| Subject area/Age |
All levels of math, reading, writing, and sciences for K-12 and all undergraduate college courses. We also offer individualized math tutoring for adults of all ages. |
Usually only grades 1-12. |
| Contract |
No contract is needed for the Drop-in Tutoring. A short contract is required for the One-on-One Tutoring, which can be cancelled by a two-week notice any time. |
Most learning centers require a 6-12 months contract. |
| Trial Period |
Our students may pay for a one-week trial period before signing the contract for the One-on-One Tutoring. This is a perfect way to get an introduction to our teaching methods, and to see how our One-on-One customized tutoring program fits the individual’s needs. Students in the Drop-in Tutoring Program pay as they attend, therefore no trial period is needed. |
In general they do not offer a free trial period. Drop-in Tutoring support is not available in other centers. |
| Learning Styles |
We accommodate all learning styles by emphasizing hands-on manipulative and visual methods, besides the written and verbal techniques. |
Other learning centers mostly use written methods (worksheets) or computer programs. |
| Room Setup |
Our One-on-One Tutoring is conducted in individual rooms, providing a very quite study environment and allowing the students to completely focus on the subject. Our Drop-in Tutoring is in a small room holding no more than 6 students at a time. |
Usually, one big room is shared by many students, often not suitable for students with attention problems and students with math anxiety. |
| Communication with the students’ school |
Parents often request that we communicate with the student’s school teacher. We have regular e-mail contact with many teachers, and we often accompany parents to parent-teacher meetings. |
Rarely |
| Learning Disabilities |
We use multi-sensory techniques in a one-on-one setting in a quiet room to meet all our students’ special needs. We also have special education teachers on our staff. |
Most learning centers use one big room for all their tutoring needs. The big room setting is not practical for students who are distracted easily. |
| Gifted and talented students |
We work with gifted students both in the one-one-one tutoring setting and in our clubs and camps. We also work with teachers and doctors specializing in gifted education. |
Not specially geared for the gifted. |
| Home School |
We assist home school students with all their math and science needs in a one-on-one setting. Our morning hours support home school students. |
Not many centers are open in the early mornings. The customized hands-on curriculum in a single room setting is hard to find. |
| Enrichment Programs |
We offer enrichment programs all year round.After School Clubs: Math-Science Club, Robotics Club and Chess Club.Summer Camps: Computer Game Design, Eager Engineers Construction Camp, Great Games for Growing Minds, Junior Get Ready to Read, Junior Math Science Adventure Camp, Math and Science Everywhere, Real-Life Math for Struggling Mathematicians, Real-Life Reading for Struggling Readers, Read and Explore the Week Away, Website Design, Young Entrepreneurs, Robotics Adventure Camp and Back-to-School Review Camp.
Gifted Programs: Gifted Clubs and Camps.
Our clubs and camp are very effective because of our low, 6:1 student-teacher ratio. |
We have not seen clubs and camp offered by other learning centers with a 6:1 or smaller student-teacher ratio. |