What to ask a potential tutor
Parents should carefully vet the various tutoring services that are available in Northern Virginia to first find out the reputation of the service. Did students really learn there? Have they gone on to excel or succeed in an area for which they were tutored? Were the instructors trained in a process to not only understand […]
Types of tutoring
Remedial or enhancement tutoring (Support Tutoring) These are the two most common types of tutoring. Remedial tutoring has come to be about mostly English, writing and math skills and is designed for kids that have fallen behind in these subjects. Enhancement is for students who are doing well in a subject matter but want to […]
How to know when your child needs a tutor
The first indicator for remedial tutoring help is when a student demonstrates failing grades in a subject, usually reading or math. But as the student advances through the educational system, other issues may arise. “We get a lot of students who just breeze through elementary school and maybe even middle school,” Michelle Scott, owner/director of […]
Tutoring benefits
A tutor can be that key person in a student’s life who gives them direction or helps focus them in the direction they appear to be headed. But one of the biggest drivers for parents in Northern Virginia to get a tutor is because of the competition in the area for not just a well-educated student […]