Our Mission

"Prodoceo", the Latin word for "teach", is not only our company's name, but is also at the heart of our mission. At Prodoceo, our mission is to assist parents in helping their children to excel academically. Nationally, Prodoceo offers services which provide support and guidance for families who have chosen to educate their children at home. Locally, Prodoceo offers tutoring services for students in Chicago's Western Suburbs. 

Meet Our Homeschool Consultant
My name is Linda Difino and I would like to personally welcome you to Prodoceo and introduce myself and my services to you. As a child, I always dreamed of being a teacher. My love of children and teaching became a passion which eventually shaped my educational and life goals. I graduated with a degree in elementary education in 1985 from National Louis University and subsequently taught in the public schools.

Several years later, when my oldest daughter was four, we began our own home schooling journey. Now, more than 16 years later, my experience as an educator and a home schooler has uniquely qualified me to help my clients as they pursue their own home schooling journeys.

Now, it is my desire to allow my experience and training to be a blessing and a help to others who have undertaken the incredible privilege of teaching their children at home.

Qualifications
· B.A., Elementary Education, certified teacher
· More than 20 years of teaching experience
· More than 18 years of tutoring experience (adults and children)
· Seventeen years of experience as a home educator and home school co-op teacher
· Have taught children with different learning styles, academic strengths and weaknesses
· Employed a variety of curriculum options
· Involved in leadership of local home school organizations
· Experienced speaker/workshop leader
· Curriculum specialist for large homeschool curriculum company

Meet Our Family

My husband, Jim, and I have been married for 22 years and have been blessed with 4 amazing children. Darcy, 20, is a junior at Northern Illinois University where she is pursuing a degree in Elementary Education.  Janna, 19, is working and pursuing her college degree from home through distance learning.  She enjoys photography and reading mysteries.  Nina is 17 and a high school junior. She loves music and is a budding videographer.  Jimmy, 3 1/2, is actively pursuing an avid interest in playing with cars and trains and reading great books with Daddy!