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Train your staff to teach the test like a PhD.

Your students deserve expert ACT and SAT instruction — and your tutors can deliver it. We hand your team the exact system behind real score jumps, so your program produces results that sell themselves.

For schools & districts · learning centers · summer & enrichment programs
The opportunity

It took 20 years and a PhD to turn the ACT into a system. Your team can learn it in weeks.

Most programs teach content and hope scores follow. We teach the test itself — its patterns, its traps, its timing — as a repeatable method any trained tutor can deliver. Bring that method in-house, and every student you serve benefits from it, long after the training ends.

Who we train

Built for programs that want their students to win.

SCHOOLS & DISTRICTS

Equip your own staff

Give your counselors and teachers the tools to move students across scholarship thresholds like TOPS — without outsourcing a thing.

LEARNING CENTERS

Level up your tutors

Hand your team a proven ACT/SAT system and a results story you can market to families with confidence.

ENRICHMENT & SUMMER

Add real test prep

Offer high-value test prep as part of your programming — without building a curriculum from scratch.

The method we teach

The same three steps behind every score we move.

Your staff doesn't just get tips — they get the full LaddersPrep framework, ready to deliver to their own students.

STEP 01 — KNOWLEDGE

Teach what counts

The core content that actually appears on the test — and how to teach it efficiently, so no lesson is wasted.

STEP 02 — PATTERNS

Decode the test

The traps and question structures the test reuses every administration — including everything that changed on the 2025 Enhanced ACT.

STEP 03 — EXECUTION

Coach the moment

Pacing, test-day strategy, and the coaching habits that turn a student's knowledge into an actual score.

Two ways to bring it in

Online and national, or on-site and hands-on.

Same method, two delivery styles — priced differently so you can choose what fits your program and budget.

TRACK A
Online · Available Nationally

Virtual staff training

Live, interactive training and coaching for your team, anywhere in the country. The flexible, scalable, most affordable way to bring the method in-house.

  • Live virtual training sessions
  • Full set of teaching materials
  • Follow-up coaching calls
  • Easy to schedule around your staff
TRACK B
On-Site · In-Person

On-location intensive

I travel to your location for immersive, hands-on staff training and live teaching demonstrations. The deepest, fastest way to level up a team — priced to include travel and on-site time.

  • On-site workshop day(s) with your staff
  • Live teaching demonstrations
  • Hands-on practice and feedback
  • Maximum impact, fastest ramp-up
Ways to work together

From a single workshop to a full certification.

WORKSHOP

Focused intensive

A half- or full-day deep dive that gives your staff an immediate, practical upgrade.

TRAINING PROGRAM

Good to expert

A multi-session program that takes your whole team from capable to genuinely expert.

ONGOING COACHING

Stay sharp

Retainer-based coaching that keeps your staff supported and improving over time.

CERTIFICATION

Certified in the method

Earn the "Certified in the LaddersPrep Method" credential — a mark of quality you can market to families.

Every engagement is scoped to your program's size, format, and goals. Online and on-site are priced differently — let's build a quote that fits →

Why train with LaddersPrep

When the person training your staff has a track record like this, your results take care of themselves.

Dr. Paul Carey Jr. holds a PhD and has spent 20+ years and 500+ families turning the ACT into a system — with documented jumps from the high teens into the 30s. That's not theory handed to your team. It's a method proven in the room, again and again, now ready to become your program's advantage.

Let's talk

Build a program for your team.

Tell us about your staff, your students, and your goals — and we'll scope a training that fits, online or on-site. The first conversation is free.

Scope a training program