Serving the Lawrence / Kansas City area (and online by request)
How We Work
Imagine a student with the toolbox to complete homework on their own and the study skills to succeed in high school, college and beyond.
Strategic Tutoring
Our way of tutoring gives students the tools to complete future assignments and projects. They are taught to be independent learners – to learn how to learn. With traditional tutoring, students are helped with their homework and sometimes will even become dependent on the tutor. With Strategic Tutoring, they complete their homework AND are given the tools to succeed in the future at the same time.
Mindset + Motivation
We are more than just tutors. Our approach is to go beyond just tutoring and to address positive (growth) mindset and academic motivation. When students are confident, resilient, and have a reason to do it they will follow through with assignments and projects.
Relationship
Our tutoring is personalized and tailored to meet individual student needs in a supportive and caring environment. We know that individual differences in learning exist among all of us. No two people learn at the same rate or in the same way. We get to know your student and guide them to create their own best learning strategies, all while completing assignments. Then, we reflect on how to use what they are currently learning on future projects and assignments.
Our Secret Sauce
We believe that when students learn how to learn they become confident and curious learners. They will want to learn and will discover that they can be self-determined learners. We believe knowing how to learn is the key to success now in the future.
Our tutors are continually trained on the strategic tutoring method to help PreK-12th grade students build academic skills in ways that really work. Solid evidence about how children learn informs our program from beginning to end. Even when your student isn’t in a tutoring session with us, we are working and learning ourselves so that we are bringing our best game to the work we do with your students!
What do you need? What is making you or your student nervous or frustrated? Do you have a student or a small group of students who wants to get a jump start in a particular subject? Would you like a study skills course to build confidence? We are here for all your academic and study skill needs!