Margot LaPointe
Executive Functions Coach and Life Coach
Margot Henderson LaPointe is an Executive Functions Coach and Certified Professional Life Coach. She has a master’s degree in education and brings over 18 years of teaching experience to the Center. She provides a structure and a safe environment for each client to be able to find their strengths and challenges to create strong, realistic goals.
- St. Lawrence University - BS Psychology
- Bank Street School - Master of Science in Education
- Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching (iPEC) - Certified Professional Coach (CPC)
- For 18 years, Margot worked as a classroom teacher and Learning Strategist in New York City, San Francisco, and Connecticut.
- Margot has been working at Sasco River Center as an Executive Functions Coach and Life Coach since 2016.
Margot believes in teaching the whole student to foster development by providing diverse opportunities for physical, social, emotional, and cognitive growth. She has studied Executive Function Skills for years. She has helped many people identify and create a plan of support for their learning. Margot believes that teachers can make a huge impact on a person’s life, and through her years of training, she is able to help people see that we all learn in different ways.
The personalized process provides the skills for people to be able to learn independently. She offers individualized support to people with ADD, ADHD, Dyslexia, and/or learning differences. Margot’s coaching style allows each student to develop stronger skills to organize, manage time, initiate, set goals, make decisions, and self-monitor through their work. She creates a structured and welcoming environment that allows individuals to identify their strengths and areas for growth, facilitating the development of realistic and effective goals. During this time, the purpose is for the person to gain confidence and become more willing to take risks.
As a Life and Transition Coach, she helps her clients navigate through major life transitions with confidence and ease. Together, they navigate difficult transitions and identify the best path forward. The client determines what’s important, defines goals, and makes a plan to achieve the desired outcome. During this unique exploration, her clients many times discover obstacles and patterns that have been getting in the way. This, in turn, prepares her clients to handle future life transitions better.
Margot enjoys tennis, paddle, pickleball, and golf. She also has two beautiful dogs whom she refers to as Polar Bears.
"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn." – Benjamin
Franklin