Training

Many tutors are not qualified teachers, since the skills involved in teaching and tutoring do not always compliment each other. Tutors are trained to focus on the individual learning style of the child at hand, whereas teachers are often more focused on working with a class and planning class activities. We have implemented a unique training programme for tutors which addresses three critical areas:
1 The ways in which children learn and retain information and the critical cognitive skills they must develop, which include sequencing, processing, spatial awareness, decoding and memorisation. We also provide an overview of specific learning difficulties and how they affect these skills.
2 Tutoring techniques, which we have collated and developed over many years, which are designed to make each tutorial as productive but also as enjoyable for the child as possible.
3 The curriculum which is followed in UK and US schools, together with the standards of attainment that should be met in each year group and for each independent school examination.
In addition to this training, we encourage tutors to attend workshops and courses on literacy and maths teaching techniques, behavioural issues and study skills techniques.