New Growth Tutoring

Fresh inspiration for a new term! Thanks Beechworth Books.

A nice little full-circle moment...
Four years ago, I noticed a girl in my class wasn't getting the support she needed. She had dyslexia, but was undemanding and in my opinion, overlooked. I offered her some additional help. And now, here I am, tutoring 25 + kids each week.
That kid looked me up recently, wanting some help in preparation for her Year 10 English exam. So nice to see her again, and then to hear she passed her exam.

"What we know about learning tells us that deep knowledge and mastery of a skill will always require a genuine cognitive workout - with or without AI"

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I've been hanging out with and helping along this little cutie.
Permission granted to use her lovely face on my website.

"Lessons reinforced by effortful learning and connected to prior experience are more likely to be remembered."
The reason I love tutoring is that it gives me permission to slow things down and strive for deep understandings.

Intentionally Slowing Down to Ensure That Students Learn Material Deeply Teachers who are tempted to race through the curriculum to cover everything may want to reconsider and slow down a bit so that students can learn the most important content better.

Its always affirming when parents are given feedback from their child's teacher that reflects the work we do here.

Developing general knowledge is valuable for all aspects of literacy.

Why history instruction is critical for combating online misinformation Critical thinking involves specific skills for assessing evidence, but background knowledge about the subject is also essential.