Five steps, no mystery
Tutoring only works when parents can see inside it. Here is the whole machine: what the assessment measures, what the plan says, what a session looks like minute by minute, and what happens when the numbers don't move.
The five steps
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Free 60-minute assessment
A grade-levelled skills check with a tutor — where the gaps actually start, not just where the report card noticed them. Parent debrief the same visit.
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A written plan, in plain words
Within 48 hours: starting point, target skills, recommended hours per week, and the published price of all of it. No enrollment counselor, no pressure script.
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Matched to one tutor
One student, one tutor, the same tutor every week. We match on subject depth first, temperament second — and re-match free if the chemistry isn't there by session three.
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Weekly sessions, weekly notes
After every session, a three-line note to your phone: what we worked on, what clicked, what's assigned. You'll never wonder what happens behind the door.
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Re-test every 12 weeks
Same instrument as the assessment, so the comparison is honest. Numbers up: we show you. Numbers flat: we change the plan or recommend a break — in writing.
60 minutes, with a tutor, free
Learning-center assessment fees typically run $100–$250. Ours is $0, and it comes with the written plan either way.
- A grade-levelled skills check in the subjects you pick — done with a tutor, not left alone with a screen
- A 15-minute parent debrief the same visit: what we found, in plain words
- A written plan within 48 hours — starting point, goals, recommended hours per week
- An honest 'you don't need us' if the numbers say so. It happens about one visit in six.
What the hour actually holds
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0 – 5 min
Check-in: what happened at school this week, what's due, what's scary.
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5 – 20 min
Warm-up on last week's skill — retrieval, not re-teaching. This is where we catch what didn't stick.
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20 – 45 min
The new work: one skill, taught properly, practiced until the student explains it back.
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45 – 55 min
Apply it to the student's actual homework or an upcoming test — so tutoring visibly pays rent at school.
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55 – 60 min
Wrap-up + the three-line note to your phone: worked on, clicked, assigned.
Three lines to your phone, every session
Not a portal you have to remember to log into. A text-length note after every session: what we worked on, what clicked, what's assigned. Here's a real-shaped example.
- Worked on: dividing fractions (flip-and-multiply, and WHY it works).
- Clicked: the 'how many quarters fit in a half' picture — she taught it back to me.
- Assigned: p. 84 evens. Quiz Friday — she's ready for #1–12, we'll hit word problems Tuesday.
And when the numbers stay flat?
It happens — about one student in six needs a second cycle before the re-test moves. When it does, you get a revised plan in writing: a different approach, a different frequency, sometimes a different tutor, and occasionally "take a break, here's why." What you will never get is another invoice with the same plan attached.
Start with the free hour
A 60-minute assessment with a tutor, a same-visit parent debrief, and a written plan within 48 hours. Learning-center assessment fees typically run $100–$250. Ours is $0, and it comes with the written plan either way.