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Home tutoring
When selecting a home tutor it’s important for you to choose the right person for your child.
This is your checklist:
- Do they have a good educational background?
- Do they have strong teaching experience?
- Do they have good references?
- Are they punctual?
- Are they patient?
- Will they be able to help your child understand the work?
- Ask them questions about their background- The answers they give will help you to decide whether they are the type of person you are looking for or not.
- Check their background and ask to see their educational qualifications.
- Get referrences from their previous employers.
If you decide you want to give them a try, keep an eye on their teaching sessions with your child and also ask your child how they feel things are going.
You must make sure that your child feels comfortable with them. They must be able to stimulate your child’s intelligence and motivate them to study hard.
You should exercise your right to turn down someone for the job, or even terminate the employment of a home tutor that doesn’t meet you and your child’s needs or expectations.
If you don’t think that your income can’t stretch far enough to cover home tutoring you could always send your child to a supplementary/saturday school.
Supplementary schools
Supplementary schools are usually run outside of school hours- during the week after school and at weekends. They are run by Black and Minority Ethnic- BME organisations for families from these communities.
The first supplementary schools were set up in the 60s and 70s because parents felt that mainstream schools weren’t meeting the full needs of their children.
The black tutors are volunteers and they specialise in black history, English, Maths, Science, ICT, religious studies, cultural studies and a number of extra activities, like sport, dance, music and drama.
There are about 5000 supplementary schools in England, so there will be several near you. They are run in community centres, youth clubs, churches and mainstream schools etc. They vary in size and can cater for anything from 10 to a 100 pupils.
The Resource Unit publishes an annual national directory of supplementary schools. For further information telephone 020 7700 8189 or visit the website:
Website: www.resourceunit.com
E-mail: resource@resourceunit.com
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