Collaboration
Step By Step does not replace educators, counselors, or medical and other professionals; rather Nancy supports them. She creates the groundwork for a stronger bridge between your child and her teachers.
Regular communication between home, school, and other resources provides students with consistent direction and feedback. This increased personal support bolsters confidence and targets and strengthens weak areas. It also enables your child to better utilize other forms of support. Because when parents and educators view a student from a uniform perspective it is much easier to chart her actual progress and success.
Nancy works and communicates with everyone involved, resulting in:
- Increasing awareness for parents, educators and other team members
- Students feeling supported by their unified support group
- Students receiving mentoring from different sources towards a clear goal
Nancy encourages middle and high school students to build strong working relationships with their teachers. Such a relationship is vitally important especially when a student feels that she is struggling. Additionally, the opportunity to speak openly with a teacher does wonders for building confidence and success.
Parents
Your child spends a lot of time at school—upwards of 30 hours a week—but she also spends a lot of time at home. Just as practicing piano or attending baseball practice is important to become a good player, your student will need to learn efficient study skills. You need to set balanced guidelines and support the schedule. This over-seeing is less labor-intensive than it sounds, but it does require consistency, firmness, and attention. The earlier your child develops these habits the better, and eventually you will not have to monitor her so closely. That is the goal of Step By Step after all; to create efficient, self-motivated students with a desire to perform to their full potential.
Could your child benefit from academic coaching?