Debra Newby - Owner, Teacher and Director of Up and Over Educational Services
Her Story:
Debra has been passionate about teaching, coaching and organizing for most of her life. She realizes that the organization and patterning of life, information and academic subjects does not come easily to many people, and she enjoys using her ability of breaking down complex challenges into small, manageable pieces to help her clients achieve their goals.
Debra started teaching classes while still in high school and went on to work as a Park Recreation Leader while in college, teaching dance, sports and art as well as organizing day camps for elementary-aged children. She also taught summer science classes at Cabrillo Marine Aquarium.
After receiving her degree in zoology and chemistry, she earned two California Teaching Credentials and began teaching in the public schools. Later, with three young children at home, she tutored and taught part-time for various private schools while homeschooling her own children from kindergarten through high school. This experience prepared her to teach multiple subjects to students with various learning styles.
When not working, she likes to spend time hiking, reading and traveling with her husband (and best friend of over thirty years), and she visits with and enjoys her three children and three grandsons at every opportunity that she can.
With her spare time, she creates music curriculum that combines math patterning with music. But her main focus is to tutor junior high, high school and college students in a variety of subjects and help parents and college students through life coaching so they can overcome obstacles and move forward with their life plans.
Debra Newby has taught hundreds of students over the years and has delighted in watching their successes."Teaching is my passion, and my goal is to motivate, encourage and build up each of my students and give them the tools and confidence they need for a brighter future."
Her Skills:
Throughout history, great leaders were mentored by one-on-one tutors who focused on their students’ gifts and abilities, helping them build the skills they needed for their particular destiny and purpose.
Debra is experienced at moving people and organizations forward, coming alongside her clients as their teacher, coach and accountability partner, mentoring them so that they can stay organized and achieve their goals.
Her ability to see the big picture and then break down the task at hand into manageable pieces allows her to move her students and clients forward in a steady, systematic manner. She creates processes and systems to streamline tasks and show measurable results.
She is able to sift through large amounts of information and discern the pattern and details needed. Debra understands time – its possibilities and limitations – and helps clients make it work to their best advantage. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, allow her to understand her clients’ needs and convey the necessary information. As a motivator, she helps her clients see positive and negative consequences of decisions, activities and behaviors, holds them accountable, encourages them and then celebrates their successes when goals are met.
Homeschooling her three children from kindergarten through high school has given her a unique perspective on alternative education. That background coupled with the public school teaching she has done with her California Teaching Credentials in biology and chemistry has given her over thirty years of experience working with a variety of ages and in numerous academic subjects.
Debra has a solid understanding of the Myers Briggs personality types and the ability to recognize her clients’ types which allows her to easily modify her approach to fit each individual’s learning style. As an ENTJ, she is a leader who is enthusiastic, driven and task focused with a willingness to challenge inertia, ineffectiveness and complacency.
As a lifelong student, she is always eager to learn so that she continually has more to give. Her strongest desire is to invest in people and move them forward.
Throughout history, great leaders were mentored by one-on-one tutors who focused on their students’ gifts and abilities, helping them build the skills they needed for their particular destiny and purpose.
Debra is experienced at moving people and organizations forward, coming alongside her clients as their teacher, coach and accountability partner, mentoring them so that they can stay organized and achieve their goals.
Her ability to see the big picture and then break down the task at hand into manageable pieces allows her to move her students and clients forward in a steady, systematic manner. She creates processes and systems to streamline tasks and show measurable results.
She is able to sift through large amounts of information and discern the pattern and details needed. Debra understands time – its possibilities and limitations – and helps clients make it work to their best advantage. Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, allow her to understand her clients’ needs and convey the necessary information. As a motivator, she helps her clients see positive and negative consequences of decisions, activities and behaviors, holds them accountable, encourages them and then celebrates their successes when goals are met.
Homeschooling her three children from kindergarten through high school has given her a unique perspective on alternative education. That background coupled with the public school teaching she has done with her California Teaching Credentials in biology and chemistry has given her over thirty years of experience working with a variety of ages and in numerous academic subjects.
Debra has a solid understanding of the Myers Briggs personality types and the ability to recognize her clients’ types which allows her to easily modify her approach to fit each individual’s learning style. As an ENTJ, she is a leader who is enthusiastic, driven and task focused with a willingness to challenge inertia, ineffectiveness and complacency.
As a lifelong student, she is always eager to learn so that she continually has more to give. Her strongest desire is to invest in people and move them forward.