High-impact tutoring has a wide body of evidence to support its efficacy, but how do you know what is and isn’t “high-impact”?
Is it better to brand yourself as an academic coach or an executive functioning coach?
Should “executive functioning” be a class in school, or should it be embedded into all the classes?
I invited my colleague David Schipper to episode 191 of De Facto Leaders to ponder some of these questions.
David Schipper is the director of Strategic Learning Clinic, a position he has held since 2013. David obtained a B.A. in English Literature from Concordia University in 1998 as well as a B.Ed. in Secondary Education (English and History) from McGill University in 2002. After some work as a local teacher in Montreal, David founded 2Torial Educational Centre in 2007. Aside from his ability to put both parents and students at ease, David uses his clinic’s fairly unique approach to help get to the root of students’ learning challenges and propose the most suitable remediation to resolve these weaknesses. As a father of two children, David knows how to relate to the concerns of parents and as an experienced educator, thoroughly understands the struggles of students. His passion and dedication to teaching and learning is second to none.
In this conversation we discuss:
✅The features of high-impact tutoring vs. traditional tutoring.
✅How are “COVID high schoolers” doing now that they’re in college?
✅Strategies are important, but can you use a strategy without content knowledge?
✅Executive functioning in the schools: How should it look across Tiers 1, 2, and 3?
You can listen to the entire conversation here:
You can connect with David on LinkedIn here.
You can learn more about Strategic Learning Clinic on their website here, on their Facebook page here, or on Instagram @strategiclearningclinic.
You can find the National Education Association article on High-Impact Tutoring here, and can find additional research on the impact of High-Impact Tutoring and COVID learning loss here.
We also mentioned Natalie Wexler’s work in this episode. You can learn more about her work on her website here.
Listen to David’s previous interview on De Facto Leaders here.
In this episode, I mention the School of Clinical Leadership, my program that helps related service providers develop a strategic plan for putting executive functioning support in place in collaboration with their school teams. You can learn more about that program here.