Position Overview
A home tutor is an individual who may be hired in a personal or a professional capacity – that is, he or she may be hired through an agency, or through personal reference.
The work of a home tutor is complicated, and simple, depending on how you look at it. Simple, because all you have to do is go to the person’s place who has hired you, and teach students what is required. And complicated because technically, teaching is a complicated job.
Home tutors may be hired for any subject or class, depending on the specific requirements of each student. Most people hire home tutors so that they can help them with difficult subjects or subject areas. This may include any subject, and any grade, depending on where each student’s weak areas are.
Position Requirements
Working as a home tutor will require you to possess a degree in any discipline that you want to teach – or in an education field. Along with this, it is important that you possess exceptional teaching skills – not everyone can teach, and if you can, you have a great chance of working as a home tutor.
Typically, home tutors have no set working hours, as these depend on the person hiring them. So if you are an educator, and would like to work in a position when your hours are not defined, you may want to have a look at the following list of job duties particular to the position of a home tutor:
Home Tutor Duties and Responsibilities
• Assess each assigned student to determine his or her specific need for tutoring.
• Create lesson plans according to the specific needs of each assigned student, and impart education accordingly.
• Assess students on an individual basis, and ensure that this information is properly communicated to the parents.
• Provide students with one on one tutoring in weak subject areas, ensuring that they comprehend difficult concepts.
• Assist students in integrating reading and writing to offer new perspective.
• Monitor, assess, and remediate student performance, and develop and implement comprehensive lesson plans.
• Identify, and develop resources to meet students’ diverse and individualized learning needs.
• Create and develop worksheets to assist students in understanding concepts that they are having trouble with.
• Prepare and administer tests, and evaluate students’ progress based on grades and attempts.
• Encourage and motivate students throughout the course of the class, concentrating on building their confidence.
• Maintain records of students’ assessments results, and progress in a confidential and safe manner.