K-12 Courses
Essential Study Skills
Essential Study Skills (Grades 7-8) and (grades 9-12)
Essential Study Skills are designed to teach students how to be active, efficient, and confident students. These ten-hour, five-day courses are taught in the summer and explore the skills and efficient work process that is necessary for students to produce their best work. The courses are developed around the executive function skills that are expected at each grade(s) level and divided into specific skill sets that are essential for all students who want to develop learned independence.
Ultimately, our courses will allow students to better understand and manage their school work by increasing their awareness of their individual learning profile, what teachers expect, how to best prepare for work and assessments, and how to self-advocate, shift, and succeed.
7-8 and 9-12 Grade Session Overview
for the rising 7th and 8th grade students or rising 9th- 12th grade students
Day 1
Day 1 explores learning styles and executive function strengths and weaknesses. It then introduces the importance of planning, organization, and time management.
Day 2
Day 2 teaches best practices and the importance of visual (textbook) notes and outlining.
Day 3
Day 3 continues note taking with auditory (lecture) notes, cueing in lectures, and combining notes for studying.
Day 4
Day 4 is all about building memory and test preparation.
Day 5
Day 5 explores test taking, learning from mistakes (error analysis.) Parents join in the final hour so that students can solidify their understanding by explaining what they learned about themselves to their parents.