When your child starts working with an outside tutor

[Laura Corin]

How much help do you give him/her with assignments? Lots of help with planning and writing? Some suggestions for direction? Or just a few hints on polishing?

 

Thank you

 

Laura

Edited March 29, 2009 by Laura Corin

[Mandy in TN]

My oldest was in high school and I threw him to the wolves. He didn't want any help.

 

Middle ds was in 12/13 yo when he started with a tutor. I did offer help and periodically asked if he was getting his work done, but that was about it.

 

Mandy

[mcconnellboys]

Well, with my older son, his first experience was with English classes in seventh and eighth grades. I was shown his assignments after he'd gotten them back and they were graded, but not before. Later, when he took college classes, I previewed his work before he sent it in to make certain that he'd appropriately addressed the assignments.

 

My younger son has been doing Spanish for a couple of years now, and he's been very responsible in completing his assignments on his own. I don't really ever even look at them. We do Spanish at home, too, using separate programming, so he's getting feedback from two sources.

 

Next year, he will begin math work with an outside tutor and I'll just have to wait to see how it goes. I don't know whether I'll need to be involved or not.

[Beth in SW WA]

Hi Laura,

W/ our Latin tutor last year, she gave homework and the kids did the assignments daily on their own. She tested.

 

W/ our new Spanish tutor, it will be mainly for conversation and grammar explanation. She will assign homework and do testing also (which I want for the accountability). Dc will also work w/ a hodge-podge of materials/resources I have gathered -- separate from what the tutor assigns.