Tutoring sessions are available for students in grades 6 - 12 as well as those who are enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at a community college, university, or other institution of higher learning. Tutoring for students in grade 5 or lower is available depending on need and scheduling. Sessions are also available for adult and life-long learners, including job seekers. For more information about these services, please click on the Services tab at the top of this page. On the Services page, click on Student Services for more information about services for students, or click on Private Services for more information about services for adult learners and job seekers.

Student tutoring sessions are available for
1. academic instruction or enrichment
2. academic remediation and homework help
3. test preparation
4. writing (tutorial or workshop)
5. skills practice

For more information about these types of tutoring sessions, visit the Services page and click on Student Services.

Adult sessions offer similar options as well as job coaching, resume reviews, and interview practice. Visit the Services page and click on Private Services for more information.

Tutoring sessions are 50-minute sessions offered online through a video conferencing platform (Zoom, Google Meet or Classroom, or Microsoft Teams). In some instances, options for live, in-person sessions are available but limited.

Sessions are organized into five distinct components. Part One introduces the lesson with a focus activity, review, and goal setting. Part Two uses direct instruction with recalling of prior learning and scaffolding of new learning. Part Three uses guided instruction with coached thinking that offers solutions and heightens understanding. Part Four utilizes independent instruction with assessments and checks for understanding. Part Five closes the session with a student-led daily reflection that gears the end of the current lesson to the beginning of the next lesson, creating a continuous, student-directed, student-driven learning experience.

Instructional approach: Built on the mini-learning objective model, sessions are created using backwards alignment. This means that the session focuses on the end-goal--what the student must know or be able to do--and then work backwards, identify and building the skills and knowledge necessary to achieve that goal. Using the tutor instructional approach’s emphasis on deep learning as well as directed and guided instruction, students are encouraged to think about what they are learning as they think about how and why they are learning as well. Inquiry-driven and skills- and strategies-based, sessions actively engage students with scaffolded activities and an open tutor-student dialogue that achieves students’ SMART goals.

Behavioral approach: Sessions are formal learning events focused on the instruction, enrichment, or remediation of the student. Therefore, the same expectations of the classroom apply. Students are expected to attend all sessions and be prompt, attentive, engaged, and mature throughout the entire session. Completing all assignments, including those that are skill- or disciplined-based, are the student’s responsibility as each session holds the student as learner and the tutor as facilitator. A student’s failure to comply with these expectations may result in cancellation of a session or termination of all services.

Tutoring is available in the following academic subject areas, content disciplines, and courses:

English Language Arts and Reading:
General English Language Arts Grades 6 - 12
General Reading Comprehension Grades 6 - 12
General Writing and Composition Grades 6 - 12
English Language & Grammar
Literature (World, British, American, Classical)
Essay Writing & Composition
Research Writing & Composition

Social Studies:
General Social Studies Grades 6 - 12
World or Global History
US or American History
Civics & Government
Geography
Economics and Personal Finance
US or American Politics & Government
History of Western Civilization
Psychology
Political Science
World Religions
Biblical Studies

Test Preparation:
General Test Preparation
SAT (Reading and Language)
ACT (Reading and English)
ASVAB (World Knowledge and Reading Comprehension)
HisSet and TASC (Writing, Reading, and Social Studies)
AP Exams (US, World, and European History; English Language and Literature)

Science:
General Science Grades 6 – 12
Biology
Earth Science
Ecology/Environmental Science

Other:
Other Humanities, Social Sciences, and Social Studies subjects upon request
General Academic and Study Skills
Research Inquiry and Methods
Writing Styles (AP, APA, MLA, CMS)
Public Speaking
Presentations
College and Career Planning
Career Development

For Adult Learners and Job Seekers:
Job Coaching
Interview Practice
Resume Reviews

1 session (50 minutes) $45
Extra 20 minutes $15

Session Packages
Weekly Tutoring - 2 sessions (MW or TR) - $75 (save $15)
Weekly Tutoring - 3 sessions (MTW or TWR) - $125 (save $10)
Weekly Tutoring - 4 sessions (MTWR) - $150 (save $30)

Weekend Tutoring
1 session (F, S, or S) - $60
2 sessions (FS or SS) - $120
3 sessions (FSS) - $180

Monthly Tutoring - 20 sessions (does not include weekends) - $750 (save $150)

To schedule a session, click on the Appointments tab at the top of this page. On the Appointments page, click on Student Services and complete the form.

For more information or help scheduling a session, email Desk43 at tutoring@desk43.org