Individual Coaching (for students in Sydney)  

Prue Salter works directly with schools and due to her workload and study commitments is not available for individual coaching sessions. Her recommendations for individual coaching sessions are as follows:

1. If your student needs help with lack of motivation, exam anxiety, perfectionism, or professional counselling across a variety of areas, Rocky Biasi from  Human Connections is a qualified counsellor and has helped countless students (and their parents!). Prue has worked closely with Rocky over the past 7 years running joint sessions at schools and they also run teacher professional development workshops together. Rocky is based in Penrith.

2. If your student needs general organisational and study skills (ie 'what' to actually do or 'how' to do it), Jane Rouvray for the Sydney South area  (Email:janerouvray@hotmail.com, Mobile 0402 863 683) and Ali Cassar for the Sydney North area (Email: alicass79@hotmail.com, Mobile 0405 901 912) offer individual coaching sessions (see below for their background information and pricing).

Due to the high demand for individual organisation/study skills coaching sessions we have split geographically the areas serviced into roughly north of the bridge and south of the bridge.

Basically contact the person who is closest to you (Jane is in Menai and Ali in Mosman) as they will be travelling to your home.

Prue only recommends the services of people she has first-hand knowledge of and is confident in their abilities, integrity and experience. Jane or Ali will travel to your home to work with your student to determine what they could do to improve their results, uncover issues and tailor specific solutions to the problems your student is facing. Jane and Ali are both familiar with Prue's work and strategies and also bring their personal experiences in this area to the table.

If you are unsure what your student needs (ie motivation or study skills), email Prue at  info@enhanced-learning.net and she will have you and your student complete an online survey that will allow her to determine who would best meet your student's needs.

FOR SYDNEY SOUTH

Jane Rouvray BA Dip Ed  (Sydney University)

With over 30 years' experience in High School Education Jane brings a wealth of experience in educational and organisational theory and management. Jane has worked as a teacher, Year Adviser, Head Teacher and finally Deputy Principal at a wide variety of schools in NSW including comprehensive coeducational, single sex (both a boys and girls school) and a large Year 11 and 12 College.

Over these years Jane has developed a suite of skills which focus on the motivational, organisational and emotional intelligence skills which facilitate achievement. These can be coupled with traditional subject coaching if required, however the "learning coach model " initially focuses on the whole student  and what is needed to set yourself up for success.

Sessions can be one off or long term and are tailored to the needs of the student. Price for the session is base cost of $200 per hour with additional travel charges applicable depending on location and travel time.

Jane is based in Menai and works with families in most suburbs south of the harbour bridge. Suburbs that require longer travel times from Menai may incur additional charges.

Jane also has significant knowledge on careers and post school pathways.

(From Prue: "Having worked with Jane over a number of years I have always been impressed with her well-developed organisational skills and ability to help students improve their performance and make school less stressful and more rewarding. I particularly admire the way Jane can connect with students, the ability to do this is not something that can be learnt and is essential if you want students to take on board your ideas and strategies. I was thrilled when Jane became available to work individually with students in this capacity!")

Email: janerouvray@hotmail.com

Mobile: 0402 863 683

FOR SYDNEY NORTH

Alessandra Cassar BA in Asian Studies/Arts (University of Sydney), CELTA

From Prue: "I first met Ali around 15 years ago when teaching in Singapore. Both from Sydney, we missed the blue skies! And like me, Ali can't resist the lure of further study, she is currently undertaking her Masters of Arts in TESOL at UTS. Ali has had a wealth of experience as a teacher. Here are some of the highlights":

- Ali is currently employed at a college teaching English to university students. Part of her role is advising students on how to improve their studies as well as writing programs accredited by NEAS. In 2009 she was awarded Teacher of the Year. Ali has also been involved in the TESOL training program as a student prac lesson assessor.

- Over the past few years Ali has also been seconded twice a year to co-write and deliver 3-4 week TESOL programs at Kyungpook National University in Korea. These are programs that are supported and funded by the Korean Board of Education and Ali's role is really to teach the teachers attending how to teach!

- Ali also spent five years in Japan teaching all levels of English from adults to kindergarten students. Her role included creating resources and teaching materials to best suit needs of students at varying levels, and counselling students on a continual basis regarding their courses of study including course compatibility, personal study plans, advice on how to improve. (Did you know that in Japan, every time they have holidays coming up, students are required to submit a standardised timetable of their holidays - broken down day by day into half hour time slots from morning until evening. They have to mark in how they are going to spend their time structured, of course, around study. After submitting these timetables, the teacher makes 'recommended changes' and they would need to be resubmitted!)

- A passion for languages means that Ali speaks French, Japanese and has had experience with Indonesian as well working with The Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Sydney, translating documents, liaising with the public for passport and visa requirements and assisting with visiting Indonesian government officials.

- Sessions can be one off or long term and are tailored to the needs of the student. Price for the session is base cost of $200 per hour with additional travel charges applicable depending on location and travel time.

- Ali is based in Mosman and works with families in most suburbs north of the harbour bridge. Suburbs that require longer travel times from Mosman may incur additional charges.

(From Prue: "My best recommendation for Ali is that like me, studying, time management and organisation comes naturally to her. Being a teacher means that Ali can help diagnose issues, work out what students need to change and come up with systematic, explained steps for students to follow that will address these.")

Email: alicass79@hotmail.com

Mobile: 0405 901 912

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