Our Shepherding Program is designed to help struggling students gain command of their lives while becoming confident, independent learners. Our compassionate team members mentor students, and show them how to improve their study skills, stay organized, and manage their time. Our approach illuminates that with structure in place, students can achieve great things while relieving both parents and kids of undue anxiety and stress.

Learning should be about responsibility and joy, not avoidance or guilt.

We shepherd middle school, high school, college-aged, and graduate level students who are underperforming, struggling academically (on probation, failing classes), or need extra guidance and support to do their best work and realize success. We also serve students who are working disproportionately and struggling with achieving a balance between their schoolwork and life.

The Shepherding program grew out of Dr. Shane’s own experiences as a student and educator. The Shepherding team gets it. We understand fully that not all students learn in the same ways, and need consistent, compassionate support to build the skills needed to achieve academic and life success. Put simply, kids need to learn how to study instead of simply being told to “do your homework.” Often, when parents come to us for help, their family has already suffered both financially and emotionally. Leading & Learning wants to stop that dynamic and get things back on track.

Our Shepherding program takes that dimension of the responsibility of monitoring students off of their parents’ shoulders and gently places it back on the student—with us traveling alongside them, teaching them how to manage their responsibilities successfully. Ultimately, when kids succeed, the benefits reverberate throughout their lives: at school, at home, within themselves, and in their parents’ lives. We know we’ve succeeded when a student and their parents don’t need us anymore—and we’re happy to see them go because we know they will be equipped to thrive.