About Us
Our Story
Be Brilliant! Tutoring was created by a group of highly talented and deeply experienced educators who know three very important things about virtually every child:
- Humans are born brilliant and they naturally find joy in learning.
- If that brilliance and joy are not showing up fully – or sometimes, sadly, hardly at all – in their school work, there’s an answer.
- Through the use of highly specialized materials and techniques that ensure learners always know what they’re doing, and why, they all can learn how to tackle every school subject with the same verve and self-assurance you saw when they were babies and toddlers.
Our founders and tutors, with advanced degrees, from Masters to Doctorates in education, have expertise in an instructional approach, called the Subordination of Teaching to Learning, that keeps students in touch with their natural brilliance and love of learning.
We know how to tap their inherent capacity and drive to know more and how to clarify, with them, the way to excel in school, whether they’re already doing well, or struggling to keep up, or anywhere in between.
The Be Brilliant! Approach
We devote ourselves to knowing every child as the unique individual they are. Then, throughout every meeting after that, we analyze what may be interfering with the full progress they could enjoy and we adjust our instruction accordingly.
We don’t use canned computerized instruction or more traditional, rigidly pre-scripted materials that attempt to control learning. Instead, we rely on our deep experience as successful educators to personally interact with your child during every moment, seeking the most learning in return for their time and attention.
Simply put, our teaching is guided by their learning.
Our Process
Listen
We Listen attentively to parents from our very first contact and make a joint decision to ensure we are the services needed.
Match
We Match every child with the right Master Teacher, highly skilled in addressing their specific needs.
Attend
We Attend carefully to the person we meet, whether 4-years-old or in their teen years, analyzing not simply their subject matter needs, but also how they relate to academic challenges.
Adjust
We Adjust our instruction in real time, responding to the actual learning, moving as swiftly as appropriate and always with care and respect.
Inform
We Inform parents about progress and challenges, both during our time with their child and once our sessions wrap up.
How we compare
Other Tutoring Centers | Be Brilliant! Tutoring | |
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Teaching Style | Tutors dictate how things work | Students discover how things work |
Learner experience | Learners are confined to a closed box, adhering to prescribed ways of thinking | Learners are free to “color outside the lines” |
Preconceptions | Students are empty vessels to be filled with facts and rigid procedures | Students are equipped with bountiful learning powers they have practiced since birth |
Assumptions | Children need to be taught how to learn | Children are born brilliant, with a powerful ability to learn |
Materials | Black & white worksheets that students fill out | Colorful, hands-on resources that foster understanding |
Testing & Mastery | Test ability to parrot exactly what was shown/explained | Assesses true understanding of the topic and capacity to apply that understanding to new material |
Progression & Pacing | Small, incremental steps to solve problems, which slows learning | Seeing patterns and connections, which accelerates learning |
Ah ha! moment | Learners are led by the nose to get the expected answer | Learners discover an understanding or relationship they did not previously see |
Process | Answers are prescribed through memorized, tedious procedures | Answers are derived through discovered patterns and connections |
Basis for learning | Stress on memorization | Stress on understanding |
Mistakes | Mistakes treated as unwelcome events that simply indicate lack of progress | Mistakes welcomed as guidance and feedback to the instructor and student |
Success | Tutors are strongly invested in a quick, “correct” outcome and a rush to success | Tutors focus on the process, with a calm, unhurried demeanor that fosters comfort and confidence in the learner |
Self-learning | Tutors leave students on their own, to read instructions and then spend hours on repetitious drill | Tutors are present and attentive, providing just what is needed, not too much, not too little |
Focus of instruction | Presenting facts | Presenting challenges |
BBT Guarantee
We know how to help children achieve better grades and test scores.
We’ve done it!
That’s actually the easier part.
We go beyond better grades and test scores.
In fact, Be Brilliant! Tutoring’s unique approach can transform your child’s learning journey. By the end of our time with your child, you can expect to see tangible improvements in one or more of the following essential components for success in school and life:
Confidence
Eagerness to Learn
Motivation
Curiosity
Parent Testimonials
Shannon O'Hara2024-06-15 I have sent 2 of my children here, a teen and a 2nd grader. Both saw great improvements right away. The tutoring was completely in line with the school curriculum and completely up to date with the latest science and techniques being used in their schools. The kids loved their tutors and looked forward to seeing them, which made it feel less like additional work. My 2nd grader’s teacher commented after a couple months that my daughter had completely turned around and was doing significantly better. I can’t recommend enough. jaimee m2024-06-14 I was impressed with the success we had after trying other places. This is a great approach to learning. Thank you! Eddie Santiago2024-06-14 Great experience great staff would truly recommend to everyone!!! Shawn Guy2024-06-13 Be Brilliant Tutoring is beyond brilliant! Top notch educators that really make an impact! Juan Gutierrez2024-06-13 I’m really impressed, this has been so helpful……thank you! Angelo Corona2024-06-13 The tutors are friendly and knowledgeable. The rates are extremely reasonable along with having the convenience of having them come to my home. I highly recommend them! Sophia Farber Bernhardt2024-06-12 We've had a great experience with BBT! Our first-grader has been working on math and reading with Paula. She helped him find books that he loves, which makes a huge difference. (And she even let him borrow one of the books, which he loved so much that he slept with it under his pillow!) In math, it's giving him the opportunity to explore concepts beyond what they were doing in his class, which keeps him interested and engaged. The whole thing is positive and fun --highly recommended! Gloribel Lopez2024-05-25 Finding Be Brilliant was a life saver for us! Our kindergartener gained knowledge and became secure of what he knew; he understood that he could do it; in a few tutoring classes we saw the change. We are grateful that we found them, specially Ms. Doris she is great, with a lot of experience and patience!. She went with the best approach to work with our son so he could improve his reading skills and confidence, he loves her and is happy to work with her. We recommend Be Brilliant 100%. They will make sure that your child gets the help needed. We are forever grateful!