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ABA Therapy
A tutor with a focus in ABA Therapy will cover multiple subjects, particularly by analyzing and treating different types of behaviors within the autism spectrum. An ABA therapist will typically help the student increase language and communication skills, improve attention and focusing skills as well as social skills, and decrease problematic behavior. An ABA therapist can also act as a direct line of communication for parents, with regards to school administration, teachers and the community. ABA therapists focus on positive reinforcement which, over time, encourages the student to change a negative behavior by positively rewarding the student when they practice a learned skill successfully. This one-on-one type therapy creates an opportunity for the ABA therapist to assess the student's individual needs and interests, a type of singular, caring service that is not always readily available in the classroom or at school.
ACT Math
SAT/ACT prep tutors will help students achieve the highest score they can when taking the SAT or ACT test. Tutors in this subject area will help students to create long-term study plans, identify weaknesses and potential strengths across different curriculums, and offer suggestions for ways to approach complicated curriculums. One-on-one SAT/ACT tutoring can offer problem solving skills that are not always offered in a large classroom and individualized communication can help students be successful when taking such an important, timed test.
ACT Verbal
SAT/ACT prep tutors will help students achieve the highest score they can when taking the SAT or ACT test. Tutors in this subject area will help students to create long-term study plans, identify weaknesses and potential strengths across different curriculums, and offer suggestions for ways to approach complicated curriculums. One-on-one SAT/ACT tutoring can offer problem solving skills that are not always offered in a large classroom and individualized communication can help students be successful when taking such an important, timed test.
AICE General Paper
AICE General Paper tutors will help students practice higher-level writing skills. In addition, students will learn a series of transferable skills, including comprehension and building an effective, cohesive argument. An AICE General Paper tutor will prepare students for the end-of-the-year exam, which typically includes timed, written essays which encourage students to develop a deeper understanding of the English language. These skills will be especially beneficial for students throughout their college career, as they include broadening their perspective on worldly topics, as well understanding different writing tools such as interpretation, analysis, and persuasion. These skills will be especially beneficial for students throughout their college career, as they include broadening their perspective on worldly topics, as well understanding different writing tools such as interpretation, analysis, and persuasion.
AICE Geography
AICE Geography tutors will help students with understanding different themes within the field of geography. Subjects such as environmental conservation and global, cultural settings, as well as understanding and interpreting different types of data concerning geography. This field includes many topics, such as weather, atmosphere, geomorphology, migration, and exploring different types of environments. Students will be challenged with writing an analytical argument about these subjects and an AICE geography tutor will help students use different writing tools to use when examining different geological perspectives.
AICE Global Perspectives
What separates this course from other history classes is that it is not about memorizing dates or historical facts, it is about analyzing historical perspectives on a global scale. An AICE Global Perspectives tutor will encourage students to remember this and help guide them toward understanding the theories found within historical movements, processing this content and interpreting it within writing. Essentially, students will need to think in terms of global frameworks in order to structure a historical argument. They will need to be able to interpret historical evidence and compare it to evolving human perspectives. A tutor in this subject area will offer help in understanding the context of this course and then using that knowledge to construct a written argument, which will help students on both multiple-choice exams as well as written papers.
AICE Literature
AICE Literature tutors will instruct students to form an analysis of a text through a social lens. Learners will explore different genres of literature (poetry, satire, drama, fiction, etc.) and propose their interpretations as an argument, based on their cultural understanding of the given author's rhetorical choices within a specific text. This often involves tutor and student exploring the historical and social ties to a literary work alongside the language and style choice of the author. In addition to helping students prepare for the AICE Literature exam, instructors will guide students toward the ability to understand the world in which a text was written, in addition to the argument that text may be making. Students, in turn, will gain a better sense of critical thought and understanding when it comes to their own scholarly studies.
AICE Psychology
AICE Psychology tutors will help the students to understand the ethical implications of psychological research, as well as the connection between psychological theories and everyday life.
