School Teachers Working as Tutors

[verykiasumummy]

jedamum:

when we started, my current teacher-tutor also asked what we want to focus on.

i will highlight my area of concern weekly.
after a while, besides what i highlighted, she will add in her own stuff to try to build up ds1's vocab and 'language-sense'
but mainly geared by which areas of improvement i want to see.
not very experienced, but very committed and knows how to motivate the kid.

u r lucky to find a good teacher-tutor.... hope she's not asking for exorbitant rates..

[verykiasumummy]

realitysg:

Yes, it was supposed to be sarcastic. However, it's not directed at you. Sorry about the wrongly-deleted quotes. It's directed at elderflowertea. For the bad grammar.

be sure that the [quote] .... [quote] is deleted as a set.... in that way, no mistakes liao...

[nms1]

verykiasumummy:

elderflowertea:

[quote=\"verykiasumummy\"]agree agree agree....


when i meant is that, wouldnt school teachers who are also giving tuition now choose to quit from their positions and become ex-sch teachers so that they can earn those big bucks? that would mean moe needs to employ more new teachers, and still need to give training and they are not guaranteed passionate still.. after some yrs of teaching, they are good in it and den quit again to become ex-sch teachers to earn big bucks...

are we solving the problem or creating another problem???

I am a full-time tutor. I have friends who are teachers. Most complained about the huge amount of admin work they have to do. I think if benefits for teachers are better, reduce the admin work, etc.. Not many teachers will quit to become ex-school teachers/tutors. Being school teachers is a more stable job than tutors. Being tutors, we also face some problems like students anyhow cancel lessons and/or owing tuition fees.

it is true to a certain extent, but those big bucks we are talking about can far cover those that they lose... i see some threads here mentioning $80/hr, $100/hr. say 1 week work 30hrs, 1 mth will be $12k... wow...[/quote]But remember no CPF, no MC, no annual leave, no medical coverage, end-of-year holidays when demand is low.......

[verykiasumummy]

nms1:

verykiasumummy:

[quote=\"elderflowertea\"]

I am a full-time tutor. I have friends who are teachers. Most complained about the huge amount of admin work they have to do. I think if benefits for teachers are better, reduce the admin work, etc.. Not many teachers will quit to become ex-school teachers/tutors. Being school teachers is a more stable job than tutors. Being tutors, we also face some problems like students anyhow cancel lessons and/or owing tuition fees.

it is true to a certain extent, but those big bucks we are talking about can far cover those that they lose... i see some threads here mentioning $80/hr, $100/hr. say 1 week work 30hrs, 1 mth will be $12k... wow...

But remember no CPF, no MC, no annual leave, no medical coverage, end-of-year holidays when demand is low.......[/quote]i suppose the extra income can cover those... how much does a teacher earn? $4k?? $5k??

[elderflowertea]

realitysg:

elderflowertea:

[quote=\"verykiasumummy\"]agree agree agree....




I am a full-time tutor. I have friends who are teachers. Most complained about the huge amount of admin work they have to do. I think if benefits for teachers are better, reduce the admin work, etc.. Not many teachers will quit to become ex-school teachers/tutors. Being school teachers is a more stable job than tutors. Being tutors, we also face some problems like students anyhow cancel lessons and/or owing tuition fees.

I hope you're not teaching English... :scared:[/quote]I teach Math.

[elderflowertea]

verykiasumummy:

i suppose the extra income can cover those... how much does a teacher earn? $4k?? $5k??

Most of them should be earning quite a lot by the time they finish their bond. I have one relative earning about $8000 per month teaching in a JC.

[junetan76]

This is an interesting thread. hehe.


I heard that in some schools, the teachers would reach school by 7.30am.
Start teaching… then after lessons at about 1pm, they would have lunch, meetings, workshops, projects, mark books, set exam papers, prepare teaching resources etc, etc etc.

At 6pm, they would start night remedial classes for their pupils.
After that, they would have CCAs till about 10pm before they pack home more worksheets to be cleared at home…

Till now, I find it unbelievable.
Can anyone tell me if this is true?

[janet88]

That teacher who taught my son English last year came at 4pm.

[verykiasumummy]

elderflowertea:

verykiasumummy:

i suppose the extra income can cover those... how much does a teacher earn? $4k?? $5k??

Most of them should be earning quite a lot by the time they finish their bond. I have one relative earning about $8000 per month teaching in a JC.

if we talking about jc, i hv friends who engage current jc tutor to teach her ds at $200/hr... and she told me that is the norm...

we are talking about pri teachers, they should hv just about $4k or $5k... so if quit and become full time ex-teacher tutor, they can earn at least $12k... good income for them..

[verykiasumummy]

junetan76:

This is an interesting thread. hehe.


I heard that in some schools, the teachers would reach school by 7.30am.
Start teaching.. then after lessons at about 1pm, they would have lunch, meetings, workshops, projects, mark books, set exam papers, prepare teaching resources etc, etc etc.

At 6pm, they would start night remedial classes for their pupils.
After that, they would have CCAs till about 10pm before they pack home more worksheets to be cleared at home...

Till now, I find it unbelievable.
Can anyone tell me if this is true?

all my dc never had cca till 10pm... who said that??

since when there is night remedial classes?? remedial is always after sch in the afternoon...