The thing about tutoring...everyone needs a little help sometime in his/her life.

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Any student can learn and improve with expert instruction, a proven learning strategy, and a caring atmosphere.                      When it comes to learning, everyone has strengths and weaknesses. Trying to improve a weak subject, raise an                               overall average or overcome a learning difficulty can be a frustrating experience. That’s where It’s Academic Centers                      can help.

We’re an educational institute dedicated to helping students reach their full learning potential. With qualified instructors, a proven strategy, and a caring atmosphere, weaknesses can be overcome.

It’s never too late to learn or too early. We offer tutoring to students in elementary, middle, and high schools. We also provide programs for adults. We tutor most subjects. Both tutoring and remediation are an integral part of the It’s Academic Centers learning strategy. Our tutoring covers areas such as math, spelling, reading, grammar, writing skills, sciences and Spanish. Special attention is paid to study and organizational skills. Special education teachers, English as a second language teachers, and speech and language therapists are also available. We also offer a summer program that includes academic skill building,
karate and arts and crafts.

In discussion with you, we will recommend the right program so that maximum results are obtained. Whether it’s a one to one, a small group setting, or an individualized computer program, personalized instruction is available.

In helping a student overcome a particular weakness or obstacle to learning, only qualified instructors are chosen. Using the latest learning materials and the most up to date methods, each tutor is able to give a student every possible chance to succeed.

Once a student is enrolled at It’s Academic, progress is carefully monitored to adjust the program if necessary. More emphasis on a particular area of learning may then be implemented. For elementary and middle and high students, progress report cards are issued. In this way, a parent may see how well a child is doing and a student may take pride in the progress made. A parent may communicate directly with a tutor to discuss any questions or concerns.

An academic assessment of the student’s abilities can be given to determine functioning grade levels, areas of strengths and weaknesses and remediation needs. Using the Visagraph, we can determine visual tracking issues that affect reading. With these assessment tools, we can devise a program tailored to the student’s needs.

To find out more about It’s Academic, give us a call, today. We will be happy to answer any of your questions so you can see first hand how It’s Academic can help you succeed.
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  A+ Goals and Standards for Tutoring  to assist students to assume an active role in the development of their own academic skills; to provide instruction and practice in specific skills for those students who previously have not acquired sufficient competence to work independently at their grade level; to increase the students  understanding of language and math processes; to create exercises that require students to problem solve effectively  regarding academic tasks to help the student to become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and the relationship between these and their academic performance.

Tutors will focus on the areas of skills development that are listed in the tutoring contract. Tutors will help students sequence understand the learning process. This involves considering the requirements of the students’ courses of study so the sessions will have personal relevance and transfer of the knowledge will facilitated. Whenever possible, tutors will first observe the students’ existing methods of approaching academic tasks and then use open questioning strategies to guide them toward more effective approaches. To teach specific sub-skills, tutors may select or design direct instruction soft exercises. If this is done, after the students have mastered the targeted skill in isolated exercises, the tutor should plan lessons that facilitate the transfer of the new skills to appropriate contextual situations.

It may be appropriate for tutors to demonstrate their own methods of solving language skills problem. In such cases, tutors should highlight the ways in   which their approaches suit their own leaning styles. The objective is not to have the students copy the tutor solutions. It is to permit student to observe the process closely. This can serve as a model for the process of independent problem solving. When planning sessions, tutors should select methods that rely primarily on the   strengths which are discussed when the tutoring contracts are established. If a tutor is unsure about the suitability of a method for a  particular student, it is the tutor’s responsibility to meet with the Director  during office hours and discuss the issue. Tutors are not responsible for their students’ grades or for teaching course content.

Tutoring is intended to help the student develop the academic skills that will allow them to complete their own work in a more satisfactory manner. Tutors are not to tell the student answers to assigned questions. If modeling is chosen as a teaching method, tutors should choose content that demonstrates the learning process, but not the specific work that the student will submit. If a tutor is assisting students who are writing or proofreading work that will be graded course work, the tutor may assume the role of a critical reader to help the students realize the shortcomings of their papers and to encourage them to elaborate their ideas more fully, but the following restrictions apply: tutors are not to choose the student’s essay topics; tutors are not to change the content of the paper; and tutors are not to phrase the students' thoughts in their own words. The Tutor should provide a consistent and pleasant learning environment. 

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                                                                                "We’ll help you make the grade."

                                             1615 South Rancho Santa Fe Road • Suite A
                                    Cross streets: Rancho Santa Fe Road and Melrose Drive
                                                      San Marcos, California 92078

                                                                                     (760) 761-3692

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