Traditional education is more difficult for modern students than ever before. Difficulty paying attention during class time or homework, resistance to going to school, testing anxiety, lack of study skills and a decline in grades are all indications that a child might need some extra help. And the help that’s available to them also offers hope.
Huntington Learning Center provides students with the individualized attention and consistency that equips them with essential educational mechanisms such as retaining information, test-taking techniques, routine regulation and maintaining focus. Their success is influenced by a customized comprehensive plan that takes into account each student’s strengths, weaknesses and particular learning style. The goal is to provide students with these tools to carry with them not just today but well into their educational future.
“If students are struggling with doing homework, studying for a test, whatever, we want to find out why and see what we can do to help them learn to work better independently,” says Rich Bernstein, executive director of Huntington Learning Center in both Cherry Hill and Turnersville. “The comprehensive plan means that we’re able to meet all of their needs at one time. We’re able to determine what the depth of the problems are. For example, there are a lot of times that we find students who need math help [and] a big part of the problem is reading the directions, reading the word problems. And some people will tutor math without getting to the root of the problem, which is understanding what they’re supposed to do.”
The change between students’ success before and after Huntington Learning Center speaks for itself, as does its accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Each program is designed through a test that will reveal strengths and weaknesses and input from parents throughout. A student will always have a teacher available who is completely filled in on their curriculum and circumstances, as Huntington Learning Center educators work as a team to advocate for each child.
“If a regular tutor for a student is unavailable – they took a day off, they are sick, they moved – we have another tutor who picks right back up so we're able to make sure the kids get continuity of instruction,” affirms Bernstein.
With consistency as a guiding principle, it’s evident that minimizing learning loss shouldn’t only be a summertime concern: Both the summer slide and the ongoing educational detriment rooted in the pandemic’s lockdown require some extra catching up for numerous students. Fortunately, tutoring during the academic year will tailor instruction to what students need so they feel confident in their classrooms.
“The learning loss is deep enough that it can’t be resolved in just a few short weeks – in many cases, it’s valuable to students to get ahead. Particularly due to COVID, kids are so far behind that we can’t possibly get it done over the summertime. We need to continue throughout the school year, and it also helps the students to see the congruence,” Bernstein explains.
While low grades are a major sign that a child will benefit from tutoring services, so are behavioral indicators. If a student hates school, they may also be averse to learning, and the educational techniques used at their school might be why. Huntington Learning Center ensures that the subject matter truly resonates with a child, which encourages students to enjoy learning when they can not only grasp but also master the material.
Huntington has time and again increased its students’ SAT scores, which can go a long way in obtaining scholarships and grants for higher education. Depending on each student’s individual situation such as prior math and English class levels taken and their extracurricular schedule, a rough estimate of when they should start preparing for the SAT is the summer before junior year. This sets them on track to take the SAT during the spring semester of junior year.
“We get an average score improvement of about 229 points – depending on what level they’re on and where they start—but on an average of about 20-to-25 percentile points. So it’s a pretty significant, life-changing number,” Bernstein says.
Huntington Learning Center moved its Cherry Hill center to a more convenient and updated location in Marlton to expand its educational benefits in the South Jersey region. This highlights the importance of universal access to education for students, regardless of their individual learning styles, lapses in education or extenuating circumstances. After all, its student-centric mission is to “give every student the best education possible.”
Huntington Learning Center
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Published (and copyrighted) in Suburban Family Magazine, Volume 15, Issue 3.
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