Your Questions About Our Tutoring Programs
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Do your tutors follow the formal school curriculum or do you have your own program?
Lifetime Learners does not follow a set curriculum. This helps us to tailor a program specifically to the needs of each student. Our aim is to support the learning that takes place in the school curriculum. The focus of tutoring at all levels is the basic skills of literacy and numeracy that all students require to experience success at school.
Older students, in particular, are encouraged to bring their questions about their school work to tutoring. Your tutor will use these questions to structure an appropriate program of revision that supports and helps you experience success in the school curriculum.
How will your programs/tutoring be relevant to my or my child's needs?
Despite the best efforts of schools, many students find it beneficial to be tutored, especially in subjects where they are weak or lack confidence.
Lifetime Learners provides tutoring in small groups and 1 to 1, in Tutoring Centres and in students' homes. In our experience, the method or location of delivery is less important for most of our students than is their sense of feeling supported in their learning. This, in itself, is a powerful motivator for success.
Any form of learning is an incremental process and tutoring is no exception. The rate at which students learn and progress varies widely between our students. For our part, we will always try to provide you with a realistic assessment of likely progress or performance. We ask that our clients are also realistic in their expectations of the outcomes that tutoring is likely to achieve.
Your Lifetime Learners tutor and management are here to work in partnership with you to achieve the best possible educational outcomes for you and your child. We are happy to discuss your or your child's needs at any time.
Is there any extra work expected in the form of homework or study?
That depends. Tutoring is not a substitute for school, so school homework ALWAYS comes first. That said, your tutor may recommend that you complete small homework tasks between sessions to practice skills introduced at tutoring. Parents may request that the tutor provides their child with homework if they wish.
Am I able to receive reports about my child's progress and, if so, how often?
Yes! Our tutors are happy and encouraged to provide you with verbal feedback at the end of each tutoring session. In addition, where P to 10 students have been tutored by us for 1 school term (approx 10 consecutive sessions), we will provide you with a written report about the tutoring that has taken place.
Clients are encouraged to talk to the tutor regularly about progress. You can request a report from the tutor at any time.
What happens if I or my child do not seem to be benefiting from your tutoring?
Discuss the matter with your tutor. If this does not resolve the matter or your are unhappy with the tutor's response, contact Lifetime Learners' Private Tuition Manager or your Centre Manager. Depending on the circumstances, we may suggest that you continue for a period, change the focus of tutoring or recommend that tutoring cease. There is no contract system with Lifetime Learners so you may cease tutoring at any time without penalty if you wish.
Will you do my or my child's homework or assignments?
Definitely Not! Assigments & homework are the student's work and may be for assessment. No learning will take place if someone else does the student's work for them. We can assist you with advice about how to structure your work and the technical aspects of academic writing. We can check your work for you and suggest corrections to help you improve your work.
We also offer a separate Assignment & Document Editing service in which we will mark up your work and suggest ways to improve your written work.
