Aside from the increasing competitive nature of the college admission process, the increasing rigor of the learning standards, or seeking help for a learner that has difficulty, what are some reasons one would select a tutor?

Reasons to choose tutoring services for your child:

1. High quality interaction where students feel heard.

With the one-on-one model, instructors are committed to listening to the student and actively responding. Though instructors often initiate or organize meetings or checkins, conversations are almost always student driven where the student has control over the questions they ask and the feedback they receive from their instructors.

2. Low stress environment frees students from the fear of failure.

Through one-on-one interactions, students learn to trust their instructors and are given a completely safe space to openly share. In classroom settings pressured by peers, some students fear answering questions, making mistakes or taking risks. With caring, considerate tutors there is no wrong answer or silly question and students do not have to fear being themselves. With no stress and fear of failure this helps foster grit, perseverance, and a growth mindset.

3. Tutors can gauge the student’s progress and mastery.

In a one-on-one relationship, tutors can get to know their student’s fully and keep track of their progress, gauging their successes and struggles. Instructors can then adjust or completely alter lesson plans, deadlines, course projects etc so as to fully serve the student.

4. Gives students the opportunity to step up and not rely on others.

In one-on-one interactions and self-driven course work, students cannot rely on their peers, copy someone else’s work, or fall back on the ideas of others. This highly increases a student’s personal responsibility over their learning, forcing them to take course work very seriously and fully master the materials.

5. Avoids overstimulation and eliminates many distractions.

Without the distraction and overstimulation of a room full of peers, students are able to focus all of their attention on their instructor and the material being learned. One-on-one interactions enable the student to use all of their brainpower on school and not on the environment around them.

6. Ability to personalize conversations and assignments.

Not only are students able to address only the things that they need help, they are also able to curate their conversations with instructors to match their interests. Tutors will always work to align conversations and assignments with what interests and inspires the student.

7. One-on-one tutors can adapt to the student’s communication style.

One-on-one interactions give students excellent opportunities to practice inter-personal communication and conversing with solely one other person at a time. In one-on-one class settings, students will never have to decode the messages their instructors give them, learn the material and then figure out again how to communicate back to the teacher in a specific way. Instead, communication, sharing of ideas, and questions and answers can be more organic and to the student’s preferences.

"An investment in knowledge pays the best interest".-Benjamin Franklin