Algebra I
Tutors who focus in Algebra I will help students develop mathematical concepts by learning the use of appropriate mathematical symbols and language. This can include, but is not limited to: understanding and solving linear and quadratic equations, studying monomial and polynomial expressions, exponents, functions, graphing linear functions, etc. Not only is Algebra a required class for most curriculums, but it also helps to promote skills within problem-solving situations.
Algebra II
Algebra II helps to build previously learned skills with regards to Algebra I and Geometry. Tutors in this subject area will help expand student's knowledge of systems of equations, advanced polynomials, imaginary and complex numbers, quadratics, and trigonometric functions. Tutors in this subject area may also help students successfully pass the math portion of the ACT as well as particular college mathematics entrance exams.
Anatomy & Physiology
Tutors in this subject area will help students learn the basics of human anatomy. Specific subjects in anatomy and physiology include but are not limited to: familiarizing anatomical vocabulary, basic biochemistry, cells and tissues, skeletal, muscular, nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular, lymphatic/immune, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems. Tutors might also help to introduce human disease processes, while simultaneously encouraging students to understand the overall process of how anatomic systems work together.
AP Chemistry
Tutors who specialize in AP Chemistry will help students comprehend the basic foundations of the subject; topics may include structure and states of matter, reactions, and intermolecular forces. These tutors will also help students become familiar with the requirements of applied chemistry. They will help students gain experience in the designing of experiments, essentially giving them credible conviction to make scientific claims using supporting evidence. Students will also practice chemical equations that may involve graphs, diagrams, and models. Overall, AP Chemistry tutors will help students prepare for the AP Chemistry exam, which upon passing, can result in college credit.
AP European History
AP European History tutors will guide students through an intricate course that essentially travels through time, with a specific focus on ideological and historical moments in Europe. Tutors may spend time helping students comprehend the following units: Renaissance and Exploration, the Age of Reformation, Absolutism, Constitutionalism, scientific, philosophical and political developments, conflict, crisis, and reaction in the late 18th century, Industrialization, 19th Century political developments, 20th century global conflicts, the Cold War, and contemporary Europe.
AP Government
Tutors in this subject area will help students comprehend the balance between the political and the ideological. What separates this course from other political courses is that it focuses primarily on helping students become informed citizens, as they work to fully understand the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. political system, and the political foundations from which this nation was built.
AP Literature
Students enrolled in AP literature courses will gain two main rhetorical skills: to cognitively analyze a piece of literature and to argue their unique analysis in writing. Instructors who help students form these skills will introduce them to fiction, poetry, and drama from any era and across many cultures. They will guide students on the many necessary aspects of closely analyzing these texts by recognizing the literary techniques placed in the works of a given author. Students will also learn to build a written argument based on their analysis, a skill that will be essential throughout their academic career.
AP Statistics
An AP Statistics tutor will help students to draw conclusions from particular sets of data. Students will gain skills such as problem solving, investigative strategies, and experimenting with data patterns. These types of skills are essential in both a college career and any career that follows. A tutor in this subject will guide students toward passing the AP Statistics exam and earning college credit for the class.
AP US History
An AP US History tutor will guide students through major themes found within the history of the United States: economics, social, political, and community identities, government institutions, and many more.
AP World History
AP World tutors will help guide students through significant historical events that span from approximately 8000 B.C.E to present day. Tutors will provide contextual support so that students may make analytical and historical comparisons, drawing conclusions between cultures and social structures, as well as economic systems and social construction. AP World tutors will also practice important skills with students, including interpreting multiple sources, and exercising reasoning and discipline within historical argument.
Art & Digital Art
A tutor with who focuses on art (or digital art) will help students perfect and hone technical skills that are useful in the art world. An art tutor will cover subjects that include drawing, painting, lettering, digital and technological skills, and even art history.
ASL Services
A tutor who focuses in American sign language will help students fully immerse and participate in deaf culture, while simultaneously teaching students how to communicate using sign language. This means that sign language tutors will work with deaf students to become more independent or give non-deaf students the opportunity to learn and communicate using sign language. ASL tutors can also work as classroom interpreters, be a line of communication for students in regard to school administration and other teachers, as well as provide confidence within students regarding a line of communication that is not always readily taught within the classroom.
