Ashley Tutors offers one-on-one in-home academic tutoring to Washington, D.C. area students in grades kindergarten through 12. While other tutoring centers use their own curriculum and parents must travel to their location, Ashley Tutors develops unique, individualized strategies to meet the needs of each of its students in the comfort of their own home. The energetic and experienced team of more than 65 tutors has performed over 15,000 hours of tutoring and worked with more than 1,200 families.
Ashley Tutors, which strives for open communication and continuity between the student, parent and tutor, offers one-on-one consistent help with the same knowledgeable tutor. That approach is very unlike franchised tutoring centers that generally have a one to four student ratio and do not pair the same tutor with the same student every session. Working with the same instructor every time, and the fact that the parent does not have to travel with their child to another location, allows for more time for the tutor and parent to develop a relationship, discuss the student's progress, and set goals after each session.
The communication with Ashley Tutors does not stop once the session is over. After every meeting, the instructor sends an email "report card" to the parent discussing the student's energy, preparation, progress, and offers teaching tools so the student can carry the momentum from the session into the classroom. In addition to facilitating constant communication between the tutor and parent, Ashley Tutors frequently speaks with their student's teachers to determine the teacher's goals, their experience with the student in the classroom, and assure them that Ashley Tutors wants to support the teacher in any way possible.
"We have the utmost respect for teachers and what they do inside the classroom," said Joshua Chernikoff, the Ashley Tutors team member who interviews, investigates and selects each individual tutor. "I have met with many teachers to figure out the best methods to help support the teacher as our tutors do their 1-1 instruction. All of those meetings have resulted in better grades and much more confidence for the students!"
