I don’t have to tell you that students entering your classroom are often deficient in the basic building blocks of arithmetic. You know that it is very difficult for them to experience success in your class without them. You also know that you do not have time in class to spend reviewing, reinforcing or teaching these principles.
The good news is that there is a way for you to get your students prepared for success in your class. The solution is a tutoring program focused on “The Big Three.” These are three core skills that most students who struggle with math are not competent with. The three subjects are: one-digit multiplication without a calculator, working with negative numbers, and lastly, fractions.
Typically, teachers do not have a ready pool of willing and qualified tutors with which to work. Oftentimes, this is because potential tutors think they need advanced math knowledge or perhaps they are math-phobic themselves. With the Verschoor Math tutoring system, tutors receive training, curriculum, and support so that they can effectively work with students and move them towards math proficiency. In addition, since tutors only tutor the “Big Three” their level of intimidation and fear is reduced. With this tutoring program, potential tutors can be found at local companies, retirees, community organizations, even the parents of students.
We supply live training, either locally or via video. Tutors also receive a step step-by-step curriculum including problem sets and solutions for each chapter. Each chapter is meant to stand on its own and only relies on information in previous chapters. Each chapter contains easy to follow examples and upon mastery of a chapter, a chapter test is given.
Using our system, after experiencing repeated failure in math; students “see the light” and find success. No longer will students say
This is hard
I need a calculator, or
I can’t do math
Soon they will say
This is easy
I know how to do this, and
I CAN do math