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Home education and tutoring

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Lottie2017 · 08/10/2020 08:28

Hi all,

I currently work as a secondary school teacher part time and also have tutored students one to one, which I have really enjoyed. I will have time in the day from next year on my days off when I have no children left at home and was wondering about the possibility of doing some tutoring in the day. This would obviously involve children who are not in school.

I just wanted to come onto to the home education board to see if having a tutor was something that home educated children/parents ever choose to do? Or are there any local small working groups for home educated children ran by a tutor (I appreciate Covid times will have affected this though!) I just wanted to gauge some opinions to see it this was something that is viable,

Many thanks 😊

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BiBabbles · 08/10/2020 09:04

In my experience, tutors are most commonly used in home education communities when GCSEs or other qualifications are in the picture, when a parent has been pushed into home education by circumstances, or when there is a particular concern - some just want a few sessions to get another perspectives and tips on what they can do moving forward. The first two would probably be easiest for a secondary school teacher to offer, for the last, you'll want to research home education resources to be able to make recommendations beyond the typical BBC Bitesize and stuff more aimed at schools.

Few home ed learning groups last long term, it's more a term-by-term if that sort of thing, but ones for older kids for qualifications (especially online these days) tend to have more staying power.

However, right now and for the forseeable future, many home ed groups aren't running at all and isolation is more of an issue than ever and with teens it tends to be more of an issue even pre-COVID as most home ed groups are mostly younger kids for a variety of reasons. Running a teens' online home ed group covering particular topics whether it's more traditional tutoring of a subject like the sciences (that, English, and Maths are the most common ones I've seen requests for a tutor for) or a more PSCHE/adult life skills and discussion group could have potential, though as home educators are more likely to be on one income, pricing it right would play a big factor. British resources for the latter are also slim on the ground and so making those might be an option for you (many British parents, home educating and not, can tire of very American resources).

Many home ed groups use facebook - they're not usually open to people only selling services or products, but if you can contact the admins, they might let certain ads or surveys for information through. That's really group dependant - some are really open to it, some it depends, and some it's automatic no.

Lottie2017 · 08/10/2020 09:26

Thank you so much for your reply, it's very helpful. I feel very interested in providing a more personalised approach for students and being able to make a difference- it's so hard to do that in a school setting. It is really interesting for me to learn more about home education and what parents would like for their children. Facebook is a great idea too- thank you!

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Skysblue · 16/10/2020 23:13

Loads of home ed (and non home ed) ppl round us have tutors, usually for maths.

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