1. For the Singaporean parent, it usually is stressful to raise
children in Singapore. Being a knowledge based
economy, Singapore relies on it's educated workforce to
drive her economy forward. Therefore, it is no wonder
that parents are anxious about how their children fare in
school. Some parents worry that formal education in
schools is just not adequate and employ home tuition to
supplement their children's education.
2. Home tutors and tuition assignments are found literally
everywhere in Singapore for every subject and every level.
But to engage a capable one can help to make a significant
difference towards the sort of results your child can
achieve. Tuition agencies usually find suitable candidates
that you can choose. However, also, it is essential that you
understand what to look out for in a tutor. So how do you
sieve out the gold mines from the remaining average
tutors?
3. 1. Qualifications. On the top of the list, a tutor should be
experienced and competent on the subject he/she is going
to teach. I personally feel that if you have not gotten a
minimum of a B or A for the subject, you don't
understand the subject well enough to teach. So when
seeking a tutor, the first thing you ought to ask for is their
certification. Request to see your tutor's certificates.
When searching for tutors in Singapore, you can look at
either the A Level certificates or O level certificates. Many
agencies offer these types of services to confirm these
certificates upfront.
4. 2. Experience. Secondly, a private tutor must have
experience in teaching. This can be easily evaluated as
soon as the tutor teaches the lessons. In most cases,
tutors would have their unique set of notes or have
his/her special technique of teaching, this way you will
know that the tutor has dissected the syllabus. You could
depend upon your private tutor to make the lessons fun
and simple for your child. Having said that, a tutor who
has to refer back to the notes to answer questions will be
a detrimental. Inexperienced tutor who are not confident
of their teaching methods and would often fumble when
teaching.
5. 3. Passion. Thirdly, a tutor should have the PASSION to
educate. Although this is one of the most crucial qualities
of any good tutor, many tutors lack it. A passionate tutor
who regards coaching like a enjoyable and satisfying job
will likely not rest till he sees improvements in his tutee.
You can rest assured that your tutor will do his utmost to
deliver the lessons in a fun and interesting way, where
learning ceases to be a chore. And most
importantly, passionate tutors inspire tutees to perform
well in examinations and instill within them the need for
education in Singapore. Passionate tutors tend not to
mind going further to clear any questions their tutee may
have, even though it might take a little bit more creativity
and time. This often times will be teaching beyond their
job scope and giving up time on their part.