Our Tuition Strategy
Our proprietary education methodology is designed to help your child shine.
Star Tutors
The Education Clinic’s tutors are the perhaps its strongest frontier in the battle for excellence. Our Star Tutors are handpicked from among the top performers in the field and are blessed with the ability to be both teacher and motivators. They play an active role in curriculum development and thus they play an integral part in the many niche areas that The Education Clinic has. Our tutors span the spectrum of age and rage from those with many years in the MOE system to newer individuals with vastly different and radical ideas about learning. When combined, they form a powerful tandem of both experience and innovation which gives The Education Clinic its unique thrust as a centre for learning.
Diagnostic Test Analysis
The Education Clinic will employ a plethora of classification techniques and profiling tools to ensure that students are classified correctly and according to their learning skills and habits. Students will be classified according to their academic capabilities, Left/Right Brain abilities as well as their learning styles, Visual, Auditory or Kinaesthetic (V,A,K). This ensures that they are given the optimal style and volume of teaching based on their abilities and thus do not risk being left behind or finding themselves unable to absorb what tutors are saying, a complaint that afflicts many students whose learning styles and needs are not catered for currently.
These classifications are meant as a guide and are by no means intended to pigeonhole students into having just one learning style and ability. Rather, it is to demonstrate to them their own best way to learn and to reveal to them that their styles may differ from that of their classmates. It also is a guide for teachers to enable them to cater to their students needs better.
Parents as Partners
“The parental knowledge from the intimate relationship with their children and the unconditional love that the parents give to their children is an essential “ingredient” to the child’s development and hence parents must play a part in the educational exploits of their children”
An Excerpt from Adrian Ang’s,” Parents as Partners”, 2008
The Education Clinic’s unique stance towards parents is one of collaboration, where parents play an active role in their child’s progress and improvement. Rather then be subjected to watching from the sidelines, as advocated by many centers, The Education Clinic actively involves parents in their child’s learning via the following means.
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Meet the parents sessions
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Reports generated after each lesson
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Email updates on progress
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Parenting talks
Bringing parents into the loop comes in the form of 1 to 1 discussions and regular sessions with tutors where parents get information and feedback with regard to their child. Tutors will work hand in hand with parents when assessing their child and reports will be generated after classes for easy reference. Having parents as partners rather than mere clients ensures that sending a child to The Education Clinic is a more immersive experience for parents than the usual “hands-off” approach adopted at many other centres.
Documentation
Progress by students will be closely documented and monitored so that both students themselves and parents are kept abreast of both improvements and areas that need to be worked on. Reports will be generated regularly and will cover aspects of development like emotional and academic growth. Each student will be given a personal dossier upon enrolling in The Education Clinic in which these reports are filed. The file will offer an easy to access reference for both parent and child and a corresponding copy will be kept by tutors so that they are able to monitor the progress of their students where necessary. Documentation ensures that every step is accounted for and offers an easy avenue to deal with problems that may arise.
Small Groups
The Education Clinic does not believe that lessons should be conducted en masse and our small class sizes ensure that students get the best in terms of dedicated attention from our tutors. Unlike large tuition centers where tutors expertise and attention are spread among up to a 20 students per class, here at the Education Clinic, students are grouped in a maximum of 8 students per class so as to facilitate greater exposure to our patented coaches for each individual. The added attention and guidance each participant receives is vital if we are to monitor his/her progress closely and effectively.
Consultation Sessions
The Education Clinic offers one to one consultations as part of our curriculum. This would allow students to have direct attention from tutors and would make for quick identification and dealing with any problems that may arise. The Education Clinic also provides assessments to gauge the progress of each individual student. Through these assessments, coaches will be able to map out a unique plan for participants that will serve them most effectively and ensure that improvements are attained.
Motivation
The students at The Education Clinic, like any other student, require motivation as most face their exams with fear and trepidation. This is worse for students who may be academically lagging behind and for those who face many problems at home such as family problems and financial constraints, which further hinder their ability to perform and leave them behind their classmates. Motivation is thus weaved into lessons and imbues students with the belief and determination to do well. Highlighting the lack of discipline and commitment which plague most pupils, we encourage self examination and reflection. This produces motivated and committed pupils, with traits that would guarantee good exam results. It also gives them a sense of direction and purpose and above all the feeling that they can achieve anything.
Study Skills
Many parents spend thousands of dollars enrolling their children in Study Skills programmes. The techniques taught to children during these programmes are no doubt useful but many cannot utilize them as they find it difficult to apply it to everyday assignments. The Education Clinic also arms its students with the tools to succeed. It does so by imparting a plethora of study skills and techniques which are both innovative and effective in tandem with much of the academic knowledge dispensed to them. These skills include SQ3R, Speed reading, Memory techniques, Idea mapping and Words association techniques. Skills such as Time management, Stress management and Goal setting will also be imparted. These are guaranteed to produce pupils who are equipped with a variety of skills to address the various subjects they are confronted with on a daily basis. These study techniques will be taught differently based students learning abilities and practices will be put in place to ensure that students are able to apply them to their actual subjects. This prevents students from viewing the techniques as stand-alone strategies, instead recognizing that they can be used to aid them in their everyday revision.