Where to Find a Good SAT Prep Speaker

Where to Find a Good SAT Prep Speaker?

Where can I find SAT Prep teachers for my program? Charmaine, Brooklyn, NY

Thanks for your question. My first thought was that the College of Education at my college here in Oklahoma used to make an individual available to do that at high schools (though in Oklahoma, most students take the ACT). It was considered an outreach function of the college, so it was fairly inexpensive, and had a qualified individual(s) teaching the classes. So I'd check with all the Education programs at colleges and universities in our area. If there's a continuing education or outreach or extension office at that college (those are all different names for the same function), you might also check there.

Another idea you might consider is to have a panel discussion of students who were successful in taking the SAT. I couldn't tell by your e-mail address if you're located at a college or a high school, or are part of a separate program, so I don't know how easy that will be for you. But if possible, I'd try to locate 5 to 10 individuals who are college upper-classmen/women, and did well on the SAT - not just high scorers, also include those who made a big change between tests. High School Counselors, college admission directors, or experienced college consultants are good people to check with. You could interview the students by phone and see what they have to say and pick 4 or 5 of them to talk about what they did and didn't do. Particularly kids from your area are likely to be willing to come help you cheap or for free. Kids, as you know, listen to other kids... If you or someone else did a little research at www.collegeboard.com, you could have some specific suggestions to share, along with specifics on how the test is layed out and administered. Between the panel, the specifics from College Board's site, and some general testing suggestions like "read the questions before you read the reading passage", and "get a good nights sleep", and "eat a good breakfast", etc. you would have a pretty good workshop and it wouldn't cost you much except some snacks...

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