Private Prep’s Westchester Partner Stefanie Lob Gets Results

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Meet Stefanie Lob, Private Prep’s Westchester Partner, and first hire, a company that today boasts 250 teammates in 6 markets! Stefanie has been a natural leader from Day 1 – building, growing and managing the health and well-being and daily operations of Private Prep Westchester, while coordinating with all markets and headquarters. With her experience and natural ease as a teacher and mentor, Stefanie also trains and develops new directors and supports the ongoing development of coaches. At the core of her work, Stefanie cares deeply for families and students in helping them navigate the often daunting academic journey. Originally from Larchmont, NY, and a graduate of Northwestern University, Stefanie elected to forgo medical school and dedicate her career to helping students realize their potential. As part of the NYC Teaching Fellows program, Stefanie taught math and built curriculum as a department head at the Bronx Center for Science and Mathematics over the course of four years. In her time as a tutor at Private Prep she has helped students strengthen fundamental math skills and increase scores on the math portion of the SAT and ACT. Stefanie has also spent time as a leader on Outward Bound experiential learning trips and a ski instructor in California.

How or why without any advertising or marketing could Private Prep have reached their level of success in Westchester?

Every day, we focus our resources and our efforts on delivering the best service possible to families and to helping students achieve their goals and develop skills that last a lifetime, not on advertising or marketing. The rest takes care of itself.

Above any test score or college acceptance rate, we care most about our relationships with students and families. We believe THIS is why our company has grown exponentially, due almost exclusively to referrals.

Personal attention is fundamental to our process and lies at the forefront of our service.  We start any relationship with a complimentary consultation to get to know the student as a person, his/her academic strengths and weaknesses, goals and style to personalize a plan to effectively address the student’s needs.  This sets the stage for a true partnership between the director and the family, and sets the student and coach up powerfully for a successful and collaborative process.  We design a curriculum for each student’s unique learning style and are in frequent communication with families to track and discuss progress.

With all the options that are available in the TEST PREP arena for Westchester, why are so many families vying for a preferable time slot with a Private Prep tutor?

Private Prep focuses on the progress and success of one student at a time.  We invest in the highest professional standard of care and expertise, providing our families with unparalleled attention and round-the-clock communication.

Families work with passionate and highly qualified and vetted tutors who are required to participate in rigorous and ongoing professional development with our extensive training and mentorship program to stay on the cutting edge of test prep and pedagogical strategies.
Also, improving test performance is fundamentally about learning to perform at optimal capacity under pressure.  We do so through our unique Performance Prep and Mindfulness curricula while also providing our students practice test opportunities in a simulated and professional environment.

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White Plains, NY 10601
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