Biochemistry
Biochemistry courses typically review the general principles of chemistry while simultaneously introducing students to the chemical and molecular events involved in biological processes. Tutors who specialize in this area will help students understand how molecules function and how energy is used. Skills learned in biochemistry may also include cellular chemical reactions, DNA transcription, and helping students identify the relationship of impairment in macromolecular structure and function to disease. Overall, biochemistry tutors will help students understand the intimate specifics of chemistry and biology.
Biology
Biology tutors share a wide range of knowledge; subject areas in this field can vary from examining the human body, health and disease, to learning basic concepts about ecology and environmental science. General biology also includes the processes and symptoms of a variety of diseases, as well as their prevention. Biology tutors might also cover interrelationships of living and nonliving things in ecosystems and how disruptions of these relationships can result in environmental problems.
Biotechnology
Tutors who specialize in biotechnology cover topics such as recombinant DNA, production of biological molecules, and bioprocessing. These skills could be applied to modern DNA science, laboratory analysis to forensics, medicine, the environment, food science, agriculture, and even the arts. More specifically, topics in this subject area could include (but are not limited to) using antibodies in identification of a foreign protein or organism, identification of genetic elements in commercial foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and transformation of an organism with a new DNA element, all of which tutors in this subject area will help students practice and apply.
Calculus
Calculus tutors will help students pass standards set by the college board. The material covered within a typical calculus course includes algebraic and transcendental functions as well as determining roots of equations. This course also includes determining volumes, areas and averages, as well as solving equations using integration and numerical methods. A Calculus tutor will help students practice these specific techniques with and sometimes without technology—which will be very useful for students throughout both their high school and college academic career.
Calculus I-III
Calculus subjects can range from an introduction to functions, either graphical, numerical, analytical, or verbal, to determining the reasonableness of solutions (sign, size, relative accuracy, and units of measurements). Tutors in this subject area will help students understand the connections between these representations of functions. Other units Calculus tutors may help with include but are not limited to: understanding the definite integral, both as a limit of Riemann sums and as the net accumulation of change, and the relationship between the derivative and the definite integral. Calculus tutors will help students pass required math requisites as well as standardized tests.
Chemistry
Chemistry tutors may help students with a variety of chemical and physical principles. These topics include but are not limited to: the concept of energy and its uses, gas laws, kinetic molecular theory, atomic and molecular structure, periodic classification of the elements, laws of chemical combination, and chemical bonding.
Chinese
A Chinese tutor will help students practice their Chinese language skills, expanding what is taught in the classroom by exploring the historical and cultural context of the language. One on one tutoring can be useful for students when learning a new language because it provides additional time to practices verbal skills, identify learning difficulties, and practice individualized writing and reading strategies.
Civics
Similar to the subject area known as social studies, civics offers the opportunity for students to study the rights of being a citizen, exploring all of the ideologies within running a particular government.
College Algebra
College algebra tutors will help students pass the standards required by the college board; material which involves basic algebraic skills and more complicated, lengthier mathematic problems. These sometime include quadratic and linear equations, graphs, logarithmic functions, and multiple other topics. A college algebra tutor will help students practice both routine, straightforward algebraic problems as well as problems that involve applications of skill. Even though the exams for college algebra allow for a scientific calculator, it is impactive that students understand the process behind the formula—a skill a tutor in this subject will help the student master.
College Essay Writing
Tutors who specialize in college-level writing will help students excel in the writing process. They will teach students to analyze rhetorical documents, and in certain specific subject areas, conduct critical research by examining appropriate and reliable sources. They will then help students gather their research and begin writing, often by teaching students to sketch out in-depth outlines or initial drafts. Essay writing tutors will guide students through the required editing process by analyzing their own ideas, a skill that goes far beyond essay writing, as it is a key component where any kind of professional writing is concerned. Essay writing tutors will also help students develop the rhetorical skill to analyze their own drafts; another essential element to submitting required projects throughout their academic career, as they will confidently know when their writing is at its most eloquent and successfully articulates their argument, opinion, or topic at hand.
