Mentor Support
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SbS personal mentors help teenagers understand themselves, set goals in learning, notice successes, study with interest, cope with difficulties and expand the view of the world
An SbS mentor is an individual children's coach who
teaches self-understanding
develops soft skills
maintains motivation for study
helps set goals and achieve them
An SbS mentor helps select private tutors, prepares and accompanies in extracurricular educational events, and monitors the admission process to the target educational institution.
Our tutors are passionate about their work
At the start, they undergo compulsory 12-week training with mentors from the SbS project team: learning about our culture, our ways of working, methodologies, and tools, as well as our approach to students.
They work with children aged 6 and older, understand developmental psychology, have tutored in modern private schools such as “Letovo”, “Mir”, “Novaya School”, “Sirius”, are members of the Interregional Tutor Association, and winners of the "Tutor of the Year" competition by the Moscow Pedagogical State University and the Moscow Tutor Center.
Additionally, SbS tutors are young and energetic individuals, proponents of an active lifestyle. They are passionate about arts and sports, create educational projects, run blogs, and continuously learn something new.
Team
Diana L.
«I study child psychology, art therapy, and games. I love creativity in all its manifestations! Being a sensitive and empathetic person, I treat children with great respect, taking into account their feelings, emotions, and pace.
I enjoy following a child and their interests. I'm amazed by children's curiosity, their courage to experiment, openness, sincerity, boundless creativity, and the flow of learning everywhere. I strive to impart love for life and the ability to see the value in every moment.»
I enjoy following a child and their interests. I'm amazed by children's curiosity, their courage to experiment, openness, sincerity, boundless creativity, and the flow of learning everywhere. I strive to impart love for life and the ability to see the value in every moment.»
Olga M.
«I studied pedagogical psychology, tutoring, various psychotherapeutic approaches, and particularly enjoy using solution-oriented practice principles in my work.
When dealing with children, my foremost aim is to establish a trusting contact, becoming a significant adult while carefully respecting boundaries. I love observing changes in each individual: constructing a self-image from experience - this is what education is all about.»
When dealing with children, my foremost aim is to establish a trusting contact, becoming a significant adult while carefully respecting boundaries. I love observing changes in each individual: constructing a self-image from experience - this is what education is all about.»
Julia Z.
«I see tutorials as a time for meeting with oneself: you can think about your goals, analyze your daily schedule, try to be gentler with your mistakes, or learn something — I can continue this list indefinitely!
I value these processes in my life as well: I really dislike being bored, so I constantly try something new, learn something, and reflect on it all.
Additionally, I love to invent and create: games, stories, music, poems; and I'm happy to accompany these processes in my tutees.»
I value these processes in my life as well: I really dislike being bored, so I constantly try something new, learn something, and reflect on it all.
Additionally, I love to invent and create: games, stories, music, poems; and I'm happy to accompany these processes in my tutees.»
- Tutor, game practitioner, teacher
- Tutor coordinator at ILI school
- Member of the Interregional Tutor Association
- Lead Tutor, Head of Mentors
- Coordinated the work of tutors at the Letovo school
- Worked as a tutor at the «New School»
- Tutor, game practitioner, psychologist
- Worked as a tutor at the «New School»
- Winner of the Moscow «Tutor of the Year-2021» competition
How does a tutor work with a child and family?
Trial meeting
The tutor explains what will happen in the next 6 weeks. Based on the conversation, the adolescent decides on further cooperation.
Highlights reports
The tutor is always in touch with the parents, sends work summaries for the week, month, quarter, after discussing the report with the child.
Helpful intermediary
The tutor takes over communication with the school, psychologist, tutors, monitors the admission process to the school or university.
Remotely
To avoid interrupting lessons during holidays and weekends, tutors always hold meetings on Zoom.
In native language
It's more comfortable for Russian-speaking children to discuss complex issues in Russian.
FAQ
A tutor helps a child identify their interests and goals, design an educational route with a team of experts and achieve the result, a mentor guides along the educational path, teaching professional skills, while a private teacher conducts lessons on individual subjects.
A tutor, as a reliable adult to whom one can trust, engages in equal dialogue with the child. They accompany the student on their educational journey, create a productive atmosphere for dialogue and reasoning, and foster the child's interest in learning and thinking. They do not provide ready-made solutions but help the child to think, weigh arguments, make independent decisions and take responsibility for them.
Tutors use dozens of professional testing techniques to see the child's areas of interest, predisposition, and temperament. The test results and tutor's observations form the basis for designing practical activities in the selected areas.
The SBS team prepares a plan for educational events in the city of the child's residence or vacation, through which the child learns about the work of different roles and industries. The tutor helps the child to reflect and evaluate the results of practical experience in the selected areas, to determine whether the chosen field is suitable, which of its aspects are closer to the student. Through practice and reflection, the tutor and the student come to understand the true interest and monitor its changes.
The SBS team prepares a plan for educational events in the city of the child's residence or vacation, through which the child learns about the work of different roles and industries. The tutor helps the child to reflect and evaluate the results of practical experience in the selected areas, to determine whether the chosen field is suitable, which of its aspects are closer to the student. Through practice and reflection, the tutor and the student come to understand the true interest and monitor its changes.
A tutor works with the family and fosters a relationship of trust with the child. If the child's chosen role or sphere doesn't sit well with the parents, the tutor can expose them to other areas and tailor practice to suit the child's temperament. In such cases, the tutor's job is to listen to all parties, find a compromise solution, and maintain a trusting relationship with the child. A tutor doesn't reformat a child away from their genuine desires and goals; instead, they facilitate dialogue between the child and parents, offer different perspectives on the situation, and equip the child with tools to argue and negotiate effectively.
A tutor creates an environment that stimulates the learner's interest in thinking, expressing opinions, and analyzing. The choices and decisions that a child makes independently become valuable to them. he tutor helps the child envision the goal and relate it to outcomes and decisions, allowing the learner to feel the impact of their autonomy on goal attainment.
At SBS, each tutor delves deeper into the individual situation of the child and does not operate on an stream. The key difference is that an SBS tutor can design genuinely individualized educational paths, not just what the school curriculum and clubs offer. A personal tutor, alongside the child, can change the math tutor, delve into an interest, or, conversely, reschedule/cancel attendance at an event. The task of an SBS tutor is to construct the educational trajectory individually, not conveyor-style.
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