How to Find a Good Tutor
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Anonymous
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We are looking for a tutor for our 9 and 10 year old kids. They do well in school but would like to have them staying ahead of the curriculum as far as their abilities will allow. We’ve tried some of the chains and also a smaller tutoring business but we either outgrew them or didn’t find it personalized enough. They are also athletes where schedules are tight and don’t always match class times being offered.
How would you recommend we go about finding a tutor for math? We are in the Vienna area and are not in the FCPS system. Thanks in advance. |
Anonymous
| I’m a tutor. All my students are thru referrals from other parents or teachers/teacher friends. Ask your circle. |
Anonymous
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Local universities always have undergrads looking to make a little extra money. Reach out to heads of departments. They have been surprisingly positive and willing to recommend students who make good tutors. If you're near the Orange Line, it would be easy to go and collect someone.
I've hired language and SSAT tutors from UMD, G'town and GMU before. |
Anonymous
OP here. Thanks for that tip. If we were able to find an undergrad, would they have materials/plans to stay ahead of our kid’s current curriculum? Or would their focus be more on their current studies? |
Anonymous
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I don't recommend college students. They're not trained in education and don't have a perspective beyond their own; they're literally just college students. Would you hire a random college-educated adult? Probably not.
I'd check out Partners in Learning, which friends have had a good experience with and which I've considered (but ultimately not opted for tutoring). Their website says they focus on remediation, but I'm sure the many tutors, who have deep education backgrounds, could do enrichment as well. |
Anonymous
| We e used wyzant.com. Also ask your teacher she will know of other teachers who tutor or may have other recs |
Anonymous
| I think its hard to find a tutor to just keep your kids ahead. Not having a specific goal is going to be hard to measure progress and is going to require you to get someone who is prepared to basically develop lesson plans. |
Anonymous
So is the franchise format the only answer to what I’m looking for then? |
Anonymous
I don't know why that other poster reacted so negatively to my post. Heads of department know who is smart and good at teaching concepts. You would need to detail clearly what you are looking for. My child's math tutor had saved her old mutlivar textbook, notes, tests & quizzes from 1st sem freshman year. So, she taught my kid the same material, beginning to end. That's what we were looking for. |
Anonymous
| If you're still looking for a tutor, I'd recommend reaching out to Mary with mPowered Virtual Learning. Her email is mary@mpowerededucation.com and website is www.mpowerededucation.com |
Anonymous
| I’m a little worried about why you want to add additional pressure to your kids with tutoring now. Please, for their mental health, let them be kids and use downtime to explore their interests and have a lazy day out walking around a park and looking under rocks. I’m a teacher and thought this sounded very sad for the kids. |
Anonymous
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Not necessarily for OP, but I got drawn into this post by the title and wanted to share this site: https://www.itselementarytutors.com/
I haven't started with them yet but am very impressed by the expertise of the tutors on their roster. |
Anonymous
| You can reach out to the office of your local elementary school. They often have lists of their teachers who also do tutoring…. |
Anonymous
| For math AOPS is the best for enrichment but kid has to be good at math , otherwise will get frustrated, Russian School of Math is good as they have classes for high average and advanced so they can find a good fit. For tutors wyzant is the best. |
Anonymous
| Hi i need help |