As you will understand, after “seeing” how Fred schedules one student and manage their mastery of a subject, he can only accept a small number of private, one-on-one students with whom to work. He also has a small number of math/science test prep (SSAT and AP) classes that are strictly limited to no more than six (and preferably five). Statistically, they have all done very well over the 40 years he has practiced. Students in his mini-classes have all scored above 780 (SSAT) and over 80% have received 5’s (AP). This is predicated on the student completing the workbook they are given at the start of the 12-week class (2.5 hours per class). But this “Typical Week” refers to a single private student. Fred's time expenditure is, on average, nine hours. NO OTHER AGENCY will come close to doing this at his session charge. Their overhead precludes this, and their tutoring staff does not have his experience or credentials. Most importantly, should the goals we set for your child not be met, my guarantee results in a partial refund.

A)   A student is “given” space on our student portal. Let us assume that the student is meeting in a weekly session (and yes, we do meet weekly) because way too much information is covered in a classroom during more than a week, for any tutor to cover it properly, integrate it with previous skills, review the previous material to prepare the student for upcoming quizzes or tests, do examples of various applications of the new material, briefly “look ahead” to understand where the course is moving next and how this builds upon what the student already knows and handle any lingering questions from our previous lesson(s).

B)   The student is texted to remind them that new material has been uploaded. This new material is an overview of their reading assignment in the text and outlines the most important core information they are about to encounter. There are also “simple” examples included to demonstrate how the new material can arise within assignments. This overview is much shorter than the textbook’s view and by seeing the overview, the student can pay more attention in class rather than attempting to be a stenographer which distracts from the teacher’s main points.

C)   The student attends the lectures and as soon as possible, integrates a pared down version of their class notes into their journal along with new equations and concepts.

D)   The student may call or text Fred problems from their homework assignment in order to avoid “banging their head into the wall”. A student will often claim they have done the reading but cannot do the problems. This means something essential is missing in their understanding and while it is fresh in their minds, a quick dialogue or series of solved problems can help get them on their way to better understanding.

E)    Discussion(s) about the homework will be followed up with additional short note sets for them on their part of the portal. Homework solutions will be posted for them as they need them. Fred will NOT do all of their homework for them, but will work with them so that they may hand in correct assignments. He will use carefully constructed questions to guide them to the correct methods to be used in problem solving. He will not allow them to hand in incorrect work.

F)    Fred will generate a lesson plan for your meeting, which is posted to the portal, and when you meet, the process starts again. When a quiz or test is coming, he prepares a practice test for them if the teacher does not do this. He is quite skilled after 40 years of teaching at guessing what types of problems they are likely to see. For example, on a 5-question test of open ended questions, he often provides a practice test with at least 3 problems that appear on the test. He always provides step-by-step solutions to the practice test and when you have finished our review process, the student is confident and eager to “show what they know”. The improvement made by a student depends upon how long a parent waits to get their child help, but once you get caught up, progress is usually quicker than most students expect.

G)  Fred cannot stress how vital those “between lesson” interactions are for the students’ progress. Many teachers use the “Mastery of Learning” approach to grading, which means that a student who shows a consistent improvement in a course sometimes finds that the later material is weighted more heavily and earlier poor performance on a topic is outweighed by more recent mastery of that material.

Everything described usually requires 8-10 hours on Fred's part, but is considered ONE (1) session. Most other tutors will not invest this amount of time in a student without charging much, much more. Many agencies skilled and practiced enough for you to consider worth hiring will most probably charge, at a minimum, $100 - $200 per HOUR, and if they were to use my methodology and follow my teaching philosophy, you would be billed over $1,000 dollars per week, and they will not answer homework/test preparation questions within 30 minutes to an hour, regardless of the day or time of day. This pricing/billing philosophy is especially true of highly skilled tutors in the New York City area.

Fred is a great value, and while no one would call him “cheap”, they would have to admit that he is a value in the important task of educating high school, college and graduate school learners (whether they are remedial, advanced or learning differenced.) He will also match or surpass ANY other agency’s guarantee. This is why Fred claims to be “The Bentley of Tutors”. Helping your children score in the top percentile, get into their first-choice college or graduate school and learn skills that will separate them from their peers when they interview for or start a job is not something that any person can do with an extremely high success rate. One requires a combination of several skills and loads of experience. This is your child’s future. Don’t cut corners or take the lowest bid. You will receive that for which you pay.