| Whether you're looking for a tutor for your | | | | get too frustrated if this isn't understood and |
| second grader in science or your sixth grader in | | | | dealt with properly. |
| reading, you'll need to know how to make the | | | | The high school student may be a good student |
| best decision. There are many things to consider | | | | and know the subject you want your child |
| when you're looking for a tutor. The first | | | | tutored in, but he won't have the training to know |
| consideration is whether to hire a certified | | | | how-to teach. The upside to hiring a student is |
| teacher, a student or volunteer who will help. | | | | that he will work cheaper. Another disadvantage |
| The professional will be more expensive, but will | | | | to having a student tutor your child is that your |
| definitely be trained to teach the grade school | | | | child may get a crush on the older student and |
| curriculum. The professional will have learned | | | | not pay attention to the subject matter. |
| how-to teach and will be familiar with different | | | | If you hire a student watch them and see if he |
| learning styles. Sylvan offers tutoring by working | | | | or she is really interested in tutoring and if they |
| teachers after school hours. | | | | have the ability to teach at all. A person can know |
| Your child may just need the one on one | | | | how to read or add, but may not be able to get |
| approach that tutoring offers in order to learn the | | | | the subject across to someone else. |
| subject he or she is having problems with. A | | | | Another option is to find a suitable volunteer and |
| trained teacher with experience will be able to see | | | | you may find one easily if your child's school has |
| where your child is having problems and be able | | | | teacher's aids. The aid has some classroom |
| to help. | | | | experience and has been taught useful information |
| The professional teacher will be trained to | | | | and skills from the teacher he or she works with. |
| recognize your child's learning style. A learning | | | | Along with this knowledge the aid has had |
| style is the best one a particular child learns, it's | | | | experience in teaching one on one and knows |
| easier for him to learn that way. Your child may | | | | about controlling a child's behavior, which may be |
| learn easier by visual aids or by audio aids. | | | | necessary in order to get the student to pay |
| Also, a teacher knows how to determine if your | | | | attention. |
| child has a higher or lesser aptitude in a given | | | | If the aid wants to be compensated for tutoring |
| subject. This advantage can help the teacher | | | | your child, the price should be lower than a |
| determine if your child needs to be taught at a | | | | teacher would charge and this may accommodate |
| particular subject a much slower pace. Some | | | | your budget, as well as give you some of the |
| children have a high aptitude for English and others | | | | advantages that having a trained teacher would |
| an average and still others a lower aptitude. | | | | offer. |
| This is important to know because your child may | | | | |