Introduction to Literature and Composition (Simon) --NEW!
Course option: Live
Grades: 8th - 12th (13+)
Course dates: August 17, 2026 to May 7, 2027
Course length: Traditional, full year
Live Sessions - attendance required: Thursdays | 1-2 p.m. Eastern
Course size: 20 students
Instructor: Laura Simon
Cost: $830
More about Laura Simon
Laura Simon has worked in the education field since 2001 when she started teaching 8th grade language arts at Princeton Community Middle School in Cincinnati. Her career has spanned six years of middle school language arts, eight years of high school speech, debate, literature and composition, and four years of freshman composition as an adjunct professor. In addition to her classroom work, she served as a department head, designed curriculum aligned with ever-changing state standards, and earned Ohio Master Teacher status.
When she left the classroom in 2016, she maintained a presence in the education world as a freelance writer and editor for a number of educational publishing and e-learning companies. Simultaneously, she embarked on her favorite teaching role yet: homeschooling her own children. As part of that role, she served as a tutor and director in the co-op her kids attend.
She currently works as a product and curriculum manager for an organization that provides safety and compliance training for teachers, and all three of her children continue their homeschool adventure: currently as 6th, 8th, and 10th graders. When she's not working or teaching, she serves as an unpaid Uber driver, shuttling her kids all over town to various sporting events. She is also a voracious reader, and an enthusiastic cook.
She is passionate about equipping young people to read and write with intention and clarity, and she still enjoys hearing former students share how the writing skills they learned in her class equipped them for college and beyond.