Parents of Hardworking Teens

Ep. 46 Whether your teen's aiming for top marks in English, or hates reading and just wants to 'get through English', this episode if for you.
Gemma Toms is our English-Focus Coach, Shakespeare ninja, literature lover and examination extraordinaire.
As well as being an in-demand high school teacher in the UK, she's also an external examiner, lead marker, senior examiner, moderator AND she even works as a professional editor, too (just for fun)!
Here's WHAT YOU'LL LEARN from my conversation with Gemma:

• What your teen should do BEFORE they start reading any substantial text they're set (and the two things they should know before they dive in).
• Better ways to develop a deep understanding of a novel or play (rather than re-reading it).
• How to encourage a reluctant reader.
• How to choose the BEST evidence when planning or writing an analytical essay.
• What to do (and NOT do) in top responses when aiming to achieve top criteria.
• Tips for proofreading and critiquing your teen's writing if they ask you to read over it.
• Small edits that will make a BIG difference to final marks in creative or original writing.

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Waitlist (Enrolment open to 10WGT graduates only)
  
• Monthly Facebook Live Open Q&A: Rock Solid Study Facebook Page
  
• Jump on my email list and receive my Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

Ep. 92 -
How to find and then solve for the issue, missing piece or weakness that - when fixed - will create the BIGGEST improvement for your teen and their study, results and confidence.
Listen in to discover:

• The most common weak link for many students
  
• Why it's letting down the rest of their study
  AND
• How to fix it!

PLUS! If you find this episode helpful, you might also like:
Episode 1: The Study Success Formula

FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Follow Rock Solid Study on Facebook
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Instagram
  
• Have your teen trained by me in the skills, strategies and exam technique that'll get them bigger results, with less stress: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

We use the word 'potential' a lot when it comes to students and their performance.
But how do we bridge that gap between your teen's current ability and their potential?
Here's how I see it:
Ability is what your teen IS achieving right now.
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Capacity is what they could be achieving right now,
with their existing subject knowledge,
IF they had the tweaks, insights and skills to MAXIMISE that knowledge.
Capacity is what they could be producing,
not with a ton of extra work, knowledge and intelligence,
but if we just removed 'the kinks of the hose', or 'took off the handbrake' that's holding them back as they push hard on their accelerator.
It's what they have now, already inside of them, just OPTIMISED at full capacity.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.
  
• "Getting better results, and taking less time": Tara and Kevin's case study video
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Facebook
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Instagram
  
• Have your teen trained by me in the 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program

Ep. 62
Help your teen identify and prioritise the best thing for them to work on, at a particular time, and then to do it in the optimal way.
This week, I'll help you in supporting your teen to become more strategic in their study, so they get more bang for their buck, with higher results and less hours slaving over their assignments, homework and revision.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Episode 1: The Study Success Formula
  
• Episode 41: Hope is NOT a Strategy
  
• The 10WGT: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Next Level Coaching: Open to graduates of the 10WGT
  
• Get my Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.

Ep. 89 -
Why is it hard for your teen to change the way they study - even if that way is far from ideal?
Like always going over the word limit and then having almost as much time again culling.
Like leaving things to the last minute and being in a stress and panic and up late at night trying to finish.
Like copying out heaps of study notes, or doing tons and tons of research, knowing that it’s taking a load of time and probably isn’t the most effective way to do things - but still doing it anyway.

If your teen is doing any of these things, or something else that you can see isn’t the best way to do things, but just can’t seem to change, there will be a reason why.
And figuring out that reason is the first step.
FEATURED ON THE SHOW:

• Rock Solid Study Student Case Studies: Success Stories
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Facebook
  
• Follow Rock Solid Study on Instagram
  
• Have your teen trained by me: 10 Week Grade Transformation Program
  
• Get the Free Parent Guide: 3 Huge Mistakes (Even Smart!) Students Make in Exams and Assignments - and how to fix them immediately so your teen confidently achieves their best ever grades.