention, social skills and work experience.
Robyn is certified as a Jump Math Specialist which supports students excel in their mathematics abilities. She has resources to enrich students math abilities beyond their grade level.
In addition, Robyn is trained in Orton Gillingham. Her training offers students the opportunity to learning through a remedial explicit multi sensory approach to literacy.
Feel free to contact Robyn directly to speak about your child’s learning objectives.
Aisling Woods
With over twenty years of experience as a tutor, Ash is happy to share her passion for math education with learners in Whistler. After graduating from McGill and University of Toronto, she taught math full-time in Montreal and in the UK. She currently works as a teacher on call in the local school district and a tutor in Whistler. Ash has tutored students in remedial tutoring to enrichment. She is proficient in virtual and in person sessions. Ash can support students up to grade 12 in Foundations, Calculus, and Physics.
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Anna Earl
Anna has been working in education since 2008, gaining her Postgraduate Degree in Education at the University of New South Wales in 2010. Since then, she has worked with both children and adults, in middle, secondary and English language schools in the UK, Australia and Canada. Having worked in schools of an excellent caliber, she demands the highest standards of herself and the best from her students. She is passionate about learning and education.
She teaches all subjects to a middle school level and also specializes in high school Humanities subjects, particularly English, History and English as a Second Language.
Of British/French origin, Anna has spent her life traveling the world. Since moving to Whistler in August 2019, she has embraced the lifestyle here, enjoying hiking and snowboarding in her free time. She established Earl Education in 2020 in response to the tutoring and educational needs of local Sea to Sky residents. She offers tutoring for school students and English Language lessons for adults preparing for visa examinations.
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Melissa Mundell
Melissa is a graduate in Sports Science and Rehabilitation from Cardiff Met University, who has always had a passion for teaching and coaching children. Melissa has a background in teaching physical education in Primary schools and County/ regional Netball.
Melissa moved to Canada in 2019 from the UK and has since been undertaking extra education courses to access the world of tutoring as well as being an on-call education assistant within the school district. Mel has training specifically in working with younger students. Both in summer camp and daycare as well as primary school. Mel has completed the Orton Gillingham for math course through OG Academic Math. She has also completed the Overview of Orton Gillingham through the Dyslexia Training Institute. These courses provide a multi-sensory approach to lesson plans and supporting students. Mel has experience working through the phonics programs we offer at Alpine Learning and has the ability to individualize with each session.
Melissa enjoys helping students reach their full potential while lifting their confidence.
Marie-Eve Cote
Marie-Ève Côté is originally from Quebec City and moved in 2020 to Whistler. She is a lover of the outdoors and understands the importance of enjoying the gifts that Whistler has to offer.
Working for more than 20 years in the financial field as an accountant, she quickly noticed since her arrival, the imminent needs for the French language tutor. As a mother of a 14 years old, she understands the needs and support that children require when it comes to their education.
Moving across the country where a new language was imposed on her son, her role as a mother took another dimension. Not only did her son needed extra support for school but for social environment as well. Marie has a foundation of how to tutor school aged children in french. She can help build confidence in their written and spoken language skills they can bring back to their classroom.
Marie is driven, patient and giving, making the education of your children a top priority.
Jayme Grieco-Hogg
From teaching on the slopes of Whistler Blackcomb to classrooms in Guatemala and beyond, Jayme’s interactions with students, teachers, and educational systems around the world have shaped her teaching style today.
Inspired by persuasive communication, Jayme teaches students to communicate confidently with clarity and persuasion. She primarily teaches high school humanities and reading/writing-heavy courses and prepares students to write at a university level.
Jayme is a Queen’s University Chancellor Scholar who studied psychology and cultural/religious studies. She managed her own online tutoring business while backpacking South East Asia and Central America and specialized in university application coaching. She received her Teaching English as a Foreign Language certificate in Guatemala in 2019, and most recently completed a contract coaching and editing professional writers for a large Canadian digital marketing firm.