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 […]
Category: Professionalism
Fix your Voicemail!
One in an occasional series on professionalism: Creating voicemail greetings is becoming an ignored art. Too often, we call a tutor and get, “The user has not set up their voicemail,” or a robot voice will invite you to leave a message for “404-xxx”, a phone number which leaves you guessing as to whether you […]
Code of conduct for tutors
In-Home Tutors has identified a few practical guidelines which enable tutors to establish caring relationships with their students while ensuring both the safety of minors and protecting you, the tutor, from allegations. Tutors must be aware of their own vulnerability and that of any individual student with whom they may be working. Do not go beyond […]
Social Skills for Tutors
Most of our tutors probably do not need to read this, but some of you need a little brush-up on social skills! This post sparked by a comment from a client about her first conversation with our tutor: “He was not prepared and could not give me the times he was available quickly. Plus he […]
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