Learning Culture: With Passion and Focus

LearningCulture stands for education of the highest quality. Because for us, learning doesn’t just mean studying material for the next exam and then forgetting it again. Learning is a life philosophy for us. A learning culture is the joy of discovering something new and of improving one’s own abilities. A person living in accordance with a learning culture takes responsibility for his or her own success, sets personal goals and works towards achieving them.

A learning culture means taking the initiative and not waiting for others to change the world.

We want to share this learning culture with our students and also their parents. Together we work on achieving success and good grades.

The Basics of Our Learning Culture

Learning as a life philosophy

Learning is a burdensome obligation? We see this differently: Learning is an opportunity, a privilege, it is enjoyable and an important tool for success.

We impart this way of thinking to our students, but also exemplify it ourselves: Our team and our coaches continuously and enthusiastically develop themselves further. On pedagogical topics, but also in related areas like coaching and psychology.

Recognition and Self-Confidence

Every student is an individual human being with certain skills and a special personality. We show them how they can utilise their specific capabilities and dispositions to reach their personal goals. In this way, we increase their trust in their own talents.

Self-responsibility and initiative

When students start taking responsibility for their success, they learn more easily and effectively and gain a new appreciation for the school knowledge and for reaching goals.

We help children and youth in setting their own goals, to work towards them and to gain self-confidence from reaching those goals.

Successful together

Teamwork makes tutoring even better. Because the students‘ educational performances are influenced by many persons: Teachers, parents, friends, tutors and of course the students themselves. We achieve the highest levels of success when everyone pulls together and communicates in an open and direct way.

Learning With a Pedagogic Concept

It doesn’t matter which of our coaches your child works with: They are all excellent coaches and persons with their own personal teaching histories. In addition, every one of them is proficient in and exemplifies the learning concept of LearningCulture.

Because learning requires concept.

The cornerstones of our lessons

The teaching concept of LearningCulture is based on target orientation, openness, respect and motivation. Besides the students’ knowledge, their self-confidence is the main contributing factor for their success in school.

Pedagogical Direction

Two persons are especially responsible for the pedagogic orientation of LearningCulture: Balz Müller and Nicole Rüede. Both have extensive teaching experience and pedagogic competency. Together they form the pedagogic leadership and are therefore responsible for the development and realization of our pedagogic concept.

In addition, they create our lesson plans, choose and accompany coaches, support the development of course materials and develop our coaches in internal training courses.

Simply put: They create learning culture.

Pedagogical Direction

Balz Müller

Pedagogic Director

Balz Müller studied German and history and received the teaching diploma for grammar schools at the University of Bern. With his years of experience as a teacher and principal at large private schools (Lyceum Alpinum and the Montana Zugerberg Institute), he supports the LearningCulture team in the triangle of student – coach – parents in an optimal way.

Besides his position as a pedagogic director and supervisor of our coaches, Mr. Müller still enjoys teaching actively and tries to exercise daily to achieve the right balance.

Daniela Spälti

Pädagogische Leiterin

Daniela Spälti erlangte einen Masterabschluss in Deutsch und Geschichte sowie ein Lehrdiplom für Maturitätsschulen. Sie verfügt über langjährige Unterrichtserfahrung mit Jugendlichen und Erwachsenen und hat auch schon Lektionen in Deutsch als Fremdsprache erteilt. Besonders gut gefallen ihr Schreibtrainings, in welchen sie den Schülerinnen und Schülern helfen kann, ihre Ideen aufs Papier zu bringen. Deshalb unterrichtet sie ergänzend zu ihrer Tätigkeit als pädagogische Leiterin immer noch sehr gerne.

Coach Profil von Daniela Spälti

David Heil

Pädagogischer Leiter

David Heil gelangte im Quereinstieg zum Unterrichten. Neben dem Studium der Literatur und Philosophie unterrichtete er während drei Jahren an einer Privatschule eine Sek-I-Klasse auf Basis von individuellen Wochenplänen. Mit seiner Auffassung von Unterricht als gezielte Förderung unterschiedlichster Schüler*innen sowie von Lernen als etwas gleichermassen Schönes wie Stärkendes arbeitet er inzwischen seit einigen Jahren mit grossem Einsatz und ansteckender Freude an und in unseren Langgymnasium-Kursen sowie im Einzelunterricht.

Coach Profil von David Heil

Nicole Rüede

Pedagogic Co-Director

After a career in sales and years of working as a tutor on the side, Nicole Rüede decided to turn her passion into a job. That’s why she studied at the Pedagogic University of Applied Sciences FHNW and obtained her bachelor’s as a primary teacher. For 8 years, she worked as a class teacher and specialist teacher in English at the middle level and still prepares classes for the transfer to the upper level and for the transfer exam.

As pedagogic director, Ms. Rüede is responsible for the courses for students visiting the long versions of the Swiss grammar school. In addition, she supports other coaches in issues around the pedagogic primary school area.

Michaela Veigl

Accredited Psychologist

Michaela Veigls educational path lead from infant pedagogics to studies of psychology at the University of Vienna, with majors in developmental psychology and clinical psychology. She then worked with children, youth and young adults with different physical and mental impairments at university clinics in Austria and Switzerland. Over the last years, she started specializing in the areas of neuropsychology and learning guidance.

Our Coaches Will Take Care of the Realization.

Find out more about the selection process, the concept for continuing development and also get to know some of our coaches:

Meet our coaches