When your tutor comes to report for work do you have a small conversation with him/her? By small conversation I do not mean small talk. Small talk includes things like "Hi how are you?" or "Want a cup of coffee" or "The weather's pretty hot today huh".
When your tutor reports to work for the 1st day it is vital to talk to him/her. In the previous article I wrote. I mentioned that you need to do some checks to ensure that the tutor is not lying to you. Other than checking age and grades you should be talking to your tutor.
As a parent you are part of the tutoring process. You have to play a significant part in making sure that your child is tutored properly. What can you talk about on the first day of the tutoring? Well there are plenty of things you can talk about.
You can have a general with her to learn if she has experience in tutoring before. Get to know her more. This is very important. You have to make it easy for both of you to talk. This allows her to be able to respond better to you the next time she comes. The reason why I say this is important is because she would have an easier time giving you a report on your child. Wouldn't you like that?
You can also ask her if she has made any plans on how she wants to tutor your child. An extremely capable tutor would be very prepared. If she has had past experience she can tell you how she is going to teach. Is it by tutoring one topic at a time? Or is she just going to see what problems your child has? Find out the approach so that you are in the loop at all times. Be concerned. Its your child's future after all.
Many parents leave the job to the tutors because they trust them. However it is a very irresponsible action. If you take some time to have a small with your tutor you can learn many new things. For example she may inform you that she has given your child a piece of homework. You can then help by ensuring that your child completes the homework on time. She can also inform you that your child's grades are dropping due to his laziness. You can then take an appropriate action to deal with your child.
Feedback has always been and will be important. If you don't take the step to communication you may not know what is going on with your child and the tutor.
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