Methodology: Our Special Recipe for Success
Care Comes First
During my first year of teaching, I crossed paths regularly with a student I did not teach. One morning I noticed that she looked upset, and I asked if she was okay. She responded that she was. I didn’t think anything more of the incident until that afternoon, when a friend of that student approached me, thanking me vigorously for caring enough to check in with this student. I remember being blown away, realizing how powerful my few words must have been. This led to a critical lesson: students don’t care what you know until they know that you care. This is the foundation of Oberman Tutoring.
Because we care about each student and want them to succeed, we make sure to communicate with parents and also with teachers, where appropriate. Sometimes we find out that a student is having a difficult day and may need our support to look a little different that day. We make it clear that we are there to support each individual first as a person, and second as a student. You can’t fool students; they know if you really like and care about them. And their success with the subject matter absolutely depends on us understanding how they are doing as people.
Student-focused teaching
Instruction Tailored to Each Student, Every Session
In each session we aim to give students what they need. For some, it may be support in learning a new topic. For some, it may be extra challenge. Some students are preparing for quizzes, tests, or essays. For our test prep students, we hone in on homework problems or sample test problems that have given the student difficulty, so that we use our time only on topics that are challenging for that particular student. Because we know students so well, we know when to slow down and when to speed up, when to push students hader and when to give them space.
We have high expectations for our students, because we know that people respond to what you believe they can do. Our belief in students is contagious, and they often start to believe in themselves more than they had previously.
Learning with Someone Who Truly Cares
We are experts in subject matter, but overwhelmingly we want families to feel that they are with a mentor who cares about them as complete people and who want them to experience success—whatever that may look like for each person—in the particular area of tutoring.
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