How to choose a tutor for a child so as not to waste money

Even during the period of strict quarantine, you can continue study. To do this, it is enough to find a good tutor who can conduct classes remotely - for example, via Skype. But there are many tutors in each subject. How to choose a good one so as not to waste your money?

1. Recommendations

In any field, satisfied customers speak about a specialist. It is important to clearly define what exactly you want to get in the end: just more knowledge and understanding of the subject, a good result on the exam - or make a winner of international Olympiads out of your child?

That is, you need to follow the recommendations of those people who achieved goals similar to yours with the teacher.

2. Trial lesson

In the first lesson, the tutor must first check the child's level of knowledge. If the level is low, there should be no reproaches, pressure, criticism.

3. Attitude towards the child

It is important that the child and the teacher find a common language well, respect each other and generally get along. Usually, after the first lesson, the child can tell whether he liked the tutor or not.

At the same time, you should not allow the child and the teacher to become so friends that they forget about the main thing - the result (for example, if the tutor is a student and the age difference is not big).

After all, you pay real money for which there should be a specific result.

4. Attitude to the subject

Dry and / or incomprehensible presentation of the material is a sign of a poor tutor. Maybe the person himself understands his subject, but cannot explain. A parent must attend at least one lesson to assess the level of presentation of the material.

If the child does not understand, this is the tutor's problem, not the child's. After all, they turned to him for that, so that the incomprehensible would become clear. If the child did not understand the topic at school, turned to the tutor - and still did not understand anything, then this is a useless waste of money, another specialist is needed.

5. Punctuality

Regular delays or cancellations of classes can only be forgiven for a brilliant tutor who is very difficult to replace.

In other cases, it makes sense to look for a teacher with a higher level of responsibility and respect.

6. Students

A tutor is not necessarily a teacher with 20 years of experience. If your goal is to improve the child's knowledge a little not for all the money in the world, then you can hire a sociable and capable student.

This option will save you a lot of money. You just need to constantly check the progress to be sure that the educational goal is in the first place for the young teacher.

So, bad tutor:

• makes unrealistic promises: master the entire school course in a couple of months, etc.;
• only helps to do homework, does not provide additional knowledge;
• acts stereotyped, does not stimulate the child to think outside the box;
• inconsistent or prone to excessive repetition, delaying training;
• talks too much on extraneous topics, from which the educational process suffers;
• unpleasant to the child himself.

A good tutor:

• gives tasks for independent work, checks them on time;
• emphasizes understanding, not memorization;
• adapts training for a specific child, highlights weaknesses and works them out;
• arrives on time, warns in advance of a change in plans;
• explains calmly and friendly, treats the child with respect;
• calmly accepts any questions from the student, explains again until it becomes clear;
• regularly informs parents about the results of classes and talks about progress and what to look for.

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