CPR & First Aid
CPR and First Aid training provides students with the skills necessary to react quickly during an emergency situation. This type of training can cover a wide variety of topics, ranging from learning and understanding the Good Samaritan Law, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (techniques designed to assist infants, children and adults in need), understanding how to operate and use an Automated External Defibrillator, the basics of First-Aid, treating wounds, signs of heart attacks, and more. This type of training can also prepare students for the CPR and First-Aid certification test.
Dissertation & Thesis Writing
Dissertation and thesis tutors offer thorough consultation for students often seeking mastery in higher education projects and programs. Each specializes in a particular genre and/or subject and can help learners develop, research, execute, and defend their final product. They often help students navigate the complexities of advanced-level writing, whether they are employing quantitative, qualitative, mixed research methods, or conducting more creative pursuits. A tutor specializing in this field may guide students through methodology, writing, analyzing data, revision, feedback, and professional development, as they gain insight into the expectations of higher education thesis and dissertation requirements.
Earth & Space Science
Earth and Space Science explores both the Earth's spheres (geosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, atmosphere), the water a carbon cycles of the earth, as well as the solar system's formation and history.
Economics
Economics tutors will cover a wide range of topics that fall under the umbrella of social science. Primarily, economics tutors help students understand the basics of economic concepts and systems. This might include, but is not limited to, macro and micro economics, the American Free Enterprise System, comprehension of the laws of supply and demand, and analyzing and interpreting economic data. Economic tutors will also help students explore the national and global worlds of business, banking, and finance, and the impacts these sectors have on the world.
Elementary Tutoring
Tutors with a focus in elementary school will work with students in Kindergarten through grade five. Subjects these tutors focus on can range from math, reading, science, to language arts and everything in between. These tutors offer a wide variety of standardized test prep, middle school and high school prep, as well as specialized education programs based on the student's needs. In addition to traditional elementary school subjects, these tutors will offer individualized study skill intervention, a primary approach not often taught in the classroom and essential to help students transition from elementary to middle school.
Environmental Science
Environmental science introduces students to basic scientific principles, concepts and methodologies required to understand the interrelationships of the natural world. Tutors in this subject will help students with interdisciplinary topics, ranging from geology to biology, environmental studies, chemistry and geography. Themes of this subject could include but are not limited to: energy conversions, ecological processes, the Earth (its formation, history, geographical context, etc.), environmental issues as a cultural and social contextual problem, and achieving sustainable systems, energy resources and consumption, and pollution.
Executive Functioning
Tutors in this subject area will help students with a multitude of behavior skills that are necessary to be successful in the academic world as well as the professional world. This set of skills focuses on memory, self-control, time management, and flexible thinking. Practicing cognitive behavioral abilities will help students pay closer attention and gain acute comprehension of multiple academic subjects. It will also help students with organizational skills, planning skills, prioritizing different kinds of assignments, and recognizing alternative perspectives. In addition to these essential strengths, executive functioning will help students keep track of their own progress.
French
A French tutor will help students practice their French language skills, expanding what is taught in the classroom by exploring the historical and cultural context of the language.
FSA Prep
FSA Prep tutors will help students prepare for the Florida Standard Assessment test. This is a state-wide standardized test that covers English Language Arts, Mathematics, and end-of-course (EOC) subjects, Algebra I and Geometry. These tests measure student achievement and ensure that students are on the right track to graduate high school and will excel in future collegiate or career goals. FSA Prep tutors may also help students with organization and study skills, as well as tackling test anxiety.
Genetics
Genetics courses typically involve learning and applying the concepts of modern transmission and molecular genetics.
Geometry
Geometry tutors will help students further develop the mathematical skills required to move to future mathematical subjects, such as Algebra I, II or Calculus. Geometry tutors may cover subjects that include but are not limited to: parallel lines and polygons, perimeter and area analysis, volume and surface area analysis, similarity and congruence, trigonometry and analytic geometry. Geometry covers basic mathematical tools used for complex reasoning and problem-solving in other subject areas like science, technology, and engineering.
