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Tutoring Primary Kids
WhoTookMyUsername:
--- Quote from: AlizarinCrimson on December 14, 2011, 05:40:59 pm ---Does anyone have any experience about tutoring primary kids? I'm in year 12 next year, and a family friend wants me to teach her son, who is in year 5 next year, once per week. I'd love to do it as a part time job, but I'm unsure about:
- how much I should charge? Is $10 per hour too low/high, seeing as I'm only in high school?
- What do you think are essential foundational skills for primary school kids?
- Do you think tutoring others in year 12 is a bad idea, in terms of it affecting my studies?
- Any tips to make classes engaging/fun?
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if you consider a part time job at maccas is ~ $10 - 15, but you get something very nice to put on resume, $15 is not an unfair price to ask.
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Is the kid going for scholarishp exams?? wow!
Thing is, do YOU want to tutor the kid?
also, do you think that doing long division for at leasr 30 mins will help you in the level of maths you're at now?(if you're doing maths at all?)
s.
sodapop:
--- Quote from: wenhao on December 14, 2011, 07:14:33 pm ---I do and it's quite funny.
1. Not seeing you as in high school, is seeing him as so young and maybe $15 if one to one as time is precious during yr12.
2.lol, it will be very easy to teach them. The most critical part is ask them to THINK.
3.Not really, but it will be pretty challenge if you can't cope your time well,but will defs improve self confidence and your knowledge.
4.What kind of classes?I know making much can make classes/students feel more interactive and more in a friendly environment but don't forget to teach them the real stuff rather than just trying to make them laugh for the whole session.
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Thanks for your advice - I think maybe $15 is okay as well...I'll ask. :)
Hmm, true, I think it'd be difficult to communicate to them in a way that is both sufficiently complicated, yet remains at their level of understanding.
Yeah, the way I reason it is that it would be pretty much equivalent to a part-time job - y'know, the same hours, and I get to do something that is challenging, and at the same time, rewarding. :)
--- Quote from: Bazza16 on December 14, 2011, 07:44:01 pm ---why do i keep reading this as "touching primary kids" ? :-\
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LOL...dirty mind? ;) Jks. :P
--- Quote from: abd123 on December 14, 2011, 07:48:11 pm ---$15.
Literacy, comprehension, numeracy and arithmetic.
Yes, it would be a bad ideaz.
Bring Mike Tyson in <--
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Thanks for your advice, I'm definitely going to incorporate those. But could you expand - why would it be a bad idea?
--- Quote from: argonaut on December 14, 2011, 08:04:25 pm ---Let me get this straight.
There is this woman who's got a kid who's just finished grade 4!
and she is looking for a tutor !
and you call that woman a FRIEND ?
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Well, yeah, I generally take "family friend" to mean a friend of the family (in this case, my parents' friend). :)
--- Quote from: Bazza16 on December 14, 2011, 08:07:42 pm ---if you consider a part time job at maccas is ~ $10 - 15, but you get something very nice to put on resume, $15 is not an unfair price to ask.
yep, don't charge him at a rate he wants, charge him at a rate where it becomes worthwhile for YOU
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Thanks for your advice. :) I don't think he has any idea about what price he'd want, but I do think $15 per hour is fair for private tuition. I started off saying that it'd be $10, but since then, I've been preparing booklets of worksheets on basic English, Maths and GenAbility...and it's been taking me hours. :-\ Haha, I'm starting to appreciate how much time our teachers put into teaching us.
But I do think I'll enjoy it...and you're right, it'd be great for my resume. XD
LOLs99:
--- Quote ---Thanks for your advice - I think maybe $15 is okay as well...I'll ask.
Hmm, true, I think it'd be difficult to communicate to them in a way that is both sufficiently complicated, yet remains at their level of understanding.
Yeah, the way I reason it is that it would be pretty much equivalent to a part-time job - y'know, the same hours, and I get to do something that is challenging, and at the same time, rewarding.
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Yeah and no problem. make sure you don't forget about your exams and sacs. Lol, is tutoring primary kid challenging?It will be challenging to teach and focus them on a topic. Be sure not to put pressure on a little kid haha:)
taiga:
I'd strongly recommend multiple students per class for young kids, or they will often lose interest.
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