Scott Wallace

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Scott provides personalised tuition.

No associate tutors. No handovers between teachers.

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Why Wallace Academia remains a private practice

Personal responsibility, professional integrity, and continuity are central to the work. Every family works directly with Scott, who remains responsible for the teaching, preparation, and progress of each student.

01Continuity

Teaching since 2003.

The route was not a straight line, and the dates matter more than the adjectives.

2003

Liaoning, China

Scott began teaching English as part of an experimental programme run in partnership with the provincial Department of Education.

2012

Taipei

An exchange programme through Griffith University brought Scott to Taiwan. When it ended, he took a year out from his studies and decided to stay. By 2012, he was teaching English in Taiwan.

2013

Griffith University

He returned to Australia for his final semester, where he completed a bachelor's degree in Applied Linguistics with a double major in Chinese and Japanese.

2014

The practice

He returned to Taiwan and the practice started, first under his own name and then as Wallace English.

2026

Wallace Academia

The name changed as the scope of the work expanded. English alone no longer reflected a practice that included history, economics, and examination preparation.

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02Method

Share the work.
Receive a clear academic assessment.

No trial lesson. A comprehensive 60 to 90 minute diagnostic assessment. A formal written report. A clear course of action.

Initial academic review

Scott reviews the student's school context, recent work, current difficulties, and the family's goals.

Individual diagnostic assessment

The student completes 60 to 90 minutes of carefully selected reading, writing, reasoning, or examination tasks.

Scott reports

Strengths, failures, priorities and a recommendation, in writing, to the parent.

The consultation, the assessment and the written report are free, and none of it commits you to anything. There is no separate paid assessment.

Integrity

The student's work remains the student's.

Scott analyses the rubric to identify what
high-level performance requires. He then
questions the student's reasoning, helps
them plan an effective response, and
teaches them how to revise their own work.

Models and examples are used for understanding, never for replication. Scott does not provide tuition in mathematics or the sciences. Mathematical instruction is limited to the calculations, graphs, and quantitative reasoning required within AP Economics. This is a deliberate professional boundary.

No student appears on this site, and no report card is reproduced on it, without the family's written permission. Where a record is shown, it is shown on its own page, and redacted.

Experience

Flexible online lesson delivery.

Scott teaches through Zoom, Webex, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and TalkStudio. School networks often restrict particular platforms, so lessons are delivered through whichever option works reliably for the student. If the school-issued device cannot access any available platform, a personal computer or tablet may be required.

Continuous academic oversight.

Scott contacts each student on every school day for a brief update on what was taught, what was assigned, and what marked work was returned. These updates keep lesson preparation aligned with the student's current schoolwork and allow difficulties to be identified early. At the end of each month, parents receive a written review of the student's progress, priorities, and next steps.

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The studio

Online by design.

Wallace Academia is primarily an online private practice. Lessons are delivered from a purpose-built teaching studio designed for focused, interactive instruction. Limited in-person appointments are available in Taipei on Tuesdays and Saturdays and are normally scheduled for a minimum of 90 minutes.

Preparation

Not generic slides. Custom-built courseware.

Scott develops responsive, interactive HTML pages for each unit rather than teaching from generic slides or shared documents. The materials are informed by the student's current assignments, assessment rubrics, returned work, and teacher feedback.

Each unit is designed for both live instruction and independent review, with explanations, examples, questions, feedback, and interactive elements that remain available after the lesson.

AP Economics: 8 to 12 hours of development per unit. SAT: 6 to 10 hours of development per unit. These are preparation ranges, not billable lesson hours or promises of a particular result.

8 to 12

hours a unit

AP Economics, before a lesson happens

6 to 10

hours

SAT, for a single unit

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Consultation

Work directly
with Scott.

Tell Scott what has changed, what support has already been tried, and what concerns remain. He personally reviews every enquiry before recommending the next step.

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