Starting a educational/tutoring center -> Advice needed on lesson structure

Hi all,

Situation/background

• We are currently in ideation phase of a new project -> a STEM educational/tutoring center
• Idea is to offer structured alternative to ad-hoc 121 tutoring, i.e. regular 1-2x per week lessons in a small group (~5 students) which would follow school curriculum but sometimes go wider or deeper on certain topics
• Plan is that the center is STEM focused, starting with math for grades 1-8 and potentially expanding in other subjects and grades later

Our experience

• Combined partners & I have 10+ years of experience of 121 tutoring (for all grades/ages) as well as TA-ing courses at college level

Main question

• In the geographical area we plan to operate, a typical class length in school is 45min or 90min long
• We'd like to make 'studying' at our center unique experience with regards to teaching strategy and lesson structure
• As purely an example of what I mean by this, instead of having typical 45min class, we could have:
  • 30min theory - where teacher introduces new concepts or revises last lesson's concepts
  • 20min problem solving - where students would solve problems individually
  • 30min theory - where teacher continues new concept introduction

Could anyone recommend me some material/books/videos/whatever which explores different kind of class structure, or simply share their thoughts openly?

I'd like to learn best practices and not re-invent the wheel :)

Thanks a lot!

Submitted October 07, 2022 at 09:38AM by philJohnson_rand https://ift.tt/hdb6Eme