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Now more than ever tutors are in demand. Hybrid programs, and fully remote options are leaving lots of responsibilities on parents who have jobs that call them away, parents who don’t know the curriculum, parents who are exhausted.
Well, meet Jeffrey Ventola. He is a college professor who just started his own local tutoring business. He (along with some other adjunct colleagues) have jumped in head first to help out the parents and students who need them.
What he offers: Both virtual and in person models are available. Jeffrey will also see single students or groups (up to 4 at a time). All subject areas are welcome.
When he decided he wanted to do a review, I offered one or both of my children and he enthusiastically said he would work with both, at the same time. This is of special note because I have a 7 and a 10 year old. In elementary school that is A HUGE DIFFERENCE. We determined that he would work on writing with them, and it would be in person at my house with masks and proper social distancing. (You may recall that my children are full remote due to my daughters health concerns). WELL… the best laid plans. This week there was a spike in COVID cases county wide, and nervous about those consequences I sent my kids along with my husband to our Lake House, which we set up with wifi for just this occasion. You see, I am a teacher at a local High School, I could expose them. So I wrote to Jeffrey and asked if remote would work and he was quick to say absolutely.
Jeffrey used a zoom classroom with my kids and I logged in without a camera or microphone to watch (I wanted it to be as authentic as possible). As an educator of course, I have a unique perspective and was curious.
He took time to get to know each kid, allowing them to introduce themselves which of course they loved, and I did too. You can’t get a kid who you don’t know to buy into what you are trying to teach them.
Jeffrey then projected some notes up onto their screens and had the kids write them down. His wait time was on point, my 7 year old took a little longer, and he has the patience of a saint. He even took time throughout to commend my son on his patience as he is a little quicker at a lot of the tasks presented.
I won’t bore you all with too much teacher jargon, but I will add that he used multiple modalities (learning styles) with the kids even via zoom. They went over key writing factors, did two writing pieces (differentiated by kid 2 paragraphs for my 10 year old and 1 for the 7 year old). Offering them feedback and having productive conversations each time.
At the end of the hour the kids were clearly done, he took the cue, thanked them, complimented them, and discussed quickly what he would like to do with them the next time they meet.
The lesson was good, each child got something out of it, and the educational conversations being had were important. My children are both pretty good students, but they don’t love writing, and the fact that they were engaged for an additional hour of online writing was pretty impressive.
Jeffrey has immediate openings at World Tree Tutoring, but I anticipate that they will not for long, so if you or your pod are looking for someone to enhance or facilitate some of the learning your child is currently receiving give him a call. worldtreetutor@gmail.com (845) 558-2686 They even have a referral program!
**Edited to add:
World Tree Tutoring will be doing free virtual homework help through the Valley Cottage library October 22nd 4-6pm. Students can sign up for 30 mins – 1 hour long sessions, and while the age range listed is 6th-12th grade it’s still available for younger students.I’ll send the link for registration here: https://www.valleycottagelibrary.org/quaranteens
