Academic Approach®

We offer academic guidance in topic areas ranging from essay composition skills to preparation for advanced placement exams. Our diverse group of well-qualified instructors is prepared to handle a broad range of academic subjects.

Although academic tutoring often entails simply "putting out fires," i.e., remediating problems but not systematically imparting knowledge, we attempt through our academic tutoring to build substantive understanding and to develop broadly applicable study skills. For example, our instructors use their academic backgrounds to help students contextualize knowledge, providing contextual information on subjects that often adds depth and dimension to textbook explanations that students sometimes find too abstract or incomplete. Instructors also set up organizational systems for students, which help them gather pertinent quizzes, homework assignments, and tests into a section of their notebooks, pool relevant and recurring question types, highlight main patterns of error, and create exercises to help students master this material in preparation for new quizzes and tests.

Above all, our instructors seek to encourage a healthy dialogue between teachers and students and to guide students towards ultimate independence. Our instructors insist that students use office hours, review tests and papers with teachers, and work towards developing independent skills that will serve them well beyond the end of any tutoring session.

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How to get started

We always begin with a phone consultation and an assessment of the student's capabilities. Get started now by contacting your nearest office.

step 1	Introductory phone consultation Cost: Complimentary The first step in arranging a program is to provide us with some pertinent information. Parents or guardians should contact your nearest office for a brief phone consultation to discuss the student's profile, needs and schedule.
step 2	Diagnostic test Cost: $50.00 Next, we administer the diagnostic test for the student in the relevant standardized test. A diagnostic provides an objective measure of the student's independent level of performance, which is necessary for assessing ability and mapping improvement.
step 3	Meeting with program administrator Cost: Complimentary After the diagnostic test, a student's parents or guardians meet for a complimentary consultation with the program administrator. The purpose of the meeting is to answer all questions, discuss the results of the diagnostic frankly, set goals for the student's improvement, and design a test preparation program specifically around the student's needs and interests. Finally, students are matched with the appropriate instructors and together they determine a meeting schedule. Students commit to a schedule of regular appointments, relevant homework assignments, and frequent practice test administrations to ensure the assimilation of relevant academic content and improve effective processing of this content under time constraint. To get started or learn more about our programs, contact one of our offices here.