No time to coach your child? Struggling with their syllabus? It’s time to engage a tutor to take over the task. So what make a good tutor? Not sure? How about a checklist to help you decide if the person you have engaged is the ideal tutor for your child.
The Tutor’s Education Background
The tutor should excel in the relevant subjects they are teaching. The better they performed in the subjects, the more they are able to pass their knowledge to your child. Ask for proof of their academic results and relevant certificates. Tutors with good results are more than happy to present their certificates.
The Tutor’s Teaching Experience
Tutors with rich experience are no time waster. They know how to prioritize and know at their finger tips of what is essential to teach during lesson. They are able to pin point immediately of what your child should take note. The more students they have taught, the more capable they are able to handle kids with different levels of intelligence, characters and personalities. They know what approach works best on individual kids. Thus the tutor’s teaching experience is one crucial criteria to take into consideration when looking for a tutor.
Is the Tutor Able to Access Your Child Within the First Few Lessons
Experienced or observant tutor has the ability to access your child’s character and performance one or two lessons. He/she knows which approach is best for your child. Without such observation, the tutor applying his/her own teaching method will somehow be futile as all children are different and not one approach can work well for all children.
Did The Tutor Ask About Your Child Previous Grades and Results?
A good tutor will be keen to know more about the student, especially the past results because the tutor’s tasks is to ensure improvements to the student’s grade. If the tutor shows no interest in the student’s grades, how is he/she going to help the student or determine there is any improvements in the long run?
Did The Tutor Set Goals with Your Child?
Goals setting is important as it gives your child a long term vision and short term motivation. It is the first step towards goal achievements and puts him/ her into real action. Thus a good tutor should spend some time with your child to set his/her goal and guide them along by helping them organize his/her time. By doing so, the child will have a target to work towards, instead of having tuition for the sake of tuition.
Determine if Rapport Between The Tutor and Your Child Is Good
Gather feedback from your child about the tutor. Does your child like the tutor? If yes, rapport has been established between your child and the tutor. Good rapport is critical for the lessons to be enjoyable. Enjoyable lessons can motivate your child to look forward to every lessons and they are more receptive towards the coaching of the tutor, thus in turn resulting in more productivity from the lessons.
Determine Tutor’s Passion and Enthusiasm
Chat with the tutor, observe how the lesson is conducted, try to determine if the tutor is passionate in his/her teaching. Is the tutor enthusiastic during lessons? Did the tutor make sure your child fully understand the mistakes made during practices? Is the tutor proud of the results his/her students produced? If the answer is yes to the above questions, congrats! Your tutor is highly likely passionate in teaching!
Is the Tutor Positive, Patient and Motivating Determine The Tutor’s Confidence Level
A positive tutor can motivate your child during down times. A patient tutor will not lose temper and give up easily, he/she will have the patience to spur your child on, as motivating is not just a one-time effort but it takes time. Thus if your tutor has the positive vibes and is patient enough, congrats! Grab hold of him/her.
Is The Tutor’s Responsible and Committed
To determine the level of the tutor’s commitment, one is able to observe through the number of lessons the tutor cancelled within a time period. If the attendance of the tutor is 100% or close, the tutor is committed. On the other hand, if he/she cancelled lessons every now and then, the commitment level is lacking and this can seriously affect your child’s progress.
Parents would definitely prefer a responsible tutor, isn’t it? A responsible tutor should notify the parent in advance if he/she is not able to turn up for the tuition or he/she is going to be late. A responsible tutor should check through the given homework and go through all mistakes your child has made. A responsible tutor should have lessons planned before hand and not waste time during the tuition. Thus getting a responsible tutor is definitely more beneficial than having a time wasting tutor.
Is The Tutor Strict Smart in Exam Techniques Is There Improvements After Few Months
Solely passing the knowledge to your child is not good enough, the tutor should be familiar with the exam format, paper duration for different subjects, so that he/she can guide your child along to better prepare them for and during the examination. A good tutor is able to pin point which are the popular topics or questions. He/she will also help your child in time management, so that your child can maximize the time not just to complete the paper but also has the allowance to check through the paper for careless mistakes.
Did The Tutor Communicate and Update the Parents
All parents wish to be involved in their children’s education, however most parents are tied up with their work and they have limited time, thus the least they need is update from the tutor. A good tutor should communicate with the parent on the child’s progress time to time, let them know the problems (if there is any), so the parents can know what is happening and are able to plan and execute the next step.
The above are some pointers parents can take note when engaging a tutor for your child, hope this checklist can help you in deciding if the tutor is a gem to keep or it’s time to change for a better one.
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