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Sylvan Learning Center
Offers Parents Top Tips
According to the Education
Industry Association, the
demand for tutoring has
increased 15-18% in the past
year, compared to
single-digit growth
previously. As a result, the
number of tutors has also
increased dramatically.
Before entrusting your
child’s academic future to
someone, it’s important to
make sure that person is the
best qualified to meet your
child’s needs.
Sylvan Learning Center, the
leading provider of
in-center and live, online
tutoring at home to students
of all ages and skill
levels, offers easy tips for
parents to use when choosing
effective tutors.
Make sure the tutor is
licensed or certified.
Tutors will need the proper
qualifications to assess,
diagnose, and tutor to a
child’s weakness.
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Look for a tutor with
experience teaching
children the same age as
your child.
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Request an assessment.
An individualized
analysis of a student’s
strengths and weaknesses
can determine a child’s
needs and help set
goals. Also, insist on
progress updates as a
child passes through
each step of the
tutoring program.
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Define your goals. Are
you trying to keep your
child from failing? Are
you looking to challenge
a child who is already
doing well in school? Be
sure your tutor
understands your
objective and is skilled
enough to meet it.
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Find a tutor with
specific expertise in
the subject of your
choosing. Just because
someone is a math
genius, it doesn’t mean
he is qualified to teach
other subjects.
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Make a personality
match. Determine what
kind of teacher the
student has excelled
with previously.
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Ask tutors how they will
help your child master a
specific skill. A good
tutor will require that
a child learn a specific
skill before advancing
to the next academic
level. Find a tutor who
will work with parents
and teachers to create
an individual program.
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Ask prospective tutors
for references from
previous employers and
students, or hire a
respected tutoring
company.
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Get recommendations for
tutors from family and
friends.
Learning feels good™ at
Sylvan Learning Center, the
leading provider of
in-center and live, online
tutoring at home to students
of all ages and skill
levels. With more than 25
years of experience and
nearly 1,200 centers located
throughout North America,
Sylvan Learning Center has
positively changed the lives
of over two million students
and families.
Sylvan’s trained and
certified teachers provide
personalized instruction in
reading, writing,
mathematics, study skills
and test-prep for college
entrance and state exams. At
Sylvan, students develop the
skills to do better in
school and the confidence to
do better in everything
else. For more information
regarding the Sylvan
Advantage™, call
1-800-31-SUCCESS or visit
Sylvan’s tutoring Web site
at
http://www.educate.com/info. |
