4 Key Tutoring Mistakes

Tutoring Mistakes

It’s important to avoid tutoring mistakes for optimal results. I’m sure your tutoring company is organized and your tutors are well qualified. However, mistakes can be made that can lead to poor results for your students.

Let’s have a look at some items that may help you deliver consistent results and happy customers! So let’s have a look at the mistakes to avoid and how Oases can help.

1 – The Wrong Subject Matter

We all know that tutoring needs to address the gaps in your students’ knowledge. But tutoring in a subject with which your student is already proficient is a common tutoring mistake. That is to say, that rather than spending time on the student’s gaps in knowledge, your tutor covers areas where the student has already attained mastery.

While a review of known subject matter maybe helpful, your customers are paying for improvements. So make sure you or your tutors target instruction to gaps in the student’s knowledge. Consequently, test all new students to establish the exact areas where help is required.

2 – Tutoring Mistakes – No formal Learning Plan or Goals

As mentioned above, a pre-test will help you identify areas of weakness for your new student. But how do you use these results to make sure your tutoring is targeted?

Just tutoring without a plan can lead to problems. Avoid this tutoring mistake by building a learning plan with goals that address these areas. Therefore your tutor can stay on topic and you can measure progress and results achieved through tutoring.

3 – Inconsistent Learning Plans

Some of your tutors will be really good at compiling a learning plan and others won’t be as strong. This is normal.

Create consistency and reduce tutoring mistakes by cutting out the tutor with the added advantage of saving them time. In other words, have Oases create an automatic targeted learning plan for you based on the results of the student’s pre-test.

4 – Tutoring Mistakes – No Post Testing

Finally, one of the biggest mistakes to avoid is don’t forget to test your students after tutoring is completed. This can serve a number of purposes:

• Your tutor does not move on until a topic is mastered
• You can use overall efficacy results in your marketing materials
• You can pinpoint your best and least effective tutors

Avoid Tutoring Mistakes & Save Time With Technology

Oases Online automates the above tasks to help you avoid mistakes. To help you attain these goals you can:

• Pre-Test with the Achieve Test
• Create Automatic Learning Plans based on the Achieve Test results
• Post-Test with the Achieve Test
• Produce test-gains reports with the Achieve Test
• Add your own tests

If you would like to see how Oases can help you, simply book a demonstration using the link below.

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