WHAT DOES A TUTORING SESSION LOOK LIKE?

INITIAL MEETING

Our initial meeting with a new student generally consists of four parts:

  1. Discuss student's goals and reasons for tutoring. This is critical for ensuring motivation comes from the student. Tutors will regularly remind students of their driving motivational forces as they work through challenging topics in subsequent sessions.
  2. Review recent coursework, and discuss problem areas. Determine specific Common Core standards in need of attention.
  3. Setup and link student Khan Academy account (or Prodigy Math Account for Elementary students) and familiarize your child with the independent study platform.
  4. Pencil and paper only time, students and instructors will work through real world problems using recently learned concepts in math.

An initial meeting session is 80 minutes

REGULAR SESSION

A regular session for a returning student will begin with the student and tutor reviewing the student's recent progress. Students are asked to spend 20-30 minutes every day completing assignments in the Khan Academy system (or Prodigy Math for Elementary students). Their progress and efforts are tracked and used by the tutor to prepare each tutoring session. Students are initially assigned questions from the previous grade to identify learning gaps or demonstrate strong foundational understanding. Additionally, this helps students build momentum and familiarize themselves with the learning system. Furthermore, the intent of homework is not for the students to “figure things out on their own”, rather to practice and demonstrate what concepts they have understood.

The student and tutor will then work through any concepts from the assigned homework that showed area for growth. 

Finally, the student a tutor will create a plan for following week and the tutor will deliver a report to parent and discuss the student's progress 

A regular session is 60 minutes

READY TO START?

We have a tutor for you! Contact us today to start with an introductory session to discuss your goals. We serve all districts with a 30-mile radius of our home base in Mamaroneck, New York (Westchester County).