Private Debate Tutoring

Built for Student Success

Each NSD camp is built on a core set of values. Our Philadelphia PF curriculum provides a comprehensive and in-depth camp curriculum to teach students foundational and advanced PF debate skills. Our program is designed to enable students of all skill levels on their journey to competitive excellence in national circuit debate. Each student learns and rigorously prepares a camp topic, selected from the slate of upcoming topics for debate during the season, while refining debate skills and exploring academic fields relevant to our topic. Students learn our core curriculum, engage in structured practice activities, receive mentorship, and participate in practice rounds, all in small group, active learning environments.

• Begin the journey to national excellence
  Whether a student is new to debate or a debate veteran, we have a curriculum track designed to take students to the next level on their journey to national-level competitive success
• Core skills, with room for exploration
  Our core curriculum ensures student mastery of core debate skills, while our mentorship program, seminar system, and office hours provide students freedom and support to develop their own intellectual interests
• Emphasis on active learning
  Our students do not sit in large rooms and listen to lectures; they collaborate, discuss, engage in structured practice, and argue–all in small group settings