Every new student starts with an assessment, not a lesson. We are not checking whether your child is smart - we are locating precisely where the material stopped making sense, because that is almost never the grade they are currently in. A student struggling with ninth-grade algebra is very often missing a piece of sixth-grade fractions, and no amount of algebra practice fixes that until the fractions do.
From there we work from their actual textbook, their actual homework, and their actual upcoming tests - never a separate workbook that has nothing to do with what is due on Friday. If a parent wants it, we coordinate directly with the classroom teacher so tutoring and school stay pointed the same direction.
We cover math from early arithmetic through algebra and calculus, reading and comprehension, writing and essay structure, the sciences, and study skills and organization - which is often the real obstacle underneath the subject a parent first calls about. For younger children we also do early reading and math intervention, and we work alongside a school's learning-support plan where one already exists.
This is not a countdown to one test on one date. It is an ongoing weekly rhythm, with progress reviewed every four weeks and reported to you in plain terms - what closed, what is still open, and honestly, how much longer it is likely to take. Most specific gaps close within one to two school terms of steady weekly work; broader ones take longer, and we will tell you which kind yours looks like.
