Virtus Skills coaching for teenagers
Virtus is eight sessions of skills coaching for teenagers. Your child learns to break down hard problems, question what they read, and make a case that lands, on paper and out loud.
Is this your child?
If you’ve thought any of these about your child, Virtus was built for them.
What changes
The shifts Virtus is built around, described the way you would notice them at home.
How it works
Between sessions
Between sessions your child uses the week’s skill in real life: on a news story, a school assignment, a decision at home. Then they teach it to someone else. If they can explain it, they own it.
Breaking a problem into parts, and making sure it is the right problem before solving it.
Testing claims like a prosecutor. What is the evidence, and what would change their mind?
Reading numbers without being fooled: averages, probability, and charts that mislead.
Making decisions under uncertainty, and spotting the biases that push them off course.
Creative problem-solving. Finding patterns and building ideas within real constraints.
Research methods. Designing a fair test and separating signal from noise.
Communication. Structuring an argument and reading the audience, in writing and in speech.
Working with people. Negotiation, group dynamics, and leading fairly.
What they keep
A working record of your child’s thinking. Every week they log real problems they broke down, claims they checked, and something they taught someone else. You can watch their reasoning get sharper on the page.
Daily spot
One skill they noticed in the real world today, used well or badly.
Problem log
Real problems from their week, broken down with the tools from each session.
Claim tracker
Things they heard and checked instead of accepting. Source, evidence, verdict.
Debate notes
Arguments they had or watched. What the real disagreement was, and who argued better.
Case study file
One real case a week from news, business or history, taken apart.
Teach-back log
What they taught someone, and what teaching it showed them.
Your child’s mentor
One mentor, from the first session to the last. They get to know how your child thinks, so each session picks up where the last one left off.
Placeholder: mentor to be confirmed
Role and background
A few lines on who they are, what they have done, and why they coach Virtus. Parents read this to decide whether they trust this person with their child, so make it specific.
Works with your child on
For the curious
Four core skills, each taught the same way: learn the idea, spot it in the world, use it on a real problem, then teach it to someone else.
Draws on
Critical thinking · Research methods · Design thinking · The Feynman technique
Book a call and tell us about your child. We’ll talk through where they are now and which of our three programmes suits them best.
