For Students

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1:1 Learning Strategies

Sound familiar?

  • Low grades

  • High academic stress

  • Procrastination

  • Perfectionism

  • Learning diagnosis

  • Trouble focusing

  • Motivation difficulties

  • Recovery from illness or injury

  • Course re-do

  • Better work habits

1:1 Sessions

We help students by targeting their personal learning challenges to unlock their potential inside (and outside) of the classroom.

Whether learning difficulties are isolated to a single course or an entire academic journey, we’re here to provide support. Learning strategies are suitable for any age or stage of learning, including individuals who face systemic barriers, lack of access, or posses a learning-related diagnosis.

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What to expect.

  • The primary goal in your first session is to get to know your learning strategist. Within your comfort level, you’ll be asked to share more about your learning journey, such as...

    • What the highs and lows have been?

    • What’s led you to Awakened Learning?

    You'll walk away from our initial 1:1 with a few types of strategies to integrate into your learning habits right away.

  • Future sessions will look to tackle your specific and personal challenges, like how to study for an upcoming Bio test or how to start or finish that English essay.

    We'll focus on both how to make it through particular hurdles and how to tackle future, similar assignments. 

    Sessions always include holistic approaches, ensuring we look at integrating strategies that consider your overall wellbeing. We understand how sleep, exercise, time outdoors, friendships, and community are all interrelated with school success.

  • Together, you’ll create tips, tricks, hacks, approaches, mindsets, tools, and interventions tailored to your learning experience and journey.

    Our aim is for every learner to build or expand on their toolkit to include strategies that make school easier, more successful, and even delightful.

    We help learners in an environment that is built on trust, safety, inclusivity, and caring.

    Explore our team of strategists

  • We welcome every type of learner. That means that success will look different for everyone!

    • Less distracted in lessons or lectures.

    • Lower test or exam related stress.

    • Lower complexity for ADHD, anxiety, a medical condition, or learning diagnoses.

    • Better sleeping, eating, exercising, and work-life balance.

    Whether your goals are similar or unique, our learning strategists are excited to help you shape your personal definition of success.

  • While there is no firm commitment when you sign-up for a session, we do recommend 10-12 weekly sessions as a starting point for all learners.

    We suggest a semester or term’s worth of sessions to properly experience growth/change depending on your assessment needs.

Read more about our approach

Learn about Group Learning Strategies

We make learning feel better.

  • She is putting everything she has learned from you and your team of strategists to good use. She no longer pulls all-nighters, she’s scheduling activities that she enjoys, meeting up with friends, getting enough sleep, and she’s even getting up early enough to drive herself to school! Impressive, right?

    Stephanie, learner parent
    (high school & post-secondary)

  • I do hope you see the face that I see when he is finished his sessions with you. The smile and more confidence is so overwhelming. He is so excited to talk to me about what you’ve discussed. He knows he can manage school and be a success. A little angry that he was not taught a lot of this while going through school right from the beginning but has it now and all these discussions will carry through with him all his life wherever he finds himself.

    Sandy, learner parent
    (third year post-secondary)

FAQ

  • Learning strategies are designed to work for all grades, years, subjects, and programs. They are beneficial not only for learners, but entire family units who may be struggling with how to best support their loved ones through academic challenges.

    • Elementary

    • Middle school

    • High school

    • Post-secondary

    • Mature & returning learners

    • Individuals with a learning diagnosis, including ADHD and autism

    • Time management

    • Prioritization

    • Note-taking

    • Essay-writing

    • Studying

    • Exam & test-taking

    • Anything in between!

    • Apps

    • Techniques

    • Digital resources

    • Web-based help

    • And more!

  • Awakened Learning is committed to providing all students with a safe, brave, and accountable space to share and learn. Our pedagogy is anti-racist and anti-oppressive. Justice and unlearning is at the heart of all we do. This isn’t about any DEDI “checklist,” but rather a core commitment, guided by decolonization, to participating in more equity in education.

    Note: As part of our commitment, if you would like to be matched with a learning strategist who is BIPOC or is non-binary or non-cisgender, we’re happy to make that connection. If you ever encounter anything that feels unwelcoming, please don’t hesitate to report it—it’s not your responsibility to teach, but we do invite all feedback.

  • We offer a range of fees with the aim of enabling financial access for all interested families:

    • 1:1 sessions with junior learning strategists start at $150 +HST.

    • 1:1 sessions with experienced learning strategists are between $195-225 +HST, depending on specialization.

    • 1:1 sessions with Deena are $325 +HST.

    Should these fees pose a barrier, here are some lower-cost options to access learning strategies through Awakened Learning:

  • Learning strategies are great for anyone who believes they could benefit from a greater work-life balance or assistance when returning to academic pursuits.

    • Parents

    • Professionals

    • Returning students, including those who have dropped out or been put on probation in the past.

Whatever the grade or year, subject or program, learning strategies are the how of doing the work that’s been assigned.

Find your strategist

Whether you’re seeking a more holistic approach or a deep rooted expertise–like writing, math, student athletes, or career building–our growing team of strategists can help.

Discover the strategist who’s right for you and set-up a free 15-minute consultation or contact us directly for more information.

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We make learning feel good *