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Sylvan Learning Fact Sheet

Sylvan Learning is the leading provider of in-center and live, online tutoring at home to students of all ages, grades and skill levels. With approximately 30 years of experience and nearly 1,100 centers located throughout North America, Sylvan’s proven process and personalized methods have inspired more than 2 million students to discover the joy of learning. Sylvan's trained and certified personal instructors provide individual instruction in reading, writing, mathematics, study skills and test-prep for college entrance and state exams. Sylvan helps transform unique kids into uniquely inspired learners with the skills to do better in school and the confidence to do better in everything else.

For more information, call 1-800-31-SUCCESS or visit http://tutoring.sylvanlearning.com.

Headquarters:

Sylvan Learning
1001 Fleet Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

Founded:

In 1979 in Portland, Oregon

Locations:

Nearly 1,100 sites located throughout North America

Curriculum:

Sylvan provides supplemental education programs in the following areas:

• Beginning, Accelerated and Academic Reading
• Writing and College Prep Writing
• Basic Mathematics, Algebra, Geometry
• Integrated Math, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus
• Study Skills, Advanced Reading Skills
• SAT/ACT College Prep
• Sylvan Online
• And, select Sylvan centers, offer in-home tutoring and Homework Help

Key Features:

The Sylvan provides a proven process that includes following elements:

• Sylvan Skills Assessment®, which accurately pinpoints academic strengths and weaknesses
• Individualized attention from trained and certified teachers
• Personalized lesson plans to meet every students individual needs
• Mastery learning, which moves students through a series of progressively more challenging stages to ensure mastery of a subject or skill
• Personal motivation and rewards for effort and achievement that build self-esteem
• Progress reports along the way with close interaction and cooperation among Sylvan instructors, school teachers and parents

At Sylvan, we work with parents and teachers to identify the learning problem through our Sylvan Skills Assessment. We provide a diagnostic and prescriptive approach to learning that includes standardized tests, diagnostic tools and personal interviews. This assessment helps us pinpoint exactly where the learning problem exists and allows us to customize a program that fills the skill gaps identified by the assessment.

Sylvan will develop a personalized learning plan that pinpoints the skills your child needs. Once the learning problem has been identified, motivating a child at Sylvan is an obstacle that we have overcome with our motivation program. We provide students with individualized attention as well as constant encouragement and praise for a job well done. We provide our students with the opportunity to earn tokens as part of an effort to reinforce behaviors and attitudes during instruction. Many of our students look forward to earning their tokens and then redeeming them for prizes in our Sylvan Learning centers.

As part of our ongoing effort to ensure that our students are successful and that parents have chosen the right learning program, we carefully monitor each student’s progress and share the results with their parents throughout the life of the program. In addition, we meet with our student’s teachers to make sure that the success achieved in the center is translated into the classroom.

Once parents have seen the difference in their child’s attitude and grades at school, they are convinced that Sylvan is the right choice for success.

Philosophy:

Sylvan Learning offers a proven process that sets us apart from tutors and other tutoring services. Our nationally-acclaimed programs incorporate a proven system of learning that will help children reach their full potential.

For nearly 30 years, Sylvan has given more than 2 million kids the skills to do better in school and the confidence to do better in everything else. Sylvan’s proven system helps children discover the love of learning. It all starts with a Sylvan Skills Assessment to identify each child’s specific strengths and weaknesses by pinpointing the exact skills your child needs.

Two other things that differentiate Sylvan from other tutoring options are that parents can access Sylvan’s proven programs through in-center tutoring or live, online tutoring. We also offer a pre-k reading program for children as young as 4 ½ years old.

Sylvan knows that every child is unique so we offer children the opportunity to learn and succeed with customized programs in math, reading, writing, and study skills.

Sylvan also makes a special effort to partner with each child’s school and teacher, sharing information about the child’s program at Sylvan and gaining insights from the child’s classroom teacher.