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A Qualified & Competent Tutor Is of Utmost Importance When
It Comes To Assisting Secondary School StudentsThere is no question that a good "personal
tutor"
otherwise known as a "learning coach" can make all
the difference in the world, whether you are struggling just
to get a passing mark or you are attempting to get the highest
mark possible so that you have a competitive advantage when
trying to get into your desired post-secondary school program. Therefore, when it
comes to the selection of a suitable tutor to help a secondary
school student achieve success, regardless of the subject or
grade level, I
will not compromise on the qualifications and competency of the instructor.
You have my personal guarantee that a tutor from The Learning
Clinic will be someone who will give your child the best chance of
successfully accomplishing your goals and objectives. The Greater
Sudbury
Learning Clinic offers
secondary school students a service that is totally different from anything else
you will find in the entire area. As a 'Professional
Career Coach', I specialize in helping secondary school students
achieve the highest marks possible in order for them to complete
their diploma on time and in order for them to have the best
chance of qualifying for their preferred post-secondary program. TUTOR
SELECTION AND INSTRUCTION
- When
you make contact with The Learning Clinic Education Centre, I
will personally review your child's current situation in order to
establish some realistic goals and objectives. This will
include estimating the number of sessions that may be
required to achieve a successful outcome. I believe it is
important for you to understand your child's chances of success so
that you do not have any unrealistic goals. However, in most
cases, we will be able to develop a "plan of
action" that should enable your child to obtain his/her
desired results.
- If possible, I will try to arrange for a tutor who
attended the same secondary school as your child.
I will also try to find a tutor who is taking the same
course of studies your child hopes to pursue when he/she reaches the
post-secondary level.
- The tutor will meet with your child at your home and will provide
him/her with one-on-one instruction. Besides the added
convenience of not having to travel to another location, it
ensures that your child will have access to the necessary
materials, books, computers, and other resources that
he/she normally uses at home..
- Depending on your child's needs and the "plan of
action", the tutor will meet with your child for sessions
that can be anywhere from 90 minutes to 3 hours in length.
You and your child's tutor will arrange to meet for instruction
sessions on days and times that are suitable to both of your
schedules. The days may or may not be different each week
and meetings may be more than once per week if that is
agreeable to both you and your child's tutor. You may ask for more
sessions during exam periods or when your child has major
assignments on which to work.
- We can usually find a tutor for your child within three or four
days of your making contact with us.
INSTRUCTION SESSIONS
- At the beginning of each session, the tutor will first of
all assist your child with any difficulties that he/she may
have encountered
since the previous meeting. Our goal is to make
sure that your child does not fall any further behind in
his/her studies
so we want to help "keep up" with classroom responsibilities.
- The second portion of the session will be spent preparing
your child for new topics that may be coming up in the week(s)
ahead. The goal here is to make sure that your child has an easier
time understanding new concepts. This means that your child must
ask teachers for a brief outline of the topics that will
be addressed in the week or two ahead.
- The third portion of the session will be spent preparing
for tests and/or assignments that may be coming up in
the immediate future. The tutor will help develop some
effective study skills and assist your child in prioritizing the
material that you should be studying for the test.
- The fourth portion of each session will be devoted to
helping your child understand concepts that he/she may have had
problems with earlier in the semester which may be tested again on the final exam. Even though the material
has been taken during the first part of the semester, it
will still be on the exam so it is important to review concepts that
presented difficulty previously.
- The tutor will provide you and your child with his/her email address and
phone number so that contact with the tutor can be made if needed in
between sessions. There are times when your child may need some
simple advice or guidance over the phone to clear up a particular
problem.
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PAYMENT POLICY
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LOW HOURLY RATE:
- We feel you will find that the hourly rate
charged by The Learning Clinic Education Centre is very reasonable considering the
range of services provided by our personal tutors.
- Our regular rate is $36 per hour payable
in six hour blocks of $216.
- This rate is comparable to other tutoring options offered in
the Greater Sudbury Area, but we feel that no other company
offers as many value-added benefits as The Learning Clinic
Education Centre, therefore, when you compare the value you
receive, our rates are second to none.
