Cromwell Centre Details
About Us
Our teaching philosophy
While our style may be relaxed. we take our responsibilities to you and your children seriously.
We realise how precious children are, and that our service is a significant cost item in any household budget.
It is our aim to provide excellent tuition that makes a positive impact on achievement and self esteem.
We employ qualified and experienced teachers to teach new concepts, to praise and to motivate, to give high quality feedback immediately, and to build a trusting, working rapport with our students.
Our computer programmes provide the drill and repetition that is essential for building long term memory and fluency. The children find the programmes easy to use and enjoy the smiley faces that show they have answered correctly.
What We Do
Our Courses
We tutor students of all ages and all abilities.
Primary and Secondary
- English, Reading, Spelling
- Mathematics
NCEA Level 1
NCEA Level 2
NCEA Level 3
Our Tutors
The members of our tutoring team are all trained primary and secondary teachers. They bring a wealth of teaching and worldly experience to our centre.
In addition they receive specific training about the Kip McGrath resources and in delivering the Kip McGrath programmes.
They are caring professionals doing their best for your child.
Esther Whitehead
Esther Whitehead is a specialist literacy teacher, having gained a post graduate diploma in teaching children with literacy learning difficulties from Massey University on top of her teaching qualifications. Esther has owned and operated the Cromwell Centre for 2 years and previously built up the highly successful Queenstown Kip McGrath Centre which had 220 students at its peak. Esther has a child centred approach to her teaching and trains her staff using this philosophy. Although Esther only works part-time at Kip McGrath, she is passionate about identifying the strengths of individual students and uses multi-sensory and practical approaches in her classes.
Esther is also the Managing Trustee of The Dyslexia Foundation of NZ and in this role, deals with advising schools/parents as well as working with associative bodies such as SPELD. Esther also offers Dyslexia Screening tests at the centre. The Cromwell Centre has grown from strength to strength and 2011 looks to be a busy year- please come and see us!
Contact Details
| Centre Owner/s |
Esther Whitehead |
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| Address |
28C The Mall, Cromwell, Central Otago, NEW ZEALAND |
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| Phone |
+64 3 445 1618 - 0800 TUTORING |
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| Fax |
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| Email |
esther.whitehead@4d.org.nz |
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| Map |
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