As the school year progresses, many students begin to settle into their routines and habits for the year. While these are important aspects a student’s academic career, developing good habits is necessary for a student’s success. This is where weekly tutoring services come into play. Weekly tutoring offers numerous advantages for students and I want to discuss what these are and why their worth it!
The Advantages of Weekly Tutoring Services
1. Consistent Academic Support
It’s no surprise that regular check-ins with a tutor can help identify problems in a student’s experience before they begin affecting grades. While a tutor can help a student recover from bad habits, it’s best if they are scheduled early on. The reasoning for this is the tutor can assist in building/reinforcing good habit building early on in the school year so the student can stay on top of their work and assignments.
In addition, weekly tutoring sessions allow the tutor to help reinforce good classroom learning tactics which helps build a strong grasp on lessons and learning materials in the classroom. It also allows students to get immediate feedback from a tutor which they may not have in a larger classroom setting. (especially in high school)
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2. Customized Learning
Tutors have a more personalized approach with students during their sessions. As mentioned previously, this is especially helpful when the student feels as though they are struggling in those larger classroom settings. So what specifically does a tutor do in these weekly tutoring sessions?
Well they will:
- Set goals for the student
- Analyze the student’s end goal (college, work, etc)
- Set and analyze benchmarks for the student
- Build good study habits
- Assist with homework
- And much more!
The main benefit of a personal tutor is their adaptability. Teachers often have too many students to focus on one that’s having difficulty. This is where a tutor can step in and fill the role of a personal teaching assistant for that student.
3. Improved Academic Performance
The most commonly known benefit of a tutor is better grades. While this is true, it doesn’t happen overnight. Many students expect to see immediate progress when starting their first tutoring session. It takes time for students to break these bad habits and get back on track which can frustrate them. In addition, not every tutor is going to be the right one for the current student. Personalized tutoring requires both the student and tutor to be on the same wavelength and sometimes that just isn’t the case. Exploring options and changing tutors when you identify this is another important step in the tutoring journey.
4. Time Management and Organization
Executive functioning skills are an important part of a student’s academic journey. Most students develop these skills in middle school but post-COVID many high school students experience executive functioning deficits. A tutor is able to identify these weaknesses and redevelop them for students. In more severe circumstances, it could be worth looking into a dedicated executive functioning tutor. These tutors specialize in developing these skills and helping students with severe study/attention problems.
5. Parental Involvement and Communication
A good tutor knows to keep parents in the loop with regular updates and communication. Especially when scheduling for weekly tutoring sessions, parents can be informed by the tutor upon request. Here at TenneyTutors we collaborate with our parents as well. If a parent feels there’s a certain area that needs to be addressed, the tutor can pivot and start to target those areas of weakness. Avid communication between both parties s important for parents to make informed decisions about additional academic support or resources as well. This could be executive function tutoring, dyslexia help, dysgraphia help, etc.
Getting Back on Track!
To recap, there’s a number of benefits to weekly tutoring sessions. From academic support to time management and organization, tutors are able to identify multiple different areas for improvement. Weekly sessions are necessary to ensure that these areas get the proper attention they need as tutoring requires time and consistency to work long term. Even when a student feels they’ve recovered from their weaknesses, weekly tutoring services are a necessary addition to ensure that the student stays on track in class and in higher academics!
Through TenneyTutors, students have access to real private school teachers as tutors. All of our tutors are real private school teachers at our private school: The Tenney School. This means your student is getting the best possible tutor possible when scheduling with us! Because we’re confident our tutors can help you, we’re currently running a special where the first session is free for new students. Fill out the form below and we’ll contact you about getting a session scheduled for your desired course!