Academic Coaching | What to Look for in a Learning Center
(taken from "Ending the Homework Hassle" by John Rosemand)
- Look for a Learning Center that:
- Comes highly recommended by other parents and professional
- Has been in business more than two years
- Employs teachers who are state-certified and have classroom experience
- Uses a variety of learning materials, thus enabling adaptation to a broad range of learning styles
- Uses computer-assisted instruction as a supplement to teacher-based instruction, rather that as a primary instructional technique
- Retests your child periodically to check his/her progress
- Guarantees they will contact and continue to communicate with you child's regular classroom teacher
- Promises to keep you regularly posted concerning your child's progress in their program
What services will Academic Coaching provide?
- Professional staff and teachers who understand the learning process
- Diagnostic assessment of your child
- On going conferences with the parents and teachers
- Progress testing
- Personalized program to help your child
- Prevents students from falling through the cracks
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