Many of our providers (Foundation for Foster Children in Orlando, ISDD in Atlanta) need monthly reports for each student so that they can show their funding sources that their money is going toward quality tutoring. So, in turn, we need you, our tutors, to be thoughtful about your lesson summaries and provide more detail about […]
Author: Dennis Freeman
Methodology for helping student’s study for finals
For those of you with high school students preparing for midterms or finals at the end of the school year, we encourage you to use a science-based “Crush your Finals” process. Start by using this mind map to help your student plan for each final. Once they understand the plan (gather resources, self-test for retrieval, […]
Notes for New Tutors
If you’re a new tutor for In-Home Tutors, welcome. We’ve probably already sent you our Notes for New Tutors infographic, but in case you’ve lost it, click here to see it again! And if you are ready to call your first client, please review these tips for your First Call to a New Client! And […]
ISDD Service Plan Description
Measuring the Impact of Tutoring ISDD is funded by various grants and needs to report back on the benefits their clients are receiving. Starting in November 2023, In-Home Tutors asks tutors to create Service Plans for each child, to allow us to track their progress over the course of the authorized tutoring period. Description of […]
ISDD Service Plan Instructions
If you are reading this, you have probably agreed to tutor one or more of our ISDD clients. ISDD — Innovative Solutions for Disadvantage and Disability — is funded by various grants and needs to report back on the benefits their clients are receiving. Starting in November 2023, In-Home Tutors asks tutors to create Service […]
“Meet and Greet” policy
Parents occasionally ask their new tutor to meet for coffee or have a brief meeting with the child “to see if it’s a good fit.” This is understandable but the problem is that the parent does not expect to pay for this. We do not believe it is fair to ask you, our tutor, make […]
Cancellation policies
Here are our thoughts on cancellations: Make sense? Comments are welcome!
For New Tutors: Our Payment Process
We’ve tried to make our payment process very simple. You’ll report your hours online and we pay by direct deposit twice a month. You’ll receive an email confirming the amount paid and the day you can expect to see the money in your account. We process payments on the 1st and 15th of each month. […]
Subject-Matter Expertise
In-Home Tutors keeps its fees reasonable. But all the same, clients who hire one of our tutors expect a subject matter expert. We need you to present yourselves as a professional tutor and — of course — to actually be one. It’s very embarrassing to us when a tutor tells the client: “I haven’t done geometry […]
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