Introduction
- Definition & Nature
The
academic guidance of students at their home is called tuition
assignment . The service providers of home tuition are generally
evening academies of varied types. These academies are organized by educators
and non-educators. An educator-driven academy will consider learning of pupil
as her top priority, while investor-driven academy concentrates primarily on
high profit. The quick lucrative return and effective tutoring create a
trade-off situation, now and then. The best possible satisfaction of learning
needs of students/parents and rational fulfillment of monetary demands of
teachers / organizers is critical success factor of an academy. The paradoxical
situation demands, inevitably, a comprehensive managerial/entrepreneurial
approach for effective Supportive Learning Environment or Academy.
Practically, in home
tutoring, a qualified tutor is sent directly to the client's home. Children get
an individualized guidance, not a predetermined one that all children of that
age/class attain, but one that is specifically designed for the child's unique
requirements. An academy arranges home tutors. Parents/Students evaluate the
final efficacy of tutor. A home tutor can be called for to address any special
need of a student. Occasionally, the academy supervises the tutoring work to
ensure that the pupil is getting effective learning support in weak areas that
need special attention. Generally, parents supervise the tuition job of a
tutor.
Demand
of tuition
assignment is generally seasonal work, parents demand
tutors before exams for better results of their children. Home tuition is
part-time activity of educators; they are available normally at evening time.
University graduates are frequently involved in home tuition. They charge a smaller
amount as compare to experienced teachers. The tuition earning compensates
their educational/non-educational expenses. A few teachers adopt home tuition a
full-time job.
Supportive
Learning Environment - Individual Perspective
tuition assignment or
academic guidance is invoked on account of three reasons - divergent learners'
profile, distinct human psychology and diverse teachers' profile. Firstly,
nature lavishly offers countless gifts to humanity, both material and
immaterial. Intellect is immaterial gift of God. At intellectual level, nature
bestows human beings countless mental faculties and abilities. The naturally
imparted faculties/abilities are unique and latent in our mind. In most cases,
they are actualized only through external efforts, both formal and informal.
The educational system of a society is a formal way to realize unique latent
potential of students. However, at schools, students learn something with
varied speed. They are quick, moderate and slow learner. A quick learner may divert
the learning environment in his/her favor. The twisted situation may affect
badly the mediocre or weak. Consequently, the latent faculties/abilities of
great many students remain unobservable or untouched in unconscious mind. The
situation necessitates the parents for additional help; generally, parents get
the needed support from home tutors/academies.
Secondly, individual
attention and personalized grooming is inevitable necessity of every leaner to
realize distinctively awarded human latent potential. Generally, individual
attention that a child gets in a school is on average 20 to 25 minutes per day.
The situation makes the home the most important place of learning for children.
Home Tuition or evening academy fulfils the deficiency of schools and owns the
responsibility of less care of child's development, both academic and
psychological.
Thirdly, at schools,
teachers are normal as well as superior. A normal teacher set the learning
atmosphere according to the needs and demands of quick learners. The situation
is problematic for mediocre or weak, but, they can catch the pace through home
tuition or academy. The normal teaching approach is an important factor behind
massive home tuition activity or evening academies. On the other hand, a
superior teacher prepares educational lessons accommodating requirements of
mediocre students. The approach is also fruitful, qualitatively, for quick
learners. The slow learner can makeup his/her deficiencies through home tuition
or evening academy. The mediocre-driven approach of teaching is inevitable for
teachers on account of fixed academic days and stipulated syllabus. The
situation, too, leads inevitably towards tutoring phenomenon for weak learners.
The paucity of superior teachers and/or abundance of normal teachers are
significant factors behind huge home tuition activity/evening academies.
Supportive
Learning Environment - Collective Perspective
At
collective level, hometuitionagency.sg or
academic guidance is needed due to two reasons - strict education system and
economic constraints. Firstly, academic days are fixed by state or local
education department. A child spends more time at home as in school. The
importance of home is thus an obvious fact during learning age. Parents manage
the situation through supportive learning environment, that is, home tuition or
academy. Secondly, nowadays, the economic life has become very demanding.