INITIAL INSTRUCTION PERIOD:
- You will be required to pay for the first six hours when you
begin the first instruction session with your tutor.
- Payment of $216 by cheque will be made payable to THE LEARNING
CLINIC at your first session.
- All sessions will be a minimum of 90 minutes in length and should
be scheduled once a week unless otherwise arranged between you and
your tutor.
SUBSEQUENT INSTRUCTION PERIODS:
- Each installment payment that follows will purchase a block of
six (6) instruction hours.
- Therefore, at the end of each six hour period, you will be
given an invoice for the next six hours. Payment will be given
to the tutor at that time unless otherwise arranged through Robert
Kirwan.
- The total amount
of each invoice will be $216 made payable by cheque to THE LEARNING
CLINIC.
- If you want the tutor to visit you once a week the cost will be
approximately $216 per month.
- If you want the tutor to visit you twice a month, the cost will
be $108 per month.
- If you only want the tutor to visit you once a month, the cost
will be $54 per month.
- Therefore, you are in control of the total cost.
- However, your
child will at least be receiving the support of a personal tutor to
help him/her become more successful in school.
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MATERIALS & SUPPLIES
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- Whereas the instructional program is geared to working within the
current curriculum program being followed by the child at school, there
should be very little need for additional workbooks or reference
materials.
- However, if you and the tutor feel some additional materials
would be beneficial, it will be the responsibility of the parent to cover
these costs.
- No additional materials will be purchased without your prior
approval.
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THE BEST VALUE AVAILABLE FOR YOUR
CHILD
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- We are confident that when you compare our program with its many
value-added benefits, you will agree that it is not only the most
effective tutoring you can find for your child, but it is also the most
economical.
- If you have any concerns about your child's education, please take the
first step and allow us to review your situation. We can at least
recommend a program that might meet your needs and then it is up to you to
decide what you would like to do.
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FEATURES OF OUR
TUTORING PROGRAM |
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Learning Clinic Education Centre offers parents and their children a
program that is totally different from anything else
you will find in the entire area. There are so many
added benefits to working with a personal
"Learning Coach" from The
Learning Clinic that you will sometimes feel as if
the tutor is more like a “family friend”, and
not a professional service provider. |
| ONE-ON-ONE
INSTRUCTION
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 The
Learning Clinic provides your child the full
undivided attention of a personal tutor. Some
tutoring franchise centers have a policy where
your child will be required to share a tutor
with two or three other students. With
The Learning Clinic your child will always
have the benefit of one-on-one personalized
instruction. Not only will we provide you with
a tutor who is qualified to help your child
with his/her curriculum needs, we will find
one who is also compatible to the personality
of your child. We feel that having a tutor you
enjoy being with and who shares some of your
own personal interests could make all the
difference in the world. We set the stage for
success by finding the best available match
for your child so that there is an instant
bonding and the learning process is able to
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YOUR OWN HOME
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A tutor will come right into your home so that
you don’t have to disrupt your family
schedule by going to an instruction center. We
want to make the learning process as
convenient as possible for the entire family.
By arranging for a tutor to come to your home
to meet with your child, the rest of the
family can go about their normal routines
without disruption. It also means that one or
more of the parents are present at all times
and can be assured that the tutor is
accomplishing the desired goals and objectives
with their child. We
recommend 90 minute long sessions session so
that your child has the benefit of receiving
instruction in a relaxed manner. It also
allows parents time to discuss the progress of
the child. The 90 minute session is broken up
into small manageable segments in order to
keep the student interested and fully focused.
