AN IDEAL HOME TUTOR

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When a child struggles in school or aims for more success,it can be frustrating to do it alone.
Children of all ages , either individually or in small groups learn or receives guidance and instructions from the home tutor.
Tutoring involves receiving guidance and instructions from a tutor who serves as a teacher or mentor to a student receiving the tutoring. The most significant improvement on the child's performance is engineered by the assistance of a good home tutor.
"My Dad established a family tradition of telling us stories every evening as well as asking us questions on areas of difficulties in our studies and he would patiently help us understand everything either through stories or in form of games. He would always help us with our homework.
After each homework session, he would give us half an hour to play our favorite video game"

An Ideal home tutor refers to an experienced, qualified and innovative private home tutor who provides instruction and tutelage to one or more people in certain areas and skills at home or in the tutor's home.
Finding an ideal home tutor who will help your child succeed means looking for an individual with right skills and experience to connect with students. The right tutelage and training I received from my Dad made me see him as an ideal home tutor. Here are some essential qualities he possessed.

1. PATIENT WITH OTHERS
   Tutoring involves working through struggles and challenges which requires patience. It may require repetition of explanation and processes untill the students understands it. The ability to understand a student's struggles,provide reassurance and offer guidance with patience can greatly enhance the learning process, especially when dealing with challenging topics.Some students are slow learners and such demands patience to enable the child understand the topic.

2). PASSION FOR TUTORING
An Ideal home tutor needs to be excited about learning and have a passion for it.He has an extreme urge or passion to inspire children, helping them develop love for learning. In this way, The Ideal home tutor can be a role model for the child.
Any recognition of positive change in the child's feelings about the subject results for the tireless efforts of a passionate home tutor.

3). ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE CHILD'S NEEDS, STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES
An Ideal Home Tutor listens to the child and understands his/her needs or challenges.This can be achieved by asking questions to gain more knowledge about the challenges he/ she has through keeping open and honest dialogue about the challenges to look for the root cause of the problem.
Once the tutor knows the experiences that have shaped the child's world ,how will be able to create the right plan for success.

4). FLEXIBILITY AND ADAPTABILITY
No single approach or teaching method is always the best for all children at all times. Sometimes you try other learning styles to find the right method. It's important that the home tutor becomes flexible to change their teaching Styles as the child progresses.

5). EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Helping children learn requires the ability to communicate effectively, using languages, symbols, drawings and ideas they can understand.An Ideal home tutor demonstrates strong communication skills when they can listen patiently,use examples to teach,speak fluently and clearly, engage students with nonverbal communication,facial expressions etc.

6). HUMILITY
Knowing that no man has all the knowledge and no single person has all the answers.An ideal tutor must be ready to acknowledge that he does not know the answers sometimes when he knows that he may not be the right person for the answer or job rather than try and guess.

7). POSITIVE AND KIND ATTITUDE
An Ideal home tutor has a positive and kind attitude towards the child. He should not try to make the child feel bad about himself or criticize the child for his/ her mistakes rather he has the mindset to help the child learn . The tutor must be patient enough with total optimism to handle all the weaknesses of the children and their doubts believing that they can make a difference.

8). EXPERTISE AND PROFESSIONALISM
An Ideal home tutor has a strong command of the subject matter and possesses a deep understanding of the content topic.This expertise ensures accurate teaching, clear explanations and the ability to address complex questions effectively .

9). PUNCTUALITY
The Ideal Home Tutor is always on time and encourages the students to do the same. Every successful home tutor possesses this quality of being on time for tutoring.For example, "During our younger age, I and Theresa; my Elder Sister would always put off the television by 7pm every night to meet with our Dad who is already waiting at the study room. He is always on time because Home work begins 7pm after Dinner which is done in a quite room with no distractions. And nothing else gets done until the homework is completed".

10). TIME MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
An Ideal Home Tutor respects the children's time and ensures that every session is productive.Time management skills help the child to cover the content, review important concepts, allocate time for practice and questioning for clarification on of doubts. He plans his time well and utilizes it efficiently.

Good home tutoring involves receiving guidance and instructions from an ideal tutor who possesses the 10 qualities - patience, humility, positive attitude, Effective communication skills, passion, Ability to identify child's needs, expertise, flexibility, punctuality and time management skills.
Remember that an ideal home tutor goes beyond imparting knowledge but also inspires a lifelong love for learning as well as providing valuable life skills for a beautiful future.

(note:The pictures in the writeup especially 1 & 2 were shot and well edited with my phone;Infinix smart 6)