Thursday, 6 June 2013

Top 10 tips that Students should consider Before Hiring a Professional Tutor in Singapore

Given our busy schedules, it is obvious that we parents don’t get enough time to spend with our kids. More so when we have gone overseas, leaving our country behind, just to earn that extra bucks to help chalk out a better future for our kids.
Being in Singapore for work, there are chances that your busy routines doesn’t give you enough time to help your children with their homework and studies. Considering that you don’t have enough time, there is a likely chance that your kid’s studies could be neglected. You may be busy providing a future for your kids that the immediate academic needs of your child can be neglected.

So, one of the best option to deal with this problem of time and concern is to hire a professional tutor, in fact, hiring a personal tutor to help your child could further improve his overall development, as most of the time, if children are not monitored closely, they may tend to spend too much time in unproductive activities and playing computer games.
It has been proven that almost 80 percent of students in Singapore have personal tutors, and more parents are in search of tutors for the kids in order to enhance their academic performance and help them survive in the highly competitive society. To help all parents to find the best tutors for their child’s need, ChampionTutor has launched Online Tuition Agency in Singapore 
Listed below are 10 tips that students and parents should consider before hiring a Professional tutor in Singapore:
1.    Get references from people in the area you Are residing, seek for the good advice of the best tutor you can get and what are the likely charges the tutor would charge
2.    Either you speak to the tutor directly, or you call up an online tuition agency like ChampionTutor in order to find the best tutor with good teaching flair to guide your child.
3.    First interview of tutors on the phone before engaging them is ideal, as you can clearly listen to them and gauge if they are someone who can communicate their answer across well to you. Tutor who can communicate well, is likely to mingle well with students.
4.    Always inform the tutor in advance if you want him/her to continue with your kid through PSLE or “O” Levels because your kid may find it difficult to adjust with another teacher once they are used to them.
5.    Some tutors would take tuition as temporarily jobs, therefore it is important you identify such tutors and don’t hire them.
6.    Inform the tutor about the preferred timing and other tad bits of conduct beforehand.
7.    Tutor’s age can be an important factor while hiring a tutor. Young tutors can be energetic and updated with the latest syllabus but hiring a tutor about your child age can have its demerits. The tutor can find it hard to get the child to listen to him or respect him
8.    You can ask the tutor about how he/she thinks about helping your child. A good tutor will always have a plan to help certain types of kids. Tuitions are more personal than lessons in school, a tutor should be able to assist the child in the overall development.
9.    You must talk about the fees and charges that the tutor would charge before hiring him/her for the job.
10. Make sure that you have the right tutor coming to your place, and always have an adult in the house while the tuition commence.

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