There 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. 

Before you go on, have a look at the features of The Learning Clinic Tutoring Program by clicking on the link below:

FEATURES OF THE TUTORING PROGRAM

Robert Kirwan, O.C.T., B.A.(Math), M.A.(Education)
Professional Learning Coach & 
Director of The Learning Clinic Tutoring Agency
 

FINDING A TUTOR FOR YOUR CHILD

1. If you are interested in finding out what we can do for your secondary school child, just pick up the phone and give me a call at (705) 969-7215.
     
2. You can also feel free to send me an inquiry by email at rkirwan@thelearningclinic.ca 
     
3. If after you have looked over the web site and spoken to me about the services that I provide through The Learning Clinic, you decide to allow us to work with your child, we will begin the process.
     
4. I will personally review your child's current situation with you in order to establish some realistic goals and objectives. Together we will develop a preliminary "plan of action" which will guide the tutor during the early stages.
     
5. Whereas time is of the essence when it comes to finding a tutor for a secondary school student, I will try to do this initial consultation over the phone so that we can get on with the process of finding a suitable tutor. However, there are times when it is advisable to meet with you and your child in person in order to fully appreciate the challenges we are facing. 
       
6. 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.
        
7. 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..
        
8. Depending on your child's needs and the "plan of action", the tutor will meet with your child for sessions that will usually be 90 minutes in length. There are situations when longer sessions are called for, but most of the time one 90 minute session per week is sufficient. 
    
9. You and your child's tutor will arrange to meet for instruction sessions on days and times that are mutually agreeable. 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.
       
10. We can usually find a tutor for your child within three or four days of your making contact with us.

1. The first meeting between the tutor and the student will be held at the earliest opportunity:
    
      - to identify the baseline from which to begin & determine the best approach to accomplish the goals;
      - to become familiar with the student, establish routines and get settled into the instructional program;
      - to begin implementing the plan of action subject to ongoing review, evaluation and revision.
    
2. 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.
     
3. 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.
     
4. 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.
     
5. 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.
     
6. 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. 

NO LONG-TERM CONTRACT TO SIGN