Would any of you consider.......

[jussi]

....employing a tutor for part/all of your child's home ed?
Individually or in groups with other local home ed children?
Obviously only aimed at parents who are home edding with some structure in place.
Just curious, thanks.

Yes, if my son were keen on doing it, just as I would happily take him to tennis lessons and will definitely be funding driving lessons in a few years!

"Obviously only aimed at parents who are home edding with some structure in place."

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We don't fit into that category, but I have employed a tutor together with several other families, and would do so again. A passion for their chosen subject is essential in my daughter's eyes, so we steer clear of all-singing all-dancing tutors who are able to tutor lots of different subjects.

Thanks for your replies.
The reason I said for structured only is that obviously you are paying a tutor hourly so there would have to be some structure in place in order for the tutor to know what to plan etc.

Saracen-I know only too well how important a passion for a particular subject is as my son is autistic

When ds2 had a maths tutor I explained to her that the aim was for him to feel comfortable with her, use his pen/pencil and do some maths, but the overall aim was increasing his general happiness and well-being. She was lovely and totally understood. She brought materials and played it by ear. I just trusted her to pick a level which would work for both of them. I didn't specify what topics to cover or how fast to cover them.

The extra aspect of this was that I was/still am trying to rebuild trust between ds2 and myself, so talking about how long he would have the tutor and reviewing it, then going along with his wish to stop having tutorials for a while, was/is a key part of the process. If I am in a bad mood I will start to get more disciplinarian with ds2 and he reacts very badly to that. A hangover from my more mainstream parenting days, pre-awareness of autism.

I would love to have her coming to us again, but I am waiting for ds2 to be comfortable with the idea or come up with another suggestion.

Ideally we would have the tutor here once a week and he would get ready for the GCSE and get a great result. And, even more ideally, he'd adore maths and do it for A level...(I love maths, even though I have to count on my fingers sometimes!)

I'm thinking of getting a tutor in for spanish and possibly art as I'm rubbish could do with a little help in covering both areas.

I would consider employing a tutor for part of the HE, yes. Only if its for a subject the children want to learn, or if its for a subject that I feel I would not be very good at teaching. I'd not employ tutors for the whole of my children's HE though. If that were the case I would rather put them in a good private school than HE. HE is a bit of a lifestyle choice for us.