About us

Where we came from, what we believe, and what we love!

Go & Grow's History

Go & Grow Education Services, LLC is a continuance of Go and Grow Pre-School - Kevin’s family school in small town Lancaster, New York. Kevin’s mother, Jane Leatherbarrow, started the school with other family members in the late 70’s. Jane passed away in 1999. Kevin felt the name and idea of Go & Grow should continue on in Jane’s memory and life-long devotion to educating young minds... ​

Our Belief

​At Go & Grow, we believe every child can succeed and rise to high standards. Our mission is to provide more of a voice to the students and parents within our communities, and educate them on the special education process, curriculum, new educational changes and differentiated instruction. We look forward to working with you as professionals, and hope to improve learning in Montana.

Our Team

Kevin Leatherbarrow, M.Ed.
C0-Director/Tutor/Consultant 

Kevin (Mr. L) is committed to helping students and teachers find success in academic settings. Having navigated through his own education with a learning difference himself, he has a special connection to students who struggle with their own learning and behavior. He has studied elementary education and child psychology extensively with teaching experience in urban, charter, reservation and SPED settings, instructing various subjects K-12.
Kevin has had great success in advancing readers in their comprehension levels, encouraging expressive and practical writing to showcase their knowledge and understanding. In addition, he has provided students with in-school poetry readings and talent shows to give them a platform for their personal beliefs and ideas to be shared. His students have been known to stand on their desks reciting “Oh Captain, my Captain!” reflecting The Dead Poet’s Society.
Kevin's childhood dream was to fly-fish the rivers of Montana, and he is elated to be living here as a "trout bum." He considers the outdoors to be the best classroom, and the river the toughest teacher.
  • Master’s of Education University at Buffalo 
  • B.A. in English, University at Buffalo
  •  A.S. Liberal Arts and Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, University at Buffalo
Heather Sites, M.Ed.
Assistant Tutor
Mrs. Sites (Miss Heather) is an educator with an extensive background in “making it work.” Her teaching philosophy is firmly founded in the growth mindset--she believes every student can learn, and that success is determined by the effort a student puts forth. Heather endeavors to support her students with purposeful, individualized, and creative instruction. Before earning her Master’s degree in Education, she studied English and American literature, psychology, and counseling. Mrs. Sites has taught ELA in Denver’s urban high schools, worked alongside SPED educators in co-op classes, provided reading intervention for elementary students, and privately tutored learners of all ages. In July 2019, Heather attended a course to learn the best methods to help dyslexic students and is now a certified Orton-Gillingham “Plus” tutor. 
After moving to Great Falls, Mrs. Sites started a tutoring company--Insightful Instruction LLC-- and has found a home at Go & Grow, providing literacy development for the homeschool program and private tutoring.  Her areas of focus include phonics & decoding, literature comprehension & analysis, test preparation, and strategies for dyslexic learners.​
  • B. A. in Psychology, Minor in English from the University of Maryland, College Park.
  • M. Ed. & Human Development from the University of Colorado, Denver.
  • Certification in Orton-Gillingham “Plus”

Annie Leatherbarrow, M.S.Ed.
​Co-Director/Tutor/Consultant

Miss Annie (now Mrs. L) has worked both in high school English classrooms, taught middle school English, been a key educator in a summer literacy program, and in curriculum development. She has her Master's degree in Education from Montana State University- Northern where she focused on differentiated and personalized instruction methods and the Mastery Learning Model. She has taught in SPED settings, urban charter schools, and briefly on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation in Eastern Montana. She is a devoted educator to say the least, and believes in setting a strong foundation in the basics. When she isn't yammering on about literature, she can be found at the dance studio or on the river hunting big browns!
​Annie has worked with all kinds of students who have various learning differences and has made connections with students with difficult behavioral issues that few could. Annie plays an integral part in building education plans at Go & Grow and tries to keeps Kevin on track.



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  • Master's of Science in Education, Montana State University - Northern
  • B.A. in English, University of Utah
  • A.S. General Sciences, Southern Utah University​