My tutoring approach is individualized and incorporates multiple learning strategies. As every student is different, I adjust my support to meet each student's needs. These are a few of my many strategies:

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• With teens who need to improve memory skills, I may begin with tasks that build these skills. I use word games such as "I'm going camping and I'm bringing my ..." and creating our own version of the tile-based "memory" game.

• Many struggling students need to learn how to break information into parts and make those parts learnable.

  • I work with students to help them create their own visuals:

    • index cards with sketches on them, to aid with retaining information

    • larger concept cards showing how things relate to one another

    • flow charts or diagrams, using colors to make relationships clear

    • timelines to remember sequences of events

• I help disorganized students develop a system that will help them function better at school. (A system better than binder checks, although I can help with those, too.)

• 1:1  ACT  or SAT tutoring with a focus on students needing help and strategies to perform well as they master these tests.