Follow the following suggestions to monitor and enhance your child’s tutoring program.

Be Patient

  • It may take several months before your child’s grades improve, but that does not mean  the tutoring is ineffective. Most tutoring relationships last from several months to a year.
  • Work with your child, his teacher or teachers, and the tutor to establish milestones and set a target end date for the tutoring.

Monitor Progress

  • Talk with the tutor after each session. Find out what your child accomplished and what areas need additional work. Ask for suggestions on ways you can help your child.
  • Talk to your child. Does he or she enjoy the tutor’s lessons and believe they are helping? Does your child feel more confident about the subject and about schoolwork in general?
  • Talk to your child’s teachers. Find out whether your child’s grades and attitude about school have improved. Are the teachers satisfied with the progress? Being informed about your child’s progress is an effective way to improve relations with his teachers.

Take Action

  • If you aren’t getting the results you had hoped for, set up a meeting with the tutor, your child, and your child’s teacher or teachers to discuss your concerns.
  • Work together as a team to solve the problem or end the relationship.