Expert strategy. Measurable progress. Stronger futures — one client at a time.
We help clients make confident educational decisions that lead to meaningful academic and personal growth. Through expert college counseling, executive function coaching, and research-informed reading and math acceleration, our trained specialists create individualized game plans, guide students and families through pivotal transitions, and monitor progress toward measurable results. We serve clients in person and online and partner with private, charter, and public schools to bring effective, scalable support to entire school communities.
Serving the Coastal Empire and Southeast Georgia in person and clients nationwide through selected online services.
Potential deserves more than guesswork. It deserves the right strategy.
A clearer path begins with the right kind of support.
For Students and Families
Get expert guidance for learning concerns, academic performance, executive function, college admissions, test preparation, and important educational transitions.
For Schools and Organizations
Strengthen student support through scalable executive-function, academic-intervention, college-readiness, and career-development programming.
Online Services
Access selected SEC consulting, coaching, college-planning and transition services from anywhere in the country.
Expert strategy. Structured programs. Measurable progress.
A low grade, disappointing score, missed assignment, or difficult transition rarely tells the whole story. SEC looks beyond the immediate concern to understand what may be affecting performance.
We then match the client with the right expertise, build an individualized plan, and monitor whether the strategy is producing meaningful progress. The goal is not simply to get through the next assignment. It is to develop stronger skills, more effective systems, and greater independence.
Understand
Begin with a consultation, records review, assessment, or diagnostic process appropriate to the concern.
Design
Develop an individualized game plan based on strengths, needs, priorities, environment, and goals.
Implement
Provide targeted instruction, coaching, consultation, or strategic guidance through an experienced specialist.
Measure and Adjust
Monitor participation and progress, communicate clearly, and refine the plan as needs change.
Purposeful support for performance in school, college, and life.
Executive Function Coaching
Developmentally appropriate coaching for planning, organization, time management, task initiation, follow-through, self-monitoring, and independence — from upper elementary school through adulthood.
Academic Performance Lab
Individualized reading and math intervention supported by baseline assessment, structured instruction, benchmarking, and progress monitoring.
College Admissions and Test Preparation
Individualized college planning, application strategy, essay guidance, scholarship and financial-aid support, and SAT/ACT performance preparation.
Educational Consulting
Expert guidance for families navigating learning concerns, educational planning, school placement, accommodations and complex academic decisions.
Career and Transition Coaching
Strength-based exploration and practical planning for pre-college, college, post-college and adult transitions.
School Partnerships
Customizable academic, executive-function, college-readiness and career-development programs for private, charter and public schools.
Evidence should shape what happens next.
SEC programs draw from established research and professional practice across learning science, language and literacy development, executive-function development, cognitive science, behavior, assessment and educational psychology.
Research provides the framework, but no single approach fits every learner. SEC specialists translate established principles into age-appropriate strategies, structured program materials, and practical support tailored to the client's needs.
Research-Informed Design
Program elements draw on established research, professional standards, and recognized educational frameworks.
Specialist Delivery
Clients work with practitioners whose experience and training are relevant to the concern and the program being delivered.
Individualized Application
The framework remains consistent while goals, strategies, and intensity are adapted to the individual.
Measurement and Refinement
Assessment, benchmarking, observation, and communication help determine what is working and what should change.
Specialized concerns require more than a generic solution.
- An established educational practice serving the Coastal Empire and Southeast Georgia
- Experienced professionals across complementary disciplines
- Individualized recommendations and thoughtful specialist matching
- Structured programs rather than disconnected sessions
- Clear communication and progress-monitoring expectations
- In-person and online delivery options
Deep local roots. A growing reach.
SEC Experts — the Headquarters for families seeking best-in-class educational consulting, academic intervention, executive function coaching, college planning, and career strategy.
Our work combines professional expertise with warmth, dignity, and high expectations. We help clients understand the challenge, identify the next step, and move forward with a practical strategy.
Experienced specialists across complementary disciplines.
Structured programs delivered by trained practitioners — not dependent on one personality. Meet the full team or start with a consultation.
Zach Hagan
College Counselor
Zach guides families through college applications and financial aid, demystifying FAFSA, scholarships, and the admissions process with seven years of higher education experience.
Helese S. Sandler
Director of College Counseling
Helese guides families through college planning with four decades of understanding how much of the process is emotional rather than administrative.
Anthony Dean
College Counselor
Anthony reads applications the way admissions officers do, because for six years that was his job.
Cherie Pelli
LD, ADHD and Executive Function Coach
Cherie has spent thirty years teaching students with dyslexia to read.
You don't need to have the full solution before asking for help.
Tell us what is happening. We will help you identify the appropriate starting point, the relevant expertise, and a practical next step.
SEC Experts HQ | Savannah Educational Consultants provides educational and performance-based coaching and consulting, distinct from psychotherapy, medical treatment, diagnosis, crisis services, and legal advice. SEC does not guarantee grades, GPA, test scores, admissions, or other specific outcomes. Serving the Coastal Empire and Southeast Georgia families in person and clients nationwide through online services.
