FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
We offer our teaching services in custom programs of five or more lessons. Each lesson is 60 minutes in duration. The more lessons in a committed program, the larger the volume discount per lesson will be. Our most popular programs cost between $43 and $47 per 60-minute lesson of structured, one-on-one teaching. Prices do NOT vary by grade level or subject, and any member of a family can use a lesson in that family's program. Thus, a family can obtain a much lower hourly price by combining the academic needs of all their students into a single, shared family program. Programs can be prepaid or broken down into regular monthly payments.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
We usually recommend that new students complete a FREE, no obligation academic assessments. We offer each new prospective student one FREE, no obligation assessment in either mathematics or English, or a full-length, proctored and graded SAT, ACT, AP, ISEE, COMPASS or ASVAB practice exam. Assessments must be scheduled ahead, so please call to make an appointment. After the assessment, we meet with the family to review results and to discuss program options. We can start teaching without an assessment. Skipping the assessment is appropriate for immediate homework help or short-term exam prep, or for support for classes that do not rely on prior class knowledge, such beginning high school chemistry. We can use score reports from prior SAT or ACT tests to design and start test preparation. For most math and English classes, however, we do recommend pre-enrollment assessments so our teachers can better customize their teaching to fit the specific needs of each student.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
Our teacher/tutors are current, former, and retired certified teachers or highly educated experts in the fields of math, English and science. We do not employ high school students to tutor. All are fully trained in the Lifetime Learning Academy academic material and methodologies, and have been certified with an assessment in their area of competency. Unlike some tutoring centers, we do NOT use computers as virtual teachers. Our approach is old-fashioned "people, pencil, and paper." Yes, we have Apple iMac computers, iPads, networked printers and copiers, Wi-Fi, etc. that our teachers use to supplement direct instruction to each student. Under our supervision, students can use our network and our (or their) computers/printers to work on school assignments that require Internet access.