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High-dosage Tutoring

What Is High-Dosage Tutoring?

High-dosage tutoring (HDT) involves intensive, small-group or one-on-one instruction provided at least three times a week by highly trained educators. This evidence-based approach has been shown to significantly improve academic performance, particularly for students who are struggling or have fallen behind.

Key Features of The Kirkland Group's HDT Services:

  • Delivered by expert tutors with a deep understanding of subject-specific content.
  • Designed to reinforce and extend classroom learning.
  • Tailored to meet the individual needs of each student, using formative assessment data to guide instruction.

ELA High-Dosage Tutoring

Our ELA tutoring focuses on building literacy skills and improving comprehension, fluency, and writing abilities.

Core Components

  • Phonemic awareness and phonics for foundational skills.
  • Vocabulary development and context-based word learning.
  • Phonemic awareness and phonics for foundational skills.
  • Guided close reading to analyze complex texts.
  • Writing support for argumentative, informative, and narrative tasks.

Focus Areas

  • Struggling readers receive targeted interventions using research-based techniques.
  • High-interest, standards-aligned texts engage students while developing comprehension skills
  • Sentence frames, scaffolding, and annotation strategies support written responses.

Science High-Dosage Tutoring

Our science tutoring supports inquiry-based learning and builds foundational knowledge for scientific literacy.

Core Components

  • Focus on critical concepts in life, physical, and earth sciences.
  • Hands-on experiments and virtual simulations to foster engagement.
  • Strategies for interpreting data, charts, and scientific texts.
  • Support for mastering scientific vocabulary and processes.

Focus Areas

  • Students learn how to ask questions, form hypotheses, and analyze data.
  • Tutors emphasize the application of concepts to real-world scenarios.
  • Individualized support for aligning with classroom science standards.

Math High-Dosage Tutoring

Our math tutoring services are designed to develop conceptual understanding, procedural fluency, and real-world problem-solving skills.

Core Components

  • Reinforcement of key math concepts, such as fractions, decimals, algebra, and geometry.
  • Hands-on learning with manipulatives to build conceptual understanding.
  • Problem-solving tasks that encourage critical thinking.
  • Targeted support for mastering heavily tested standards.

Focus Areas

  • Small-group instruction allows tutors to address individual learning gaps.
  • Real-time feedback helps students strengthen their understanding and confidence.
  • Regular progress monitoring ensures alignment with classroom goals.

Social Studies High-Dosage Tutoring

Our social studies tutoring builds students’ critical thinking, historical analysis, and understanding of civic responsibilities.

Core Components

  • Strategies for analyzing primary and secondary sources.
  • Development of key skills such as summarizing, note-taking, and argumentative writing.
  • Lessons focused on geography, civics, economics, and historical events.
  • Support for making connections between historical content and current events.

Focus Areas

  • Tutors scaffold complex topics to make them accessible for all learners.
  • Students practice skills like comparing viewpoints, evaluating evidence, and forming arguments.
  • Emphasis on preparing for assessments through active engagement and practice tasks.

Why Choose The Kirkland Group for High-Dosage Tutoring?

Proven Strategies

Our HDT model incorporates research-based techniques to ensure student success.

Aligned with Standards

Tutoring sessions are seamlessly aligned with state standards and classroom instruction to reinforce learning.

Expert Tutors

All tutors are trained educators with expertise in their respective subject areas, ensuring high-quality instruction.

Flexible Delivery:

Services are available in-person or virtually, with scheduling that meets the needs of schools and families.

Partner with The Kirkland Group to Deliver Impactful Tutoring!

Our high-dosage tutoring services are proven to help students succeed. Contact us today to learn more about our customized solutions for your school.
Visit www.kirklandgroup.org.

We specialize in providing support for teachers of English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies, as well as in ACT and Praxis test preparation.
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