MAY CENTER FOR LEARNING
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Mission Statement
May Center for Learning empowers students with learning differences to be successful, confident learners who recognize the importance of communication, collaboration, and community. We accomplish this goal by focusing on four specific success attributes: Literacy, Empowerment, Advocacy, and Principles. May Center is committed to developing the understanding of literacy and learning differences by providing consultation and professional development to educators in New Mexico.
About This Cause
May Center for Learning was founded in 2011 by Santa Fe educators Amy Miller and Karen Lindeen. The organization’s mission is to empower students with learning differences to succeed in school and in life. The first class, a summer school session with seven students, was offered in 2012. Since then, May Center has grown exponentially and now serves hundreds of students through its school, summer school, tutoring programs, evaluation, and May teacher institute. May School serves exceptional students from early childhood through 8th grade, specializing in those having learning differences such as dyslexia, ADHD, and language processing disorder. May School’s student/teacher ratio is 6:1. Each student’s program is individualized to meet his or her needs, and is taught by faculty who have completed extensive training in multi-sensory Structured Literacy(™) teaching, the “gold standard” for students with learning differences. May School is located at 1200 Old Pecos Trail. Skill-Building Tutoring Our tutoring program uses the same research-based methodologies used in our other May Center academic programs. Working in a 1:1 setting, every tutor develops an individualized program designed to build the skills necessary for each student’s academic success. May Center tutoring is open to all school aged children from kindergarten through high school, regardless of the school they attend. Summer LEAP is for students with diagnosed learning differences, those students who want to make gains in their academic skills over the summer, and those transitioning to a new school or program. LEAP is available in both Santa Fe and Albuquerque. May Evaluation Center offers psycho-educational evaluations conducted by licensed diagnosticians for those aged 5 and up, creating a comprehensive learning profile that will help determine the most appropriate types of instruction, interventions, and settings for student success. The assessments can be used in all private and public school settings to diagnose language based learning differences like dyslexia, and for testing to qualify students for 504 plans, IEPs, and other services and accommodations. Teacher Institute programs are custom-designed for each participating school’s faculty, based on their needs. May Center Teacher Institute also offers certification in Multi-Sensory Structured Literacy (™) teaching, the gold standard for instruction for students with language-based learning differences. Community Seminars on a wide variety of topics relating to learning differences are offered throughout the academic year. These seminars are free of charge and open to the public. May Center also collaborates with organizations such as the Southwest International Dyslexia Association (SWIDA) in extending the reach of its services.