Parents are busy in tiresome monetary works. They are overwhelmingly active in
wealth accumulation for self-esteem or saving for siblings. They have limited
time for proper guidance or coaching of their children. They need some learning
support for their kids. There is obviously a learning vacuüm for proper
grooming of siblings; the vacuüm is filled by home tutors/academies, then and
there.
Achieving
Trust of Parents
Parents are
emotionally attached with their children. Normally, the top priority of
responsible parents is to provide quality education to their siblings, so that
low performance or poor results of child is stressful for parents. A good tutor
relieves them from stress, thus, a sustainable better performance of student is
real achievement of home tutor or home tuition provider. The supportive
attitude of tutors increases trust level of parents. How it is shaped? It is
emotional intelligence of tutor that can make ample room for tutor or tutoring
network. The Emotional Intelligence of tutor motivates students towards
self-motivated & self-regulated learning. An independent learner gives
better results in exams/tests. Moreover, a self-motivated & self-regulated
learner is successful during his/her education career. The effective supportive
learning enhances trust level of parents on tutors or tutoring network. The
spoon-feeding approach of learning is rewarding for tutors or academy for a
while but it is inimical for students' education career. On awareness, parents
avoid such teachers/academies. In addition, in some cases, the rote learning
technique is used by tutors for quick and better results. It is noteworthy that
the usage of rote learning method tarnishes the image of tutor/academy,
eventually. A rote learner is failed during multiple challenges of educational
life. Besides emotional grooming towards learning an important factor that
shapes parents' trust is reasonable tuition fee.
Achieving
Trust of Teachers
Teachers are generally
less paid group of our society. They earn less as compare to their counterparts
working in corporate sector/civil service. In addition, they are poorly
equipped in financial dealings. They lose their due monetary share, now and
again. The prompt and competitive return to teachers during facilitation
process develops trust level between teacher and home tuition provider. How the
desired situation is shaped? Teachers generally lack execution ability; it is
execution intelligence of service provider that compels parents towards fair
dealings or timely return. The situation develops better understanding between
facilitator and tutors. In nutshell, an objective approach towards payment,
tuition time and performance monitoring enhances the trust level of teachers on
academy. It is noteworthy that trust level is developed gradually, slowly and
painfully.
Developing
Goodwill of Academy
An educational centre
is recognized on account of high performing students. An academy is an
educational institution. It creates a Supportive Learning Environment for
students of varied types. Generally, an academy provides home tuition, arranges
group classes and conducts motivational sessions. Students can be grouped into
three broad categories - excellent, mediocre and weak. An excellent student
needs outstanding grades, mediocre is looking for competitive edge and a weak
student wants a respectable educational success. Meritorious learning
environment of an academy or provision of competent tutor for each category of
students enhances goodwill of academy. The scholastic incompetency of teachers
creates bad reputation of academy among parents. The investor-driven academies
adopt only cosmetic or superficial steps towards scholastic competency of
tutors, for example, they are least hesitant on telling a lie about impressive
education career of teachers.
Generally, teachers of
low-performing institutions are busy in evening academies or home tutoring.
There are two reasons behind it, first, the low remuneration at school may
provoke a teacher towards home tutoring, and secondly, lust for money may
incite an educator towards home coaching. Whatever may be the reason, teachers
pay less attention at school for better earning through home tuition or
academy. An investor-driven academy prefers such teachers, while an
educator-driven academy avoids/trains them. Practically, an academy may plug
the aforementioned loopholes through adopting wise managing approach based on
the maxim, better performance of students, better return to
educators. It is noticeable that
superior teachers of well-performing institutions or excellent graduates are
successful in evening academies or home tutoring.
Concluding
Remarks - Fee Collection with Minimum Hassle
The financial circle
of an academy involves teachers, parents, investors and organizers. Fair
dealing and timely decision-making will continue the flow of financial circle
in favor of all. An effective decision-making or fairness is based on accurate
data. The accumulation of academic/behavioral data of teachers/parents is
essential for any stable dealing. A well-performing Home Tuition Service will
maintain teachers' data, parents' data and students' data. An effective
matching of teacher, parent and student is vital for stable linkage. The
supportive matching would develop an effective communication network among all
stakeholders. An effective communication means better financial dealings or
better fee collection with less hassle. An effective academy may develop a
communicative network with all stakeholders through multiple mediums such as
mobile messages, emails, meetings and leaflets.
