Questions to Ask a Potential Tutor

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  • How long is the period you have been tutoring for?
  • Do you have a policy for cancellations or make-up sessions?
  • Do you have other additional fees for assessments or materials etc.?
  • What is your fees per single session
  • What is the duration of a single tutoring session?
  • Where will tutoring sessions take place?
  • What is you availability?
  • Do you have any contactable references?
  • What methods do you use to measure progress?
  • How do you proceed to communicate and work with both teachers and parents?
  • How often will you communicate with me and how will you do that?
  • Is there anything I can do as parent to support the tutoring process you use?
  • Please tell me exactly how you would help my child or children with either behavioural or emotional issues or whatever problem that caused the need of hiring a tutor to keep him motivated.
  • Since you know my child’s problem, do you see anything that could interfere with the tutoring goals you have for my child?
  • What would happen when my child makes no progress at all and what results could I expect to see?
  • Tell me a bit more about your child teaching philosophy?
  • Tell me more about the specific strategies you have used that you find to be having a great success working with children similar to my own?
  • How would you proceed to get a sense of my child’s needs and learning problems?
  • Have you ever worked with either adults or other children that have similar problems or attention issues and problems that my child has?
  • What is your experience and expertise level in the area of study of what my child needs?
  • What are your credentials, certifications and qualifications in child tutoring?
  • How long have you been a tutor?