Karen Fischer named the Orlando tutoring franchise’s business development director

ORLANDO, Fla. (Oct. 12, 2010) – Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services of Central Florida has named Karen Fischer as its business development director.

Fischer—who joins the Orlando-area tutoring service franchise this month—has spent more than a decade as an educator and entrepreneur. She founded the Royal Tiger Art Academy in Breckenridge, Colo., an institute dedicated to the development of human intellect through visual art exploration and creation for students between 5 and 15. In addition, Fischer has taught art and art history at various colleges and schools throughout the nation, including Colorado Mountain College, Ferndale Middle School in High Point, N.C., and Aloma Elementary School in Winter Park, Fla.

“We are very please to bring Karen on board,” said Gail Mears, Orlando’s Club Z! area director. “Karen’s exemplary experience in the education field and her knowledge of sustaining and growing a business will be essential assets as we continue to reach out to Central Florida’s students.”

Along with being a Lake Highland Preparatory School graduate (1987), Fischer received her bachelor’s in education from High Point College in North Carolina and her master’s in Art History from Savannah College of Art and Design. Fischer recently relocated to her hometown of Winter Park, where she lives with her husband Jeremy K. Fischer and three children.

Club Z! In-Home Tutoring Services of Central Florida has been offering exceptional tutoring services in Orange, Seminole and Lake counties since 1998. Club Z! offers expert assistance in every subject from phonics to physics for students who are preschool age through adults. Club Z! tutors work with teachers, parents and students to assist in improving grades, raising test scores, teaching productive study skills, building academic self-confidence, and helping students score higher on the FCAT, SAT and ACT.

For more on the Orlando Tutoring Experts at Club Z! and to find out how to receive in-home tutoring assistance, visit http://orlandotutoringexpert.com/ or call (407) 628-3100.

About Club Z!

Based out of Tampa, Fla. and established in 1995, Club Z! is the world’s largest one-on-one in-home tutoring program. Club Z! tutors have helped over 300,000 students improve their grades, raise their test scores, learn productive study skills, build their academic self-confidence, and reach their full potential. Club Z! serves students of all ages, pre-kindergarten through adult and tutoring is available in all core subjects – reading, mathematics, science, history – as well as study skills, foreign languages, standardized test prep, assessment testing such as ACT and SAT, kindergarten readiness, and much more. In addition, Club Z! is proud to be an approved provider of Supplemental Educational Services in over 40 states. This has allowed Club Z! to provide free tutoring services to students at eligible schools through the No Child Left Behind Act.  For more information, visit http://www.clubztutoring.com.

Posted by Wellons Communications, an Orlando public relations firm.