There are several reasons you may seek tutoring for your child.  Whether it is one need or a combination, it is important to know why you are seeking tutoring in order to maximize your chance of identifying the best tutor for your child.  You may choose a tutor for:

• Remediation — Often when a surprising report card comes home or after a parent teacher conference, you are faced with the realization that your child is not doing well in school, and you want to help.  Remedial sessions most often focus on filling gaps in specific skills in specific subjects, usually in math, reading or writing.  As more basic skills are mastered, then tutoring sessions can be spent teaching more grade level skills, thereby increasing achievement and self-esteem.
• Maintenance — Perhaps your student is beginning a new school or moving from elementary to middle school and suddenly the work is different—more time consuming and demanding. Although the work is not so difficult, the new routines or teacher expectations quickly overwhelm your student. More often, the goals of these tutoring sessions are devoted to helping the student learn more effective time management skills, understand the new academic expectations, complete homework, and help your child transition into an independent learner.
• Remediation / Maintenance (also called support tutoring)—A popular approach, this is particularly useful for older students who are working below grade level. This approach allows approximately half of the session to be devoted to remediation and deficient skill areas. The remaining half is devoted to assisting the student with completion of current assignments.
• Enrichment — If it is clear that your child is functioning successfully at grade level, and they are comfortable with more challenges, it may appropriate to see a tutor to help accelerate skills development in certain subjects or skill area.
• Test Prep — The SAT/ACTs have never been more misunderstood or caused so much anxiety among high school age students trying to get into the college of their choice.  You may choose a tutor who has a strong background in test taking strategies and who understands the newest content of the SAT and ACT. Skills development/support is often an integral part of a test-prep course or tutoring program.  Providing this type of assistance frequently alleviates test-taking anxiety and promotes confidence in tackling this important assessment.

By the way, StudyPros In-Home Tutoring tutors offer all types of support: remediation, maintenance, enrichment and test prep. We can make specific recommendations for your child.