Case Studies: North America, Instead of School

As well as conducting customised recruitment processes for each Client enquiry, our ability to innovate in the tutoring market has set us apart from other high-end tutoring companies. Tutors International supplies elite tutors onboard yachts and superyachts. We’ve recruited micro-school coordinators in the Puerto-Rican mountains, specialist SEN tutors, and academic-vocational hybrid tutors.

This highly specialist service, tailored approach, and exclusive client base earned Tutors International the epithet, ‘the Dom Perignon of tutoring companies’ (The Good Schools Guide). TI Tutors and Clients alike have shared why we are deserving of this title.

Here you can read through some case studies of exemplary private tuition that we have assigned all over the world:

Los Angeles

Delivery
Part Time, Short Term
Students
Boy (6), Girl (4)
Circumstances
Relocation or New School, Instead of School
Background
This was a short term position. The Tutor's role was to maintain the children's education relative to their peers while temporarily in Los Angeles. The boy had exceptional memory skills and this was masking a difficulty with reading and learning.
Outcome
Working with the tutor exposed the hidden learning deficits and largely resolved them. The boy was accepted to an excellent school in his home city of New York and is thriving.

Acapulco

Delivery
Full Time, Short Term
Students
Boy (11), Boy (10), Boy (8), Boy (8)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel
Background
This family winter outside the UK and take their children out of school during the period. Between the children, the full range of school subjects is covered. A tutor was needed to continue the boys' education in a fun and location-appropriate style.
Outcome
Tutors International supported this Client for 5 months each winter for 4 years until the eldest boy's GCSE preparation was at risk of being too significantly impacted.

Antigua

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (7), Boy (11)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Unhappy at School, Special Needs
Background
The elder boy had been diagnosed with ADD and had been bullied. His self-esteem was low and he lacked confidence. Both boys enjoyed being outdoors and exploring the world around them.
Outcome
A full time private tutor, able to support all school subjects, developed a broad homeschool curriculum to get the older boy back on track. He returned to school after 2 years’ tutoring where he is now doing well.

Aspen

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Girl (12)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel
Background
A Tutor was needed to provide a home education for a girl being homeschooled during middle school to allow the family the freedom to travel.
Outcome
The girl was accepted into her first choice of high school on her return and the family no longer have such itchy feet.

Costa Mesa

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (14), Boy (15)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Unhappy at School, Special Needs
Background
The boys were cousins. One had been bullied at school and the other, recently relocated to the area, had never done well at school, so the parents sought a private tutor to home educate.
Outcome
The Tutor quickly established that one of the children was dyslexic and was able to adjust the teaching to suit his learning style. After a year both boys re-entered mainstream schools and graduated normally.

Hamptons

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (9)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel
Background
A bilingual German/English Tutor was needed. The family travel extensively and for long periods and were looking for a Tutor who would be able to offer an enriching educational experience that bridged the periods when the boy was away from his school.
Outcome
Our Tutor was immensely successful at giving the family the freedom they needed while providing a superb educational experience for their son.

Los Angeles

Delivery
Full Time, Short Term
Students
Girl (15), Girl (13), Boy (5), Boy (3)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel, Exam Preparation
Background
This was a short term but challenging and intensive assignment, working with four children from Ireland while they accompanied their family on business.
Outcome
The eldest girl was in the final stages of her leaving certificate and did extremely well following the tutoring. All the children loved working with the tutor.

Los Angeles

Delivery
Full Time, Short Term
Students
Boy (12)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Relocation or New School, Exam Preparation
Background
This family were in the middle of a move from their home in France to the US, and their son needed to be supported in his entrance applications for the new school and with the transition from one system to the other.
Outcome
The Tutor ensured that the boy was able to do well in the Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) and therefore be accepted to his first choice of school.

Miami

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (14), Boy (12)
Circumstances
Instead of School
Background
Due to delays in securing visas for a move to the US from England, the boys’ schooling ran into difficulty. In order to be accepted at the top private school in the area the boys needed to be at the same point as their class.
Outcome
Tutors International supplied a Tutor who began the US school course while the family were still in the UK and then accompanied the family to Florida to ensure smooth integration.

Montreal

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (15)
Circumstances
Instead of School
Background
This highly academic child actor needed an excellent Tutor to maintain preparation for his GCSEs in 14 subjects while on set making a big budget film.
Outcome
Despite the challenges of working from a caravan and fitting around the filming schedule, the Tutor was able to help ensure that the boy passed all his exams with A* and A grades.

Nassau

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (15)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Advanced Studies
Background
This was an unusual position where, instead of completing high school, a young man wished to study the content of a business degree, without enrolment in a further education establishment, so that he could join his father's business.
Outcome
A full time Tutor was appointed to create a relevant and applicable course of the standard of a full load degree, partly through tutorials and partly through correspondence.

Nassau

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Girl (15)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Special Needs
Background
A full time private tutor was sought for a young lady whose specific learning difficulty meant that she learned best when materials were adjusted to her highly visual learning style.
Outcome
The tutor needed to use her imagination to change all materials from the school into visual/spatial format so that the student was able to succeed in the mainstream classroom.

New Jersey

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Girl (6), Boy (7), Boy (3)
Circumstances
Instead of School
Background
A full time private tutor was sought to homeschool three children of a high profile Client in New Jersey. The role required complete discretion, and had a particularly wide remit including several languages.
Outcome
The position was filled by a teaching couple who between them were able to offer all the required subjects.

Newhaven

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Boy (8), Girl (6)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel, Academic Concerns
Background
This family were disappointed with the quality of schooling on offer near their home and sought a Tutor to homeschool their children instead. This lifestyle choice also allowed the parents the freedom to travel for extended periods.
Outcome
The Tutor was able to create a superb curriculum for the children, taking advantage of the resources locally, whether in the US or travelling in Africa.

Pennsylvania

Delivery
Full Time
Students
Girl (12), Girl (2), Boy (10), Boy (8)
Circumstances
Instead of School, Travel, Special Needs
Background
This US family wished to change their lifestyle and travel in Europe. This meant homeschooling their children, two of whom were dyslexic, while they travelled.
Outcome
The family were so impressed by the progress of their children out of traditional school that they retained the services of Tutors International for an additional two years after they returned.

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