Grant Applications
Not only do grant application tutors help families and students find the right grants for their particular situation, they also encourage students to become familiar with application processes. These tutors will help students to research, organize, document, and articulate their own skills and opportunities in an appropriate and professional way. Most importantly, the skills learned from the grant application process will carry over to other important application moments (such as selecting and applying to colleges, choosing and applying oneself toward a certain career path, applying for scholarships, etc.).
GRE Prep
GRE Prep involves helping students gain the foundation needed for test-taking skills. Tutors in this subject area will encourage and teach students to strategize when problem-solving, to find the quickest solution to an answer, and give students the tools necessary to understand step-by-step learning. Subject areas within GRE Prep include, but are not limited to, math, statistics, reading comprehension, and analytical writing. GRE Prep tutors will guide students through the content and material found within the GRE, as well as help students find confidence when facing larger, more comprehensive tests.
Hebrew
A Hebrew tutor will help students become more fluent in the Hebrew language and more familiar with its cultural context. They will practice communicating in Hebrew with the student, help the student develop formal writing skills within the language, and understand the language's cultural convention. An individualized curriculum built by the tutor that is special to the students’ needs will help the student with memorization and verbal exchange, which will be useful beyond the student's academic career.
High School
High school tutors will inspire students to excel academically by reviewing various class materials, promoting confidence with regard to academic acceleration, and providing supplemental material that corresponds to whatever subject matter the student might need additional help with. Tutors in this subject area and at this level might also help students with upper-level tests, such as AP, AICE, Pre-SAT, SAT, and other state-standardized examinations. Above all, high school tutors will help students prepare for college by motivating them to stay organized, focused, and encouraged.
IEP Advocate
An IEP Advocate will provide extra support to both parent and student. This tutor will attend IEP meetings with administration alongside parents in order to represent the student in a way that ensures respect and that the students' needs are met. The advocate will also help secure the best possible IEP for the student—this includes informing parents of their rights under the Disabilities Education Act, the different types of accommodations and modifications available to students, and how to converse with the school district about the different types of special education services and tests available to the student based on their own specific needs. In certain cases, an IEP Advocate may have a deeper understanding of a student's particular circumstance and will be there to help clarify and facilitate communication between all parties involved.
International Baccalaureate
Initially, an IB tutor helps to prepare students for the path that leads to college. In addition, an International Baccalaureate helps to promote and facilitate critical thinking and creative work; they will encourage students to become the best academic they can be. IB tutors will also help prepare students to take the final exams that are imperative to this particular program. Students will learn key testing skills and the best way to manage their own time; IB programs emphasize both high standards and students facilitating their own learning. A tutor who specializes in this will focus primarily on being a mentor, one who guides them toward proper research tactics and a focused, challenging academic path.
Italian
An Italian tutor will help students practice their Italian language skills, expanding what is taught in the classroom by exploring the historical and cultural context of the language.
Marine Science
Marine science explores the oceans of the Earth. Tutors in marine science will help students develop an understanding of the history of oceanography, the formation of the earth, geological oceanography, chemical oceanography, physical oceanography, and/or biological oceanography. Tutors may also help students study concepts that include but are not limited to: plate tectonics, continental margins, ocean basins, sedimentation, the formation of the seafloor, properties of the water molecule, the structure and properties of seawater, and dissolved gasses in seawater.
Mental Health & Counseling
A tutor with a focus in mental health and counseling will work as caregivers to students, providing multiple communication outlets regarding school issues, familial matters, personal struggles, and many more. A mental health tutor will provide individualized therapy sessions for the student, as well as help the student and their family develop a treatment plan for mental wellness and organizational strategies. This means that not only does the tutor encourage students to focus on their mental and physical well-being, they will also guide the student toward a plan of action, which can improve the students mindset and their academic integrity.