It also allows us time to work on immediate
problems as well as progressive long-term
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| FLEXIBLE
SCHEDULE |
 You
and your child’s tutor will work out a
schedule that is convenient to everyone. Each
week may be different and you can even
schedule sessions as often or as little as you
wish. We know that
families are involved in numerous activities
today and we don't want your tutoring schedule to
interfere with other important family
activities. Our tutors will cooperate with you
at all times to make sure that the time and
day of the sessions is the most convenient and
beneficial for everyone involved. Furthermore,
you can schedule sessions as often as twice a week or as
little as once a month, depending on the needs of your
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| PERSONALIZED
INSTRUCTION |
 Because
The Learning Clinic is a private practice, we are not
required to use “packaged” programs prepared by head
office as is the case with many franchised tutoring
companies. Instead,
we find out what your child is doing in class
and help him/her develop the skills that are
needed right now. This means that your child
gets a personalized instruction program that is
absolutely geared to his/her needs. As we are
helping your child cope with the demands of
the current school program, we are working on
skills that will help your child in the
future. This approach allows us to work with
students from Junior Kindergarten right
through to University and College. We help
your child learn what he/she needs to know in order
to succeed in the school program.
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NO
LONG-TERM
CONTRACT
TO SIGN
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 We
don't want anyone to feel "trapped" at The
Learning Clinic Education Centre. Therefore, you
are only asked to commit to six hours at
a time. When you decide you no longer wish to
continue with the tutoring you can simply
stop. You are not locked in to a long-term
contract as is the case with so many other tutoring
companies We want to give you the
assurance that if you are not totally
satisfied with the tutor or the program, you
will be free to stop the sessions at any time.
It also means that you can schedule your six
hours as you see fit. Some parents spread the
time over six or more weeks, while others feel
that their children need to compress the
sessions more closely together. The choice is
yours and will be what is best for your child.
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& START
FEATURE
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 You
also have the option of
stopping the tutoring for a month or two, or
even longer and then you can pick it back up
again, usually with the same tutor and at no
additional cost. Many of our students take the
summer off and then contact the same tutor
they had before the break to continue in the
new school year.
We have also had some students who get help from a tutor
at the beginning or end of each semester. Some students
have called for another tutor several years after first
receiving the assistance of a tutor from The Learning
Clinic Education Centre. We maintain all records. Once you
are a "client" of The Learning Clinic Education
Centre, your family becomes part of our "data
base", meaning that when you return we are familiar
with your case history. |
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CONTACT
WITH
TUTOR
AT ALL TIMES
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 You have the ability to
contact your tutor by phone or email in
between sessions in case you have a concern
that cannot wait for the next session. There
is no extra charge for this service. This is
one of the "safety" features we have
built into our program. It means that if your
child is ever in need of some immediate
attention that can be resolved over the phone
or with an email, then you can take care of
the matter right away instead of having to
wait until the next scheduled session.
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FAMILY
TUTORING |
 When
we send a personal tutor to your home, you
have the option of having the tutor take care
of other children in the house. For example,
the tutor may be coming in to look after the
needs of one of your children, but if one or
more of his/her brothers and sisters need some
help from time to time, you have the
option of asking the tutor to help them as
well. This "Family Tutor" policy has
been very well received by our parents who
have children with different needs. |
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| SHARING WITH A
CLASSMATE |
We also provide parents the option of having
our tutor come in and work with two or three
children who are in the same class. This means
that your child can have one or two of his/her
classmates come over to share the services of
a tutor. Parents may then split the cost of
the tutoring services and receive the benefit
of small group tutoring that is geared to
achieving similar goals and objectives within
a much smaller budget. |
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| YOUR OWN FAMILY EDUCATION ADVISOR
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 Robert Kirwan will act as
your personal Education Agent and will be
available to provide you with guidance and
advice on any education and/or career planning
concerns you may have. There will be many
issues arising with respect to the education
of your children over the years. Whenever you
are in need of some professional advice or
guidance, all you have to do is contact Robert
Kirwan and he will be only too glad to help.
Kirwan also provides a service where he will represent you
at IPRC and IEP meetings |
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AFFORDABLE
TUTORING PROGRAM
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 Most importantly, you can
get help for your child that is not only
effective; it is also one of the most
affordable tutoring options around. Our fee is one of the
best values around, especially when you consider that
we provide you with a personal tutor who comes
to your own home for one-on-one service.
The cost of tutoring services through The Learning
Clinic Education Centre is only $36 per hour.
We feel that this rate is extremely competitive when
compared with comparable tutoring options in the Greater
Sudbury Area. |
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