Them vs. Us: 4 Things That Sets Me Apart From My Competitors

What makes Nashville Learning Center different from the hundreds of other Tutoring and Test Prep Companies?

When asked this question I had to put myself in my clients shoes and think about all we have to offer. So what makes us different? Below you will find a few items that set us apart from our competitors.

1. You are more than just a number - At NLC we strive to give you our best so in an effort to do so we don't look at you as just another client (number) we think of you as family. So we give you everything we can to help you accomplish your goals:
• Sitting in the classroom to see if there's any issues in the classroom
• Communicating with teachers on a regular basis
• Staying in constant communication with parents
• Attending parent/teacher conferences and becoming a liaison between the family and the school.
• And whatever we can to help you achieve academic success
2. Honesty is the best policy - When I first started tutoring I had a parent tell me that she was disappointed because in an effort to be proactive she had been paying for her daughter to receive services from another tutoring company for about 6 month prior to the start of the school year. Her daughter was a preemie when she was born so she wanted to make sure that when she started kindergarten she would be ready to go and would not have any issues. After her daughter started school she was tested to see where she was and her mother knew that they would be shocked at how much her daughter knew because she had been paying what was equivalent to her mortgage to this company every month and they had given her a list of all of these skills her daughter had mastered. Well the mother was shocked when she received the report on her daughter was not even at a pre-k level and that everything she had been assured that her daughter had mastered her daughter did not know. After demanding that she be retested several times the mother felt awful and that is when she found us. At NLC we believe that there is no need to sugar coat anything when it comes to education honesty is our policy. We do not promise to make your child an "A" student in 2 weeks, we do not promise that they will become geniuses, what we do promise is that we will teach them any skills in which they are lacking, we will stay in constant communication with their teachers, we will keep you abreast of what is going on at all times, and we will make every effort to make sure they are the best student that THEY can be.
3. We are always learning -  Anthony J D'Angelo said "Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you'll never cease to grow" so at NLC we continue to feed our passion to learn more in return we are constantly growing and so are our students.  How can someone teach you when they themselves have stopped learning? They can't which is why we offer monthly professional development courses for our staff members, all of our staff members must be NLC certified and will soon be NTA (National Tutoring Association) certified, we even educate our parents through monthly seminars that they can attend free of charge.
4. Tutoring can start at any age - Contrary to what many believe tutoring is not just for students who are in elementary, middle, high school, or college. Tutoring is for ANYONE who wants to learn ANYTHING. At NLC our youngest client is actually 3 and she has been with us since she was about 10 months (she is my niece so that is why so young, here's a video check out Jaide Reading) and with our help and the support of her parents she is reading consistently between a first and second grade level. Our oldest thus far was 55 and she came to us because her position changed and she had to start using Excel more at work so we trained her on how to not only use Excel but helped to get all of the reports that she needed for work set-up. So you can receive tutoring at any age and we will work to make you feel comfortable and confident while learning.

To sum it all up at Nashville Learning Center you are treated like family and your child will be treated no differently than the way we treat our own children. We are devoted to providing the best services to all of our clients and will do everything in our power to make sure all of our clients are successful. As we stated above we are always learning so if there are any areas in which we can improve or if you have any suggestions, comments, or concerns please feel free to leave them below as we always love hearing from you.