Study Skills, Organization, and Time Management
Kids today are busy! Between school, sports, activities, friends, homework, and about a million other things, they hardly have any time to be kids any more. Learning to achieve and maintain balance in their lives is an important skill - and one that is not usually taught in school. Our instructors help students learn how to juggle multiple assignments in several subjects, manage their time efficiently, prepare for a test, take effective notes in class, and more.
How do we do this?
Well, we start with a few assumptions about students that we have found to be universally true:
STUDENTS WANT...
- To achieve and succeed
- To have fun outside of school
- To exercise control in their lives
- To have structure in their lives
- To understand others and to be understood by others
- To improve
- To receive constructive criticism
Most importantly, students need a lot of positive reinforcement to succeed!
And then we teach students how to...
- Use technology to their advantage
- Break larger assignments in to smaller tasks
- Estimate an assignemnt's time requirements and budget accordingly
- Recognize and overcome various forms of procrastination
- Set goals and rewards
- Advocate for themselves in and out of the classroom
- And more...
A great tutor will empower a student to be more proactive in taking control of their life and will instill the confidence necessary for that student to be a successful, independent learner.
Usually students in middle school or high school benefit the most from our study skills program, but younger students can benefit as well; setting an early precedent when it comes to academics will make a significant difference in the long run.
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