Summit Learning Services Inc. Franchise
Our Mission - Summit Learning Services is the fastest growing tutoring company in Florida. Since our incorporation in June of 2006 and from the time we first started to tutor students (January 2007), quality has always been our highest priority. Our company began tutoring 1 student and grew to more than 100 in less than 3 months. We partnered with several area South Florida Public schools, in fact, we were named Partner of the Year in 2008 by the Broward County Public School System.
In 2008, we were privileged to become a provider in the No Child Left Behind Program. We were proud to tutor hundreds of students in our 1st year in NCLB. There is 2.7 billion dollars available nationally for the NCLB program and 125 million in Florida alone. In 2009, we opened 12 franchised units that are servicing close to 25 Florida counties. We still have some available territories left in Florida. We will be serving 7-10 other states beginning in the 2010-2011 school year, all supported by franchised locations. Our realistic goal is to develop 150+ centers in the next 2-3 years.
Market - There are many tutoring companies for parents to choose from. The Education/Tutoring services field is a 12 billion dollar a year sector and growing 12-15% every year. It is one of the few industries that continue to grow during these turbulent times.
Financing - Because of our extremely affordable franchise fee, financing will not be offered.
Why Summit Learning Services?
Most of the current education companies utilize college students, substitute teachers, and often individuals without any teaching experience at all. Summit Learning Services will always utilize state certified educators. This is just one of many things which set Summit Learning Services apart from the rest of the field.
Our franchise fee is $14,995.00 per unit ( 5 year contract). You will be given access to dozens of schools participating in the NCLB program as well as a defined private student territory. We ask you to look around and compare what other educational companies are requiring for franchise fees and start up costs. One of our competitors is actually selling a home based NCLB only franchise with $148,000-$295,000 needed to get started. A leading independent consultant looked at our model and our competitor's and concluded Summit Learning Services not only had a higher quality product, but at 1/5 the price!
You will be trained to develop and grow your private pay student division. But, because of the economic climate we are in, Summit Learning Services is ramping up and ready to grow by increasing our position in the NCLB marketplace. In short, NCLB is recession proof, it is backed by federal dollars, and is the fastest growing segment in the learning services field.by far! Summit Learning Services has created an affordable, yet quality driven learning services model...unlike any other in the industry.
Our management team combines a unique combination of proven business experience and solid verifiable educator experience and credentials. Few learning services companies can match the level of expertise we bring to the table. You will be able to start your Summit Learning Services center from your home. This will save you thousands of dollars in start up costs. As you build your business, you will most likely want to open your own learning center outside of your home setting.
Our company, management team and accomplishments are all easily obtainable by using common search engines such as Google etc.
Training & Support-Before opening your Summit Learning Services learning center, you will receive full training and support. Our goal is for you to succeed.
Experience in the education field or having a partner with education experience is highly desirable. We do have a corporate policy of only using state certified educators to tutor in both NCLB and our private division.
Common myths and half truths about other learning center companies selling franchised units:
- You will become rich working 20-30 hours a week. Let's face it, if it were that easy, everyone would do it. The fact is, to succeed; you will need to devote time to your center. Studies have shown learning centers that restrict themselves to Monday-Thursday hours of 3pm-7pm will typically close in a short period of time or sold. If you work hard and put in the extra effort needed to develop a successful business, the financial rewards will come.
- Finding top notch staff is easy. You want educators who will represent your Summit Learning Services center in a positive way. Hiring college students or even individuals without teaching experience will most likely harm the reputation of your center. Our salaries paid to tutors are tops in the industry. We can be extremely selective in who we hire. We are not saying hiring top notch staff is difficult but, we want to make it clear that it is a very important function of your duties and should not be taken lightly.
- Anyone can open a center and have success. Running a successful business is not easy. It takes a person with tremendous drive and perseverance. We are looking for those types of individuals and will not sell units to just anyone who has the available funds.
Owning and operating a Summit Learning Services center will be one of the most rewarding things you will ever do. You will be creating an impact on our young population and developing the minds of our future leaders.
