“Tutoring isn’t a get-rich-quick job. You need a passion and heart to help students to grow. You need to be organised and disciplined as you work for yourself. It can be very rewarding but also challenging.”
Helen Osmond, Founder of Osmond Education, puts her learnings and experiences from her career in education into one simple yet hugely effective handbook for (Maths) tutors of all kinds.
Victoria Burns returns to the QT Blog to set us a difficult question: what is our pursuit of ‘success’ in school really leading to? What kind of success are we creating for the students of today?
As ever, Victoria challenges and inspires in equal measure. This is one to discuss with peers … and students too.
Lauren Johnston has so much passion and energy for education that she went and set up a business. Lauren Johnston Tutoring is the product of years of first-hand experience and an MSc in Business Strategy, Leadership and Change converging into one.
Our friends over at Superprof have put together a wonderful Learning Guide for students returning to their education this (academic) year.
For any of you educators reading this, this Guide (link within) could be a great resource to pass on to your student(s) and may even contain a handful of concepts and learning strategies that you could incorporate into your own teaching.
We welcome Jade Arthur to the Qualified Tutor Blog. A US-based verbal exam prep tutor and member of the National Tutoring Association, Jade also holds Advanced Certification, a highly regarded qualification level in the US.
This first piece is packed full of knowledge and nuance. A slight mind shift that will likely work wonders for you and your students.
A former primary school teacher and mother to 2 girls, Amy Solon has an intuitive sense of what motivates, and distracts, children. Technology has never been such a potent force in our society – but how should we approach it?