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Yes, we tutor. But more than tutoring or tuition, we can accelerate learning to each students own potential!
We have NO year level barriers to learning.
We teach better than an excellent school!
“An estimated 75 per cent of jobs in the fastest-growing industries require science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skilled workers, and ensuring students have the skills to equip them for the workforce of the future is critical.” – Australian Government, 2016
Extended Learning Centres
We teach students individually-paced Australian core curriculum in a fun, nurturing environment that promotes confidence and self-reliance.
Our students are going places! We’re working towards their future career, lifestyle, choices, success and satisfaction.
Catch up! >> Keep up! >> Get ahead!
Why learn ahead of school?
Exposure to curriculum content ahead of school tremendously improves the effectiveness of learning in the classroom, student confidence and engagement in their own learning.
Accelerated learning
ELC students are enthusiastic to learn to the maximum of their ability. There are no year-level boundaries to limit learning, and no waiting for the rest of the class. Extended learning in their formative years smooths their path through high school and beyond.
Self-reliant and Confident Students
ELC students take learning into their own hands and take charge of their own future direction. More than simply content, we give students purpose, skills, guidance and support to reduce dependence on teachers.
Get more from your School
ELC helps school results by accelerating the core subjects ahead of school while supporting other subjects as needed. Then when they encounter a concept at school they can do it with confidence. We work on ‘playing the school game’ to make it work for students not against them.
More effective than tutoring
ELC’s method is more than tuition or tutoring because we teach ahead of school, rather than playing catch-up. We know the curriculum and the most important concepts that students will need to do well at school. We teach these before students encounter them at school.
Why is extended learning important for my child?
Their Future
- To enable future choice of professions and enhance confidence and self-esteem, we accelerate learning to each student’s own potential in all areas, and particularly in mathematics.
Their Potential
- To get more from the school system, our tailored processes follow the same curriculum as taught in schools, but streamlined and personalised.
Their Health
- Extended learning in their formative years smooths their path through high school, puberty and beyond.
Their Dreams
- So that students dream their dreams and associate school and academics with greater future choice, we can engage the psychology of positive learning and modify student behaviour.
Their Success
- To support students’ point-of-need learning from school when needed, our systems and processes allow us to incorporate school tasks while also learning for the future.
Their Happiness
- To make family life simpler and less stressful, we holistically manage student learning in active partnership with families.
At ELC we believe in:
Giving
students the curriculum, resources, skills and guidance to take ownership of their learning.
Nurturing
confidence and positive habits early.
Progressing
learning independently of school restrictions, such as year-level boundaries.
Motivating
by connecting students’ efforts today with their dreams, wants and ideas for their future.
Indulging
the innate human instinct to enjoy learning.
Showing
students how to make their education work to their current and future advantage.
Encouraging
them to achieve at the school system by “playing the game”.
From the ELC Blog
Mathematics A, B or C – which should my child study?
“Lock in B, Eddie!” We say students should have Mathematics B as their default expectation, and aspire to it from early on. In Year 10, students choose which maths subjects to study in year 11 and 12 for their QCE. But the road to Maths B starts years before then. Keep options open. Predicating the
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Maths Streaming – best strategies for individuals
Your child should be aiming to be towards the head of the pack in mathematics from early on. The later it’s left, the harder it is to catch up. Some schools start ‘streaming’ students into higher- and lower-level mathematics groups way before they start actively talking about career pathways. This presupposes that students in lower
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How to make Parallel Box and Whisker Plots
What is a box and whisker plot? Box and Whisker Plots, or just Box Plots, are a graphical summary of data spread (dispersion) and central tendency. Here’s a quick explanation of why box and whisker plots are useful. All box plots show (from left to right): Minimum First/Lower Quartile/Q1 Median, aka Middle/Second Quartile/Q2 Third/Upper Quartile/Q3 Maximum These
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Students’ potential shouldn’t be limited by their year level
Most students who present to Extended Learning Centres are ready for concepts above their year level. In many cases, WAY beyond their year level. Maths expectations at school are too low, largely because Queensland’s year levels have been “elongated” rather than updated. At ELC, because we teach individuals, not classes, not year levels, we can: target students’ needs,
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Learning Ahead vs. Latest Test Results – the bigger picture
By Dan Blore, Educator The best way of effecting long-term student success is to expose students to curriculum ahead of school. When working towards a student’s future, we always take into account the bigger picture and the long-term. This goes to the core of what we do. Over-emphasising test scores Following the dominant school narrative, parents
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