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Frequently Asked Questions
about Manus Academy
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How is your service different from other tutoring centers and
schools?
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Are your services guaranteed? How will I know if my child is making
progress?
- I understand that Manus
Academy is accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools. How does this benefit
me as a parent?
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Are your teachers certified?
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How much do your services cost and how do they compare with other
educational services?
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Is financing available?
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How long will my child have to see a tutor or remain in your
school before he or she is caught up?
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How much testing is necessary before my child can begin the
program?
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My child plays a team sport and doesn't get home until 6:00 p.m.
Can you work with that schedule?
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What is the social atmosphere like in your school?
- How is your service different from
other tutoring centers and schools?
We deliver to each student the kind of instruction
and learning environment he or she needs at
any given time. Unlike other tutoring services
and schools that have pre-set curriculums
students must follow, we build our instructional
programs around the student's immediate needs.
Then, we monitor, update and refine the student's
program as he or she progresses. Here are
the other ways in which we are unique:
- Our student-teacher ratio is lower
than most other tutorial services and
schools. Our after-school tutoring is
one-to-one and our school's student-teacher
ratio ranges throughout the school day
from one-to-one, during which students
receive individual and small group instruction.
- Our services are more comprehensive
than most educational services. We confer
often with parents, other caregivers and
teachers to ensure that what the student
learns with us he or she uses at home
during homework and study time and in
classes at school. We look at all factors
in a student's life that impact his or
her educational success and work with
the student and family on successfully
managing these factors. These factors
include attentional, learning, emotional,
behavioral, physical and environmental
barriers that may impede a student's efforts
to succeed.
- Our services include assessment, one-to-one
instruction, an accredited school, ongoing
parent and teacher conferences, parent
and teacher training, course counseling,
consulting with other professionals who
work with the student and consulting on
school placement.
- We can teach students with a wider
range of ability and learning patterns
than most other educational services.
Some of our students need just a
little extra help in algebra, Spanish
or an advanced placement class. Some students
have mild to severe learning disabilities,
attention deficit disorder or other neurological
difficulties and need more intensive instruction.
Others might benefit from attending our
school where they can receive all of their
instruction in an environment that's uniquely
tailored to their needs.
- Finally, we have a proprietary educational
and teacher-training program that's based
on current educational research and has
been developed, refined and tested for
several decades. This results in a delivery
of instruction that is more consistent
and effective than many other services.
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- Are
your services guaranteed? How will I know
if my child is making progress?
- We guarantee the delivery of our service.
We follow a written system of accountability
that shows parents at any given time the
skills we are teaching each student, the
skills he or she has learned, the student's
rate of progress and his or her work output.
Our instructional supervisors and teaching
staff regularly review each student's
educational growth.
- We also confer regularly with parents
and classroom teachers (of tutorial students)
to determine if the student's work with
us contributes to improved academic performance
and an increase in self-confidence. These
regular communications allow us to make
changes in our instructional program as
needed.
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- I understand that Manus Academy
is accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools and AdvancED. How
does this benefit me as a parent?
To maintain accreditation, we must demonstrate:
- sound corporate and financial health
- a well-defined and organized curricula
- a qualified educational staff and management
- clear admissions procedures
- systems for student accountability
and maintenance of records
- a well-defined system for communicating
in-house and with parents
- adequate physical facilities, equipment
and materials
- continuous self-examination and goals
for improvement
Our accreditation assures clients that we
meet the criteria for operating a high-quality
educational service and it shows our commitment
to fulfilling our mission - to help students
achieve educational success.
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- Are
your teachers certified?
- All of our teachers must meet the requirements
of our company's certification program,
which is more rigorous than the state's
certification requirements. Our teachers
have at least a bachelor's degree in education
or an education related field, if not
a master's degree. Our founder has a master's
degree in special education.
- At the beginning of their employment,
all staff members receive extensive training
to learn how to teach and assess using
our proprietary methods. The teaching
supervisors meet with teachers weekly,
bi-monthly and annually to monitor and
review their teaching strategies, progress
toward individually set teaching goals
and level of expertise. This system of
teacher accountability ensures that your
child receives the type of instruction
he or she needs at any given time.
- Unlike instructors at many other educational
institutions, our teachers are trained
to work with students with a broad spectrum
of educational abilities and concerns.
They can effectively teach students who
need minimum coaching in a specific subject
or those who need intensive instruction
in all subjects and skills.
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- How
much do your services cost and how do they
compare with other educational services?
Because our services are comprehensive in
scope, our fees and tuition vary.
In many cases, we offer more service at a
lower cost than other educational services.
For example, our monthly rate to tutor a student
in basic reading, writing or math skills is
the same often or similar to what other tutoring
centers charge that work with students in
a three-to-one rather than one-to-one ratio.
While we may charge a little more to coach
middle and high school students to develop
effective homework and study habits, we also
offer more service for that cost. We carefully
track the student's application of effective
study habits at home and school and confer
regularly with parents and teachers to ensure
that our services remain effective.
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- Is financing available?
Yes. We have arranged for third-party financing
through SLM Financial, a Sallie Mae company.
SLM Financial makes long-term loans at competitive
interest rates to qualified families. Similar
to college loans, families pay off the loans
at relatively low monthly payments over an
extended time. People interested in applying
for a loan may contact our business administrator
for an application.
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- How
long will my child have to see a tutor or
remain in your school before he or she is
caught up?
Some students need only a few months of tutoring
to succeed in their regular school. Others,
who have more significant learning or attentional
difficulties, may need one or more years of
attending our school. Once we begin teaching
your child, we observe the rate at which he
or she progresses under optimal teaching conditions.
This rate helps us predict how much individualized
instruction your child will need and for how
long.
To keep you up-to-date, we chart your child's
progress toward his or her educational goals
and share these results with you twice monthly.
We also assess progress by post-testing most
students each spring.
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- How
much testing is necessary before my child
can begin the program?
Our purpose for testing incoming students
is to help us determine the exact educational
goals your child should work toward and the
starting points of our instruction. We
test only as much as we need to gather this
information.
Therefore, our testing can range from two
to four or more hours. If you've had
your child recently tested with another professional,
such as a psychologist, we use the results
of that testing and a light program assessment
to build an instructional program.
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- My
child plays a team sport and doesn't get home
until 6:00 p.m. Can you work with that schedule?
Yes. We have teaching staff available to work
with your child up through 7:00 and sometimes
8:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday.
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- What
is the social atmosphere like in your school?
Our students report that they feel very comfortable
in our school and find the teachers committed
to helping them. They understand our mission
of delivering to each student the kind of
instruction he or she needs at any given time
and they learn to respect each other's unique
qualities.
Our atmosphere tends to be calm, warm and
friendly. Many students find making friends
easier in our less competitive and more relaxed
social environment.
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6203 Carmel Road
Charlotte, NC 28226
Phone: 704-542-6471
Fax: 704-541-2858 |
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School:
9:00a.m. to 2:00p.m.,
Mon.-Fri.
Tutoring:
2:00p.m. to 7:00p.m.,
Mon.-Thurs.
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