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About

BrainWorks Educational Solutions LLC is a family-owned, family run business established in 1990. We offer full service educational solutions for your family’s needs. Our services include educational consultation, assessment, advisement, academic tutoring, music lessons and more.  We are a team of highly qualified professionals with many years of experience. Our goal at BrainWorks is to come alongside you to maximize your students’ potential, abilities and opportunities for their future. We strive to meet each student’s individual needs. Our team works with students that are from homeschool, public school and private school settings.

Carmen Behar, Founder

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State Certified Teacher With 31 Years Experience

 

Carmen Behar, B.S. Special Education, Educational Consultant / Academic Specialist K-12 All Subjects, Voice, Piano

 

Carmen is a 31-year state certified teacher. She earned her Associate in Arts Degree from Miami-Dade College in 1984 in Special Education. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Florida International University in 1987 in Special Education with a minor in Music. Carmen holds a Florida Teaching Certificate in Special Education K-12 (Specific Learning Disabilities, Intellectually Challenged, Emotionally Challenged), Elementary Education K-6, and ESOL K-12

 

Carmen worked for Miami-Dade County Public Schools for 24 years in a Varying Exceptionalities Classroom, as a Grant Writer / Project Manager and as a Reading Interventionist. Within that time she worked with At-Risk populations as well as Gifted populations. Additionally, she worked at American Heritage School. Carmen has worked with students of all ages, grades, and settings including public, private and home. Carmen is well versed in curricula and pedagogy with a strength in designing educational plans for student success. Carmen has more than thirty years of experience in assessment and administers the KTEA-R, The Woodcock Johnson Brief, The PSAT, and proctors for SAT and ACT Test administrations.

Carmen has earned numerous awards in her teaching career including:

Teaching Awards

  • MDCPS Parent Involvement Award

  • Parent Involvement Award, State Department of Education

  • FDLRS Outstanding Teaching Practices

  • MDCPS Rookie Teacher of the Year

  • Norma Bossard Award Nominee, MDCPS

  • Teacher of the Year Nominee, MDCPS

 

Grant Writing and Management

  • FLaRE Grant - Project ELA, Federal        Department of Education, $150K

  • Children and Adults Reading Together  - Grant Manager $50K

  • Titive V Innovative Programs - Project READ  NOW! State Department of Education $20K

Organized & Efficient

I cannot say enough about my kids tutor Mrs.Carmen. I feel so incredibly blessed to have her in my children’s lives. Homework and school projects can get very overwhelming, but I can truly say she has helped both my 11-year old daughter in middle school and my 8-year old son in elementary school become so organized and helped them to excel. Now as we are figuring out virtual school, I feel so much of a relief knowing that we have her to guide us through some of the challenges. BrainWorks was highly recommended to us for our kids by our past tutor that had to relocate and we could not be happier. I highly recommend this company to anyone wanting to see their children achieve at high levels. My kids adore their tutor and that makes me as a mom very happy! 

Regina Hepburn

Public Speaker

Let’s Start Working Together!

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