Learning never stops, which is why the tutors at Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services, a summer tutoring company that provides one-on-one tutoring services to students in the Chicago and Evanston areas, also continue to develop the skills and knowledge necessary for tutoring. On June 9, Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services held a meeting at Pasteur Restaurant where speakers in different fields shared information to help the tutors.
"The speakers presented information on theories in education that will help the tutors become better teachers," Jan McCarter of Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services said. "The tutors agreed that this was a relevant and informative session with great takeaways on how to view each student individually in terms of their learning style and the resistance they may bring to learning due to trauma in their lives or a low feeling of self-esteem, as well as learning differences."
The event's featured speakers included Dr. Peggy Ann Griffin, EdD in adult education, who spoke about a treatise by Dr. Howard Gardner, psychologist and professor of neuroscience from Harvard University, concerning The Theory of Multiple Intelligences; April Kopp, LCSW, MFA, psychotherapist at the social service agency UCAN, who discussed the emotional, psychological and physiological barriers to learning; and Dr. Michael J. Banks, a psychologist in private practice in Chicago (www.BoundariesUnlimitedHLC.com), who highlighted the role that perception and stigmatization play in learning.
"It was clear that each tutor was there because they love tutoring and are devoted to imparting their knowledge in the clearest, most comprehensible mode for each individual student, pre-K to adult," McCarter said. "This is why Club Z's approach of learning about each student and their learning style makes our tutoring efficient, effective and successful."
For more information about summer tutoring, call 773-275-2582, or view the company on the Web at www.clubztutoring.com/gotutorme or www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT0A2h6G64o. Contact Club Z today for a complimentary in-home consultation.
About Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services
With the special tutoring services of Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services, a student can rebuild self-esteem that was battered by bad grades from the previous school year, catch-up, close the achievement gap and get ahead before the start of the new school year.
Club Z helps prepare high school students with strategies, skills and confidence to take upcoming ACT and SAT tests. The company also reinforces skills for children with learning disabilities and those who might otherwise lose skills from a two- to three-month separation from formal learning. In addition, Club Z In-Home Tutoring Services features skill-specific instruction, such as the “Learning Built to Last” program that teaches organization, study skills, test and note taking and time management; and the “Let the Learning Begin” program, which is an early learning program for Pre-K students.