Middle School Science
Tutors who specialize in middle school science may help students develop a wide range of skills, which may include anything from scientific thinking to explanations about nature. More specifically, tutors in this subject area may explore concepts that include but are not limited to: the scientific method, transformations of energy and matter, the environment, the solar system, natural resources, and a more complex understanding of the cycles, patterns and relationships of the living world. This also includes classification of organisms and breaking down the organization and use of the periodic table. Tutors in middle school science may also cover understanding physical and chemical changes, nuclear reactions, temperature and heat, sound, light and motion.
Molecular Biology
Tutors with a focus in molecular biology specialize in the fields of cell biology, genetics, genomics, and biochemistry. Molecular biology focuses on the study of proteins, nucleic acids, and their role in the function and replication of cells. Tutors in this subject area will help students with a multitude of topics, ranging from gene regulation and DNA replication to genetic recombination.
Music Lessons
A tutor who focuses on music and theater will guide a student towards a successful career in the arts. Their responsibilities may include educating students about different acting styles, multiple kinds of historical and contextual acting methods, and vocal techniques. A music and theater tutor will spend time with the student outside of the classroom, providing them with an individualized curriculum that is specific to their artistic needs.
Occupational Therapy
Occupational therapy provides treatment for students with a physical, sensory or cognitive disability. A tutor in this subject will help improve a student's motor skills, necessary for daily activities and school performance. An occupational therapist will also help students improve hand-eye coordination, improve behavioral disorders by maintaining and reinforcing positive behavior in all environments, evaluate and communicate a child's potential need for specialized equipment, and/or work with student's who have trouble focusing or picking up social cues.
Organic Chemistry
Organic chemistry tutors will help students retain necessary background knowledge in the chemistry of carbon-based compounds. These tutors will encourage students to fully understand the basics of quantum theory and will cover more specific topics such as stereochemistry, synthesis, properties, and reactions of the major classes of organic compounds. Through different types of instruction (lab-oriented or otherwise) students will learn the fundamental elements of organic chemistry by describing mechanisms of organic reactions, analyzing the nature of a reagent, and/or observing organic laboratory procedures and experiments.
Orton Gillingham
Tutors utilizing the Orton Gillingham approach will specialize in a multi-sensory technique, which involves learning components structured in sight, hearing, touch, and movement. An Orton Gillingham tutor provides personalized instruction for literary skills, particularly for individuals with dyslexia or other language-based learning differences. In collaboration with parents and other educators, these tutors often use systematic instruction to break down complex learning skills into more manageable components, ensuring their learners practice and master the underlying principles of reading and spelling. Each lesson is carefully designed in a chronological sequence of multi-sensory instructions, which focus on phonemic awareness, phonics, decoding, encoding, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
PERT Exam Prep
A tutor who specializes in the PERT exam will practice subject areas with the students that pertain to reading, writing, and mathematics. "PERT" breaks down as "Postsecondary Education Readiness Test" and this exam will determine if the student is ready for college level work. This test typically determines what courses students will begin with when entering college, so a tutor in this subject area will provide the student with test practice as well as college-level comprehension in multiple subject areas.
Physics
Tutors who specialize in physics will help students with subjects that range from mechanics to heat, light, sound, electricity and magnetism. In general, students will explore the history of physics and its scientific evolution, from ancient to modern times. With the help of their tutor students will excel at analyzing different laws of physics alongside the basic principles of atomic and nuclear physics. Depending on grade level, students will learn to interpret the results of experiments and demonstrations of physical principles.
Portuguese
A tutor specializing in Portuguese will assist students in developing their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. The tutor will teach proper grammar and syntax by immersing students in the language through interactive and sociolinguistic methods. Experienced Portuguese tutors also assist students in refining sentence structure, pronunciation, intonation, and understanding various specific language patterns. Additionally, they may introduce students to the history and culture of Portuguese-speaking countries, depending on the student's curriculum requirements.
Pre-calculus
Pre-Calculus covers the study of algebra, geometry, and mathematical functions as a preparatory course for calculus. Tutors in this subject area may help students develop a wide range of skills which include but are not limited to: basic algebraic skills, basic concepts of limits, trigonometric functions, systems of linear and nonlinear equations and inequalities, basics of functions and their graphs, function operations, and function transformations, polynomial, rational, radical, exponential and logarithmic functions, and understanding the use of the Binomial theorem.
