Tutoring is a highly specialized, individualized approach to achieving academic goals for students. Unlike teaching, where a teacher presents material in a highly structured format predefined by a curriculum to a group of students, a tutor has the freedom to focus on each student’s individual learning style and needs.

Tutoring IS NOT solely to achieve a certain grade in a course. There are many factors that affect grades, including potential learning disabilities, circumstances, pacing of the class, and other things outside the control of the tutor and the student. Tutors are not “homework machines” as this approach does not benefit the child long-term and is considered academic dishonesty.

The tutor will build and grow your student’s confidence and self-esteem. This is the largest factor in predicting a student’s academic success. Grades are only one (very limited) metric of measuring a child’s mastery of a subject.

Tutors of elementary age students typically provide resources to facilitate the tutoring session. Parents are asked to bring any books or material that the student is currently working on in class.

As students progress into Middle School and High School, one of the goals is to teach personal responsibility for the tutoring session. In many ways, the student is the ‘boss’ of the session and the tutor is the ‘employee’. This means that the student is expected to bring assignments, notes, test reviews, etc. to work on, and the student is expected to communicate which concepts they struggle with. The tutor may bring additional resources at their discretion to aid in the process.

These students will need to bring whatever materials they would normally have access to in the classroom (a personal laptop computer/iPad, chargers, paper, notebooks, pen/pencils/erasers, and an appropriate graphing calculator if applicable).

Tutoring sessions can be a one-time meeting, or held on a weekly basis during a time that works for both the student and the tutor. Tutoring sessions will take place in quiet public meeting places such as libraries, coffee shops, restaurants, parks, etc. Rockwall Tutoring does not meet in children’s or tutor’s homes. All tutors have passed background checks prior to accepting students.

Rockwall Tutoring follows the Rockwall ISD District calendar for holidays or breaks.

Rates can be found in our booking request portal.

You are under no obligation to complete a specified number of tutoring sessions or stay onboard for any period of time. If for any reason you are not satisfied with the quality of the tutoring sessions, you may choose to do one of the following:

• Request a different tutor

• Cancel any future tutoring sessions

You may also cancel any future tutoring sessions if your child has progressed to a point where their academic goals have been met. Your tutor can assist you in determining if goals have been met, or if you would like to set new, more challenging goals.