Take time to think
Richard Ashelford takes us on a tour of his reflective practice that guides his tutoring. It’s far-reaching and can be implemented from today …
Tutoring Is For All
Admit it; before you were involved with tutoring (or if you haven’t been involved with tutoring, then still), chances are you had (or have) a perception that tutoring is only for those students who can afford it …
7 Steps to Success as a Tutor
Off the back of a hugely successful conversation with Mike Michalowicz on the Qualified Tutor Podcast, we decided to summarise Mike’s 7 key points for tutors.
What’s the problem with accuracy?
In some subjects, only 4 marks can be lost for ‘accuracy’ in a single answer, but in English as many as 16 marks are in jeopardy. Isn’t accuracy – accuracy?
All teachers are teachers of English: all English tutors are tutors of History
At school I remember our class was late for a history lesson. We had been delayed by a ‘substitute’ English teacher whose usual subject was music. This teacher was insistent on finishing his lesson even though the bell had gone 3 minutes earlier …
Confessions of an English Tutor
In Richard Ashelford’s next musing, he explores some admissions behind his English tutoring, points that we can all relate to as tutors. Frankly honest and bitingly accurate, Richard takes us on a journey again …