Why do tutors keep dropping my child?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:You should try wyzant if you are doing it online. There are plenty of really good teachers in the Midwest who charge $50.

Yes. You go in and book sessions. I'm not understanding exactly the situation where tutors can "drop" a student who is booking and paying but it shouldn't be possible on a site like that or reply.

All of the Wyzant tutors are independent contractors. They don't actually work for Wzyzant. Therefore if they want to "drop" a student they can.

[Anonymous]

It is gig work. Most of us who do gig work do it because we want/need flexibility. I think there is a good chance your child was dropped due to the tutors cutting back on work or changing their schedule or something. It’s pretty common for folks with multiple gigs to get overwhelmed and have to drop stuff. I wouldn’t worry about this unless it happens again, and if it does ask the tutor about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You should try wyzant if you are doing it online. There are plenty of really good teachers in the Midwest who charge $50.

Yes. You go in and book sessions. I'm not understanding exactly the situation where tutors can "drop" a student who is booking and paying but it shouldn't be possible on a site like that or reply.

All of the Wyzant tutors are independent contractors. They don't actually work for Wzyzant. Therefore if they want to "drop" a student they can.

Same with Preply. I've done over 1000 lessons with them. Preply sucks and a lot of students are very flaky, but one of the few benefits is total control over my schedule and who I work with.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Is $150 the average price of a tutor? That sounds high to me. What qualifications do they have?

Not OP, but I live in Bethesda and there's a certain tutoring center near my house that has tutors from $150 and up. The founder commands $400+ an hour.
I credit them with getting my kid with learning disabilities high scores on their AP exams and ACT (short-term prep). We've used excellent independent tutors at $90/hr for more long-term work, like writing support.

In general, tutoring quality is hard to tell if the parent is not in the room. We used them during the pandemic, when everything was virtual, and I could hear the tutors working with my kid. They were great, except one, whom we had to switch out. Again, we wouldn't have known that if we weren't listening in...

So the parent really has to do their due diligence. A bad tutor isn't just a waste of money. They're also a waste of time.

Is this Amore Learning? We are thinking about using them for tutoring.

[Anonymous]

Have you looked into Casey’s special education?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ve been an independent tutor for 15+ years. I usually drop kids because their parents are a PITA that expect miracles.

PITA parent here. Not because we expect miracles. Because we expect the tutor to communicate effectively with us. To answer questions directly. To not make mistakes on the math problems that they are going over in the tutoring session. I'm not talking about high school kids tutoring a middle schooler. These are long term highly trained professionals, like this PP. We've never hired a tutor with the expectation that they'll work miracles.