All About Finding & Evaluating Tutors
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janet_lee88:
bcos i have a daughter, i prefer to have a female tutor.
In this time and age, even female tutors may no longer be safe. Sigh.
After a while, one may just have to learn to both trust in the basic good of mankind and yet keep both an eye and a ear open! -
if tutoring at home in an open area eg. dining room and with another adult at home, should be quite okay I think
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senseimichael:
true true...so i always remind kids that tutors are hired to coach them in their education...anything out of context, LET ME KNOW.janet_lee88:
bcos i have a daughter, i prefer to have a female tutor.
In this time and age, even female tutors may no longer be safe. Sigh.
After a while, one may just have to learn to both trust in the basic good of mankind and yet keep both an eye and a ear open! -
no offence to tutors, but as parents who rely on tutors to provide backup for kids, we need to assess tutors with great care. those who are dishonest, unprofessional or simply cannot teach, they should be sacked.
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janet_lee88:
no offence to tutors, but as parents who rely on tutors to provide backup for kids, we need to assess tutors with great care. those who are dishonest, unprofessional or simply cannot teach, they should be sacked.
Why should we add the qualifier \"no offence to tutors\"? Even if we are offended, so? The customer has a right to an agreed-upon quality at the price paid for. If I hire a contractor to clean my air-con and they do not do a good job, do we apologise to them for their poor job?
On the other hand, my peeve are agents who tell me to \"lower my rates\" so I can get more assignments. -
there are indeed dedicated tutors who really perform a wonderful job…but it’s a pity some dishonest and so-called professional ones who ruined the kids’ lives…sometimes these tutors play out at crucial moments, for eg near exams. so parents, believe your kids since you know them well.
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janet_lee88:
there are indeed dedicated tutors who really perform a wonderful job...but it's a pity some dishonest and so-called professional ones who ruined the kids' lives...sometimes these tutors play out at crucial moments, for eg near exams. so parents, believe your kids since you know them well.
Personally, i like parents to evaluate me during my teaching. I will encourage them to stay close to the student and listen to what i have to share. Only through feedbacks, i will improve and enhance my style of teaching.
Remember, every student problem is unique and very often it is a challenge to pinpoint the root of the problem on the very first lesson. I usually will interview both the student and the parent before the first lesson to get as much background information as possible. By doing so, i get to know my student more despite meeting them for the first time and i am able to formulate a lesson plan based on the problems they are facing.
Also, parents should always get feedbacks from their child on the following:
1. How enjoyable is the lesson with that particular tutor.
2. Do they feel comfortable bringing the questions to the table for discussion with the tutor?
3. Does the tutor explanation make sense to you?
With respect to maths and science, if the particular tutor focuses on memorizing theory more than anything else, take caution.
What sets the dedicated tutors apart from the rest is the passion and the commitment. -
janet_lee88:
true true...so i always remind kids that tutors are hired to coach them in their education...anything out of context, LET ME KNOW.[/quote]Male tutors should always be extra careful when it comes to tutoring female students due to the many unfortunate incidents happen these days. As mentioned, having the lesson conducted in the living room with the monitoring of the parent is advisable. This is to safeguard the interest of both parties. Tutors have their reputation at stake.senseimichael:
[quote=\"janet_lee88\"]bcos i have a daughter, i prefer to have a female tutor.
In this time and age, even female tutors may no longer be safe. Sigh.
After a while, one may just have to learn to both trust in the basic good of mankind and yet keep both an eye and a ear open!
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How would u assess a tutor who have no problem with the student and parents for 6 months of tutoring but ended the student still fail in his final year exam? The student and the parents find the tutor ok with the way he teach before the exam. He has given practices and homeworks to the student. The student is highly motivated and have greater interest in the subject due to the tutor’s influence. The tutor cleared many misconceptions in the subject and student learned many things from the tutor. The student has put in lots of effort to practice exam questions. But the end result…he failed. Everyone was shocked. After looking through his exam paper, the cause of his fail is he’s still not able to solve new questions despite many hours of practices on past exam questions. So even with 6 months of tuitions he has not even improved to a C or B. What has gone wrong? The parents felt the money wasted. The student felt he must be very stupid. The tutor is simply devastated that he has failed despite the parents find nothing wrong with him to sack him earlier to get other tutor. Any parents or tutors having similar experience? The student is JC2 physics.
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shern25:
How would u assess a tutor who have no problem with the student and parents for 6 months of tutoring but ended the student still fail in his final year exam? The student and the parents find the tutor ok with the way he teach before the exam. He has given practices and homeworks to the student. The student is highly motivated and have greater interest in the subject due to the tutor's influence. The tutor cleared many misconceptions in the subject and student learned many things from the tutor. The student has put in lots of effort to practice exam questions. But the end result....he failed. Everyone was shocked. After looking through his exam paper, the cause of his fail is he's still not able to solve new questions despite many hours of practices on past exam questions. So even with 6 months of tuitions he has not even improved to a C or B. What has gone wrong? The parents felt the money wasted. The student felt he must be very stupid. The tutor is simply devastated that he has failed despite the parents find nothing wrong with him to sack him earlier to get other tutor. Any parents or tutors having similar experience? The student is JC2 physics.
There are many possibilities, such as the paper could be too difficult (above 'A' level standard) or the student still lacks conceptual understanding so he is not able to apply what the tutor has taught to different types of questions, etc.
If you are worried about whether the tutor is adequate, I suggest seeking an another opinion from someone whom you trust. It could be another 'A' level grad, the school teacher or another science subject tutor. If you intend to do this, however, you should bring along the Physics tutor's notes and practices so that they can have an accurate gauge of the tutor's abilities.
Bringing along the tutor's notes will be more fair for the tutor, because if you just ask anyone offhand why your child failed despite tuition, most people will probably say that maybe the tuition was ineffective. But there could be other reasons. Hope you resolve the issue soon and help your child regain confidence in the subject.
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