SUPPORTING STUDENTS & PARENTS IN THE NEW ACADEMIC WORLD

What an Expert Tutoring Session Looks Like

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50-minute session with 2-3 varied activities, individualized practice, and targeted focal points

*Research reveals that 50 minute sessions offer optimal learning, retention, and progress

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10-minute instructional assessment at end of each session

*Parents receive End of Session Report, including summary of lesson, targets and goals, student practice/homework, and instructor comments and feedback

Sample Session

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5 minutes

Greeting, discussion, progress update, review of prior learning, rapport and connection with student

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10-15 minutes

Writing instruction, concept overview, targeted explanation, presentation of content

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15-25 minutes

Writing review, strategies, revision, feedback, hands-on writing and reading instruction

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5 minutes

Review of tasks, discussion, student feedback, next-session expectations and work, progress review, comments, and closing

WHY YOU SHOULD HIRE AN EXPERT TUTOR

  • 1-to-1 teaching is customizable and valuable

    One-on-one instruction is personalized, caring, and supportive. The instructor customizes content to gaps or needs unique to the student and focuses on the skills they wish to practice or master. A caring, invested relationship is key to student learning and motivation.

  • Students exhibit greater progress with an expert instructor than with inexperienced tutors, in group classes, or within the classroom setting
  • Advanced ability to diagnose, discuss, and address areas of student need or focus

  • Opportunity to address learning gaps, provide enrichment, and/or enhance academic progress

  • Skillful & immediate feedback
  • Access to a subject matter expert in the field

  • Use of Scaffolding Strategy–

    An expert tutor scaffolds instruction, using verbal and content interactions that assess, determine, and flexibly build on student’s skills and prior learning.

  • Writing-focused instruction

    On the NAEP 2011 writing test, only 24% of twelfth graders performed at a proficient level, with a staggering 73% of students achieving basic or below basic levels; a mere 3% of students achieved advanced status (National Center for Education Statistics, 2012)

  • Reading-focused approach
  • Research-based practices and methodology
  • Enrichment and specialized skill development
  • Preparation for learning, assessment, and college

    Only 37% of seniors in high school are ready for college-level coursework in math and English. national report card NAEP

One-on-one tutoring is the original “personalized learning,” dating back centuries. Along with the Socratic seminar, it may be among the oldest pedagogies still in existence. And as it turns out, it is probably the single most powerful strategy for responding to learning loss. – Education Week, 2020

How it works

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inquire or sign up for zoom intro call (15 mins / no charge)

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student assessment + goal-setting session (2 hours)

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select package & frequency

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student sessions begin

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access daily/weekly/monthly student reports

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select email or zoom parent conferences each 8-12 weeks

The greatest results in tutoring are the result of high-quality instruction by an expert tutor.

Focused 1 to 1 Writing Task Packages

expert 1 to 1 teaching packages

UNITS OF STUDY & FOCUS

Writing, Reading, Thinking, Communicating

Writing Forms

  • Informational/Expository

  • Critique/Response

  • Argument

  • Research Paper

  • Narrative/Personal Essay

  • Analysis

  • Academic Summary

  • Synthesis

  • Description/Illustration

  • Comparison/Contrast

  • Book Review

  • Short Fiction

  • Novel + Novella

  • Thesis + Dissertation

  • Business/Commercial/Professional

  • College/Scholarship Application Essay

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TOPICS & UNITS OF STUDY

  • Research + Sources

  • Modes + Forms of Writing

  • Argument

  • Writing Skills + Practice

  • Vocabulary

  • Eloquence

  • Writing Strategies

  • Reading Skills + Reading Refinemrnt

  • Expressive Reading

  • Study + Practice Skills

  • Critical Thinking

  • Creativity

TOPICS & AREAS OF STUDY

Writing is a complex behavior, and teaching writing requires a teacher who is also a writer who can guide novice writers through practiced experiences.

IN TEACHING & LEARNING, QUALITY MATTERS

  • Experienced teaching

  • Research-based practice

  • Expert subject-matter knowledge

  • Professional writing experience

  • Knowledgeable methodology

  • Ongoing student assessment

  • Meaningful feedback

  • High-quality instruction

  • Rigor + relevance

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