| There have been many horror stories to do with | | | | job, defined as the start of his work at insert |
| tutors and tuition coordinators. One example is | | | | date here till the end of his work after my child's |
| that the tutor stopped tutoring a child immediately | | | | examinations in insert month here, he will be given |
| when he got another student who is paying him a | | | | a monetary incentive of $insert amount here. |
| higher fee. Since there is no contract to legally | | | | Of course, you should not put a 2 dollar incentive |
| bind him to continue tutoring, the tutor just left | | | | because it isn't really very attractive. What you |
| the student stranded. | | | | can put is a 100 dollar incentive or a 150 dollar |
| What can the parents do for such irresponsible | | | | incentive. Alternatively, you can add a 100 dollar |
| tutors then? You can strike up an agreement | | | | incentive plus bonuses based on your child's end |
| (preferably with other people as witnesses), or | | | | of year results. Motivation is the key and this will |
| even do a written agreement with the tutor. You | | | | attract your tutor to work hard and continue |
| have got to protect yourself in this instance. | | | | teaching your child till the end of the year after |
| Some tutors will drop your child off his list just | | | | your child's end of year examinations. |
| because someone else offered him a higher pay. | | | | Alternatively, you can write that the tutor has to |
| Why don't you draft up a typed agreement and | | | | complete a certain amount of work (please do |
| let the both of you sign in complete with the full | | | | define the work as accurately as possible) before |
| name and IC numbers of the both of you? In the | | | | he or she is allowed to decide to quit. However |
| agreement, or contact, you can specify that he | | | | this is not an attractive option and may alienate |
| or she be allowed to stop tutoring, but he or she | | | | the tutor. |
| needs to give you at least a month's notice in | | | | You are allowed to decide whatever things to add |
| advance. There are many ways you can change | | | | in your agreement, and your tutor is allowed not |
| that sentence. | | | | to sign them if he feels that it is to his |
| You can do this alternatively: The tutor is allowed | | | | disadvantage. Before setting up an agreement, |
| to stop tutoring your child, however he or she | | | | think of the tutor's feelings. The tutor would not |
| must continue working till you, the parent, have | | | | want to be trapped in a situation where he has to |
| found a new tutor to replace him or her. This is | | | | teach your child for the whole year without any |
| very important. It prevents you from having a | | | | option to quit. Some tutors quit because of family |
| situation where you can't find a tutor to replace | | | | commitments, and such tutors are normally |
| the outgoing tutor immediately. | | | | agreeable to a one month notice in advance. Of |
| To attract your tutor and make him stay on till | | | | course, you should not be an irritant and write |
| your child's examinations, you can dangle an | | | | plenty of demands in your agreement form. |
| incentive carrot in front of him. The agreement | | | | Treat the tutor just like how you wish to be |
| can be as follows: | | | | treated if you are a tutor. |
| If the tutor manages to finish his duration of his | | | | |