Our program includes the following:
Matching Tutors and Students: When assigning a tutor, we strive to make the best possible match for each student. Among factors we consider are learning styles, achievement level, general interests, and temperament. While all of our tutors are highly skilled, we have made sure to assemble a staff that is diverse in personality and style.
Tutoring Sessions: Our standard SSAT tutoring session is 75 minutes and takes place in the student’s home. As we only hire tutors who have mastered teaching the test as a whole, we assign one tutor per student.
While most students meet with their tutors once a week, we sometimes recommend more frequent sessions. (We can only recommend.) On some occasions (especially for early starters), we recommend sessions every other work.
Homework: Homework is a key component of the prep process. The material we use comes from a variety of sources, some of which we provide and others which we ask parents to supply. We do provide vocabulary lists for review and study.
Practice Tests: While our SSAT prep program doesn’t offer supervised practice tests directly, there are a number of different ways in which we ensure that students who take the SSAT come to the test prepared. One of the plusses of the SSAT is that it can be taken a number of times. Students taking the Upper Level SSAT should also take the SHSAT, which is administered in late October.
Supervision: We have great confidence and trust in our tutors, but we also take care to monitor each student’s progress. We check in with both tutors and parents on a regular basis in order to ensure that maximum improvement is achieved.
Although the elements of the tutoring process are constant, the structure of the program varies, depending on when the process begins.
