We seek to meet needs within the public school system.

We applaud the sincere motivation and tremendous efforts invested by the vast majority of public school teachers (we worked hard and meant well, and we assume they do too). But their classroom environment limits what they are able to do.

Public School	Covenant Tutorials
Huge classroom size: when we taught we commonly had at least 36 students in a class. Even with only a couple of dozen, that's still WAY too many for individual attention.	We work one-on-one with your child, and occasionally will have two tutors with one student.
Huge student loads: a full day's worth of students for some teachers might be over two hundred students (we've had that many), so individual tutoring time is out of the question.	We only take on the number of students we can handle. We recognize that we cannot meet every need: we want to work with a small number of students, do well, and see these students succeed.
Real and perceived limitations on what can be said in class: policy, political correctness, a variety of understandings of "separation of church and state", and concerns about overstepping their position limit what a teacher can say in class.	We recognize that this world is God's creation, and He is relevant to every discussion of every subject. While the task is to teach the subject material, we do so with humility and a deep understanding of Who authored "2+2=4".
Problems with authority and chain-of-command: in practice the teachers are ruled by school district policy, administrators, and the editorial biases of the textbook publishers rather than the parents.	In truth, the parents are responsible for their child's education, and we operate under the parents' authority. We're up front with our biases so a parent can decide if we're the type of people they want working on their behalf.
Lack of targeted teaching: classroom teachers are often forced to teach to the middle of the pack or to the calendar, when they would LOVE to work with the individual student.	We contact the teacher and find out what he or she would like us to emphasize: we're an advocate for the student with the teacher, and for the teacher with the student.

Your child gets one-on-one attention from his or her own private teacher in a professional and non-threatening setting, and you get feedback and additional help in providing an education.