Reading
Reading tutors will help students develop foundational reading skills. This can include things like word recognition, vocabulary development and reading comprehension. Reading tutors may also help collaborate with administrators or teachers in order to assess the student's needs and how best to address them, while simultaneously working one-on-one with the student in order to further develop the student's reading skills, which are necessary to be successful in collegiate or career-based atmosphere.
SAT Math
SAT/ACT prep tutors will help students achieve the highest score they can when taking the SAT or ACT test. Tutors in this subject area will help students to create long-term study plans, identify weaknesses and potential strengths across different curriculums, and offer suggestions for ways to approach complicated curriculums. One-on-one SAT/ACT tutoring can offer problem solving skills that are not always offered in a large classroom and individualized communication can help students be successful when taking such an important, timed test.
SAT Reading
SAT/ACT prep tutors will help students achieve the highest score they can when taking the SAT or ACT test. Tutors in this subject area will help students to create long-term study plans, identify weaknesses and potential strengths across different curriculums, and offer suggestions for ways to approach complicated curriculums. One-on-one SAT/ACT tutoring can offer problem solving skills that are not always offered in a large classroom and individualized communication can help students be successful when taking such an important, timed test.
Scholarship Specialist
A scholarship specialist will help the student to explore the many different avenues available to students (even at an early age) regarding scholarships. This type of work can range from researching information about scholarships with both parents and students, to working with students to fill out applications and construct the proper materials necessary to enter scholarships. This tutor's main job is to help guide the student toward scholarships that will benefit them in their future.
Social Studies
Social Studies covers a wide range of content, primarily based on helping students to understand the fundamental values and principles of democracy and the historic events that shaped American democracy. Tutors in this subject area may help students on a variety of topics, including but not limited to: the historical origins of the United States, the Industrial Revolution, the World Wards and the Cold War, as well as the purposes, principles, and practices of the American Government.
Spanish
A Spanish tutor will help students practice their Spanish language skills, expanding what is taught in the classroom by exploring the historical and cultural context of the language.
Special Needs Tutoring
A special needs tutor will work with students on a variety of subjects. For example, a special needs tutor may adapt general education lessons and individualize a study plan for students who have a learning, mental, emotional or physical disability. Tutors will begin with determining specific needs for the students and developing a strategic teaching plan—this could include creating and implementing an IEP (Individualized Education Program) for the student, adapting lesson plans to meet the student's particular needs, or discussing the students' progress and challenges with the parents, teachers, counselors, and administration, so that the student has a direct line of personalized communication and a solid support system.
Speech Services
A speech and language specialist will help to prevent, diagnose, and treat students with communication disorders.
Statistics
Statistics helps students learn the tools necessary for collecting, analyzing and drawing conclusions from data. Statistic tutors will help students develop skills to describe patters found in data, construct and interpret graphic displays of data, and summarize distributive data. Tutors may also help students plan and conduct a study using data collection.
Writing
Writing tutors will help students express their thoughts using the written word, which includes practicing the process of self-editing and revising. Writing tutors will also help students have a greater understanding of their own writing by giving students one-on-one attention and feedback with regards to spelling, word choice, and grammar. Writing tutors may also assist in subject areas that include, but are not limited to: note taking, paraphrasing, summarizing, MLA or APA citations, essay structure, paragraph structure, practicing coherence, as well as developing and practicing sentence structure and vocabulary.
Zoom Video Tutoring
Digital tutoring provides students with the opportunity to have a session 'on-the-go' so to say—at any time or day students can meet with their tutor via video and the benefits are just as great as a physical tutoring session. If a tutor or student is out of town, the two can still meet. If a student needs an emergency session, video tutoring provides the opportunity for both parties to reach one another without the hassle of finding a time or place. Through this technology driven session, students can still upload files, share screens, and write together on a virtual chalkboard. Students will also learn important technological skills while working with a tutor virtually. In a world that is growing ever-reliant on technology, these types of skills will last far beyond the student's academic career!