Personalized Academic Coaching

Build the Skills You Need For Success

What is the difference between a Tutor and a Coach?

When I coach students, they are in the lead. They decide what their goals are, what they need help on, what they need to work on each week. Then it's my job to help them get to where they need to go.

So often, schools focus on the content on the exam and not on the skills a student needs to be able to master that content. Students need to be able to be self aware, to identify their own challenges and make a plan to solve them, and they need crucial self-advocacy skills that will serve them as they are becoming more independent.

Often, students have further barriers to overcome - a language barrier as they are learning in their second language; a culture gap, as they are moving between high school programs and need to adjust; special educational needs, such as ADHD, Dyslexia, or Autism, and they need a trusted and open minded coach to help them navigate.

Students leave my sessions feeling more calm, less overwhelmed, and with the confidence to walk into class prepared. They're going to be on their own soon. Coaching can help get them there.

Breaking Down Complex Topics

Last week, I worked with a student who decided to use her session to talk through her Global Politics reading because she didn't understand it.

Acing Exams, One Step at a Time

Another student was overwhelmed with all of his homework and tests, so we talked through his priorities and made a study schedule - complete with a list of strategies he's going to use to ace his exams.

Silent Writing Sessions

Every week, I run a silent writing class, for minimally-verbal students who can focus on their written communication.

Rebecca

B.Ed, M.Ed, and a Member of the Ontario College of Teachers.

The Teacher

With 17 years experience teaching in International Schools globally, Rebecca qualified to teach in Canada. Passionate about diversity and inclusion, Rebecca is a skilled classroom leader and academic coach, developing personal relationships and adapting to individual goals to make multilingual education a reality for every student.

The Program

Online classes are not faceless forums - they are real-time, live, face-to-face classes with your teacher right there in the room - and in the document, writing together in real time. We’ve designed an English Literacy curriculum based on research and experience, allowing students to bypass some of the time-wasting busy work that many schools require. Instead, I am guiding students through authentic reading and writing projects, often at a more challenging level than has been expected of them. With best practice for collaborative writing instruction and guided editing, time and space to meet students where they are, and the freedom to infuse the curriculum with critical thinking skills, media literacy, and social justice, students receive a well rounded and personalized learning experience