At Apple Plus, we recognize that every child learns at their own pace. Our success depends on a working partnership between the parents, the students, the school system and us. It is only through this partnership that we can guarantee to provide your child with the fundamental components of the curriculum.

This is successfully accomplished by having the tutor continuously assessing each student′s abilities, then providing and adjusting the tutoring experience to meet the students individual needs. This individualized approach to learning builds the exact skills required to succeed.

We have been helping High School students in West Toronto, South Etobicoke and Bloor West for many years. This has given us the opportunity to become familiar with the local schools and how they deliver the Ontario Curriculum.

We, at Apple Plus excel at providing customized academic tutoring, and have a proven track record full of success stories.

Environment   — each student works on an individual basis at their home or other agreed upon location. They work at their pace. We do not do group tutoring or learning unless it comes as a special request. Time spent with the tutor is one on one; hence, questions are asked and answered directly by the tutor. Explanations/responses are given in a timely, effective manner.

Tutors   — our tutors consist of Ontario Certified teachers, graduate students or individuals with a strong university emphasis in the required topics. All have been assessed to ensure they have the aptitude as well as personality required for teaching. We also do a background police check on all our tutors. As an example we would hire someone like a certified engineer who works with us part-time as they enjoy helping students.

Resources   — we use industry standard time tested and true resources which are presented to the students via our tutors. These resources are usually supplied by the student but can be supplemented by the tutor with resources of their own.

Homework   — enables practice and fosters independence. Since any homework assigned by Apple Plus is always checked by the tutors, when homework is completed successfully, we can be confident the student has mastered the skill. If errors are found, it acts as a trigger to review the missing concepts.

Monitoring Progress   — feedback is ongoing from tutors and progress reports are given after each session. This enables students to better understand requirements and ways to improve not only the skill at hand but also the general process of learning itself. Parents and students are given access to these reports via our  ′Parent Connections′ web portal.

Building confidence & independence   — inherent in our approach is to build confidence and independence in our students, they have the opportunity to correct their own work and hence become more aware of their errors. This fosters independence and makes the student less reliant on the tutor. We ask students to come prepared for the lessons by reviewing specific material beforehand. When a tutor ascertains that a student has not prepared properly for a session they may ask them to do some review during the session. This encourages general learning skills and once again helps build independence so the student is better prepared for their academic future.