Tutors, what's best?

[toomanyshoes]

Would really love an insight into getting a tutor, feel like I would have more luck blindly throwing a dart at a board!

Adanvtages/disadvantages kip McGrath v one on one tutors.

KM offers 80min lesson per week with 4 students, the one on one tutors in the area are 1hour lesson but of course one on one.

I'm leaning towards the one on one but does anyone have an insight to all this or used either or both before?

[little_O]

I had a group tutor in year 12 for specialist maths.

Definitely go one on one. To me it felt the same as a classroom where you have people at different levels and so it's not catered to your needs

[chody47]

I would definitely recommend 1:1

[peanutter]

Yep, I'd definitely go 1:1 too.

[myturn]

In my experience, kip McGrath and kumon tend to end up putting extra pressure on kids as they end up with more homework from the tutoring - so essentially have anther curriculum they have to do. 1:1 tutoring on the other hand means that they are doing specifically what your child needs and (ideally) linking with the teacher at school to make sure they are helping the child practice the things that they are doing in class - rather than 'extra' stuff, its practising in the areas they need.

If you want 1:1 a but cheaper you could speak with one of the universities. Mostly they can offer students to do some tutoring at a lower cost... Maybe a teaching student could be another option to consider??

[toomanyshoes]

Price wasn't the issue, KM was only $3 more per week but 20 mins longer so just wanted to make sure the 1 on 1 really was the way to go and I wasn't missing something.

My fears were right in regards to the last school the kids went to not being "up to scratch" but unfortunately with where we were it was the only option. DD has adjusted fine and is like the last 12 months didn't even happen where as DS who was struggling a little before hand stagnated over the last 12 months and now being back at a "normal" school is another 12 months behind where he was a year ago..if you follow me!

The school keeps stressing about his reading which does need improving we've also found out he needs glasses so hoping that will help but I think all areas need help, if we focus too much on the reading everything else will continue to slip further and further behind.

He's certainly intelligent, just with all the moves and different schools and each new schools way of doing things he seems to get lost in the mix somewhere, even though I continually bring it up with his teachers it seems to take sooooooooo long for them to do anything. It took almost a year for his last school to send his records to the school he was at for the last year, which reminds me I must check to see if that school has sent them on to this school.