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Reading Lists for Summer
While you might not want to overload your student for the summer break, it is good to send them off with the idea that a small amount of something will be beneficial to them.
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Increasing Confidence in Students
Some students come to you brimming over with confidence. They know they are going to get an A but want an A*, or they know they are good but are just struggling with a certain aspect of the syllabus. But then there are others, who can hardly say a word without blushing, whose eye contact is non existent. These students need help to regain confidence in themselves before we can possibly ask them to move on with their learning.
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How do I get Promoted?
I often get asked this question and there is a very simple answer - be a great tutor. Be reliable, be prepared, be committed. If you are all of the above then promotion will follow the excellent feedback you continually receive from your students.
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You’re a Tutor not a Babysitter!
When tutoring younger children, responsibility for their welfare can be an issue. Whether you tutor at your house, or theirs, or somewhere agreed mutually, you are responsible for their safety while their parents are not around.
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Shakespeare: start ‘em young
I teach English and English literature to students of all ages.
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If Payments are Worrying You, Talk to Us!
99% of our tutors pay all their invoices on time. However, we have a few tutors who don’t seem to think this is important.
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“My students have to understand, tutoring is only my second job!”
I was rather surprised to read this in an email from one of our tutors yesterday, as I’m sure you can imagine. Don’t get me wrong, we are well aware that tutoring is often a way to earn some spare cash in spare time rather than a career choice. However, we do expect that tutors treat our clients and the students to the kind of service which means that they won’t feel as though they are not your main priority.
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Teaching the Parents
Given these hard economic times when parents are continually weighing up the benefits versus costs of hiring a tutor, we could offer tuition to parents who would be willing to support their own child in early stage Mathematics. In this way tutors would gain another few hours work and the parents would gain the knowledge to be able to support their children through KS1 and KS2 Maths.
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100 Seconds
The frighteningly real situation in our schools - posted on Saturday 19th May 2012 in The Guardian Education supplement.
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