Meet Sara

Founding Director - Your Co-Captain

Sara Gallagher, M.ED., is the founding director of Rising Tides Educational Services and brings 25 years of working in independent and private schools as a learning specialist. 

Working with bright children who see the world in unique ways is Sara’s passion. With an emphasis on taking a team approach, she works to foster a high level of communication and support with each family! Having worked with a wide range of neurodiverse students in multiple settings, Sara is able to assess needs through both informal and formal assessments, build and implement learning plans, provide tutoring for individual students, and provide ongoing support to your family around all of your child’s educational services.

Sara holds master’s degrees in elementary and special education, with a focus on students with ADHD, Dyslexia and Level 1 Autism. Sara is well-versed in using Orton-Gillingham methodologies to teach foundational reading and writing skills. The use of multi-sensory instruction lies at the core of Sara’s teaching while working to cover all areas of learning through the science of reading research.