Our Tutors

Certified Teachers Only

We provide tutors of the highest quality. Most of our tutors are certified teachers with an average of over a decade of classroom experience.

So what exactly do we mean by “certified”? Our tutors are current or former state-certified teachers** (or equivalent experience) and undergo an internal certification process with us as a part of their onboarding.

Cignition has a rigorous and selective recruitment and hiring process. Qualifications for consideration include a bachelor's degree, proven ability to deploy a group lesson plan, and completion of grade-level assessments. Another critical component of our qualification process is building a team that meets all students' needs.

Diversity and Inclusivity

Our workforce is a diverse collective of educators, and we cater to an equally diverse set of students. The primary goal of our service is to ensure academic achievement, but we know it’s important that we reach that goal in a way that creates an underlying culture of respect and support and builds upon the cultural backdrop that each student arrives with. A big part of staff development is training tutors to adopt culturally responsive and trauma-informed teaching practices that model social and emotional skills, create a restorative and inclusive climate, contextualize learning for students, and encourage students to leverage their cultural capital through the learning process. 

In addition to differentiating instruction by individual and group, we also match qualified tutors to students with special needs. Collaborating with teachers, our dedicated Program Managers identify research-based strategies suited to those who require additional support.

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