Signed in as:
filler@godaddy.com
Teach Connect Thrive
Academic Coaching Packages
Unlock Your Potential with Upper Understanding Coaching Support
Upper Understanding's Academic Coaching Services are tailored to provide students with a personalized learning experience that values their unique skills, challenges, goals, and learning styles. Through this customized approach, students improve test scores, raise their grades, and most importantly, strengthen their self-confidence. I collaborate closely with families to design targeted lesson plans, prioritize key understandings, and adjust services to ensure students successfully achieve their educational objectives. Empowering students to develop habits of success that will benefit them throughout their lives is always at the heart of our sessions together.
Unlock Your Potential with Upper Understanding
Why Small Group Coaching Works: The Power of Personalized Practice
Small group learning (typically 4-6 students) is the most effective model for upper elementary learning, blending personalized attention with peer-to-peer interaction.
Benefits include:
Focused Attention
Your child receives significantly more direct feedback and immediate correction than in a large classroom setting.
Confidence Building
A smaller setting reduces math anxiety, encouraging students to ask questions and take risks.
Peer Collaboration
Students learn to articulate their thinking by explaining concepts to others, solidifying their own understanding.
Targeted Instruction
I can quickly identify and address specific learning gaps or misconceptions related to the standards.
Unlock Your Child's Potential with Upper Understanding
The Data Speaks: Small Groups Drive Achievement
Statistical studies consistently support the efficacy of small group instruction, particularly in math:
- Higher Achievement: Research published in the Journal of Educational Psychology and by organizations like the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE) shows that small group math instruction leads to significantly greater learning gains and improved standardized test scores compared to whole-class instruction, especially when targeting specific skills.
- Reduced Gap: Focused intervention in small groups is highly effective at closing achievement gaps and ensuring all students master foundational concepts before moving to complex material.
- Upper Elementary Impact: At the fourth-grade level, where the math shifts from concrete to abstract concepts (fractions, decimals), the supportive, low-stress environment of a small group is crucial for fostering deep conceptual understanding.
Enroll today! Give your student the advantage of expert, focused, and data-backed instruction to turn those challenging standards into Mastery! In person and virtual options available.
