Our Policies

Our policies are the result of several years of trial and error, as well as careful review and consideration of the policies at other established learning centers.  Our policies cover two major areas:  lesson cancellation/rescheduling, and termination of tutoring.  Policies are very tricky to get right.  Their main purpose is to protect our tutors’ income.  Tutors…

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The Symbols Difference

Symbols provides excellent service, quality and added benefits in a number of areas, which makes our program of excellent value compared to alternatives.  Examples include: Keeping Parents in the Loop Our Vancouver Orton-Gillingham tutors are scheduled to spend 5 minutes after every lesson with the parent to describe what took place in the lesson, discuss…

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The Symbols Program

Due to the individualized nature of our program it varies from student to student.  But here are some key things about our program that are common to just about all of our students: New students begin as either language or math students. When help is needed in both language and math, we usually begin with language only.  We can…

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