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News and insights about our tutoring services that cater to the unique needs of Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) families.
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
Whose Responsibility is it to Carry Out Background Checks on Private Tutors?
Tutors International publish article outlining the background checks that should be carried out on private tutors, and who should carry out those checks. Leading global tutoring agency, Tutors International, today published an article outlining the typical background checks that should be conducted on private home schooling candidates as a matter of course. Many families place local classified ads to recruit...
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Sunday, April 21st, 2013
What Background Checks Are Needed on Private Tutors?
Advice to parents on the most important security checks they or their private tutoring agency need to make when hiring a private tutor. Full-time private tuition can ensure your child receives the best education possible, and many UHNW families are taking this approach to fit in with travel, security concerns or international relocation. However, hiring a private tutor and carrying...
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
Should You Let Your Child Choose Their Private Tutor? Tutors International Says It Should Always be Family Decision
Tutoring agency, Tutors International, published an article today that looks at who should be involved in the recruitment process for a private tutor, and what they should look for in the ideal candidate. Nearly all homeschool tutoring candidates will look excellent on paper, with exemplary qualifications and vast experience, so sifting through the list needs to invoke other criteria. Adam...
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Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Travelling with Private Tutors Provides Flexibility and a Richer Education, say Tutors International
Travelling with private tutors: more UHNWIs are hiring a private tutor to travel with them – providing a richer, broader education for children and more flexibility for parents Tutors International, who place full-time private tutors with HNW and UHNW families around the world, today reported that they have seen an increase in the number of clients employing homeschool tutors to...
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Monday, February 18th, 2013
“Full-Time Private Tutors Should Do More Than Help Kids With Their Homework” say Tutors International
Tutors International responded to a NYTimes article that reported that private tutors are frequently asked to assist the family with other tasks by claiming that families should make more use of their full-time tutor. In a recent article published in the New York Times, one home tutor reports on his duties: “I was also [my student’s] driver and his chaperone...
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Monday, January 14th, 2013
5 Questions to Ask Yourself About Your Child’s Private Education
Private education: Tutors International have published guidance for private school parents on how to keep informed on their child’s progress at school and ensure they don’t slip behind. A recent enquiry to Tutors International from a private school pupil herself, highlighted to the agency, who place elite private tutors with families around the world, a lack of support for struggling...
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Wednesday, January 9th, 2013
The Big Con: Parental pressure on private tutors to cheat for their students
It’s no wonder that some private tutors give in to temptation and complete their students’ homework for them. Even I did it once, and in the process learned valuable lessons about dealing with parental pressure. I read an article recently about ‘corrupt’ private tutors: former paragons of educational virtue who swiftly succumb to avarice and deception, and then abandon their...
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Monday, December 10th, 2012
‘All Private Tutoring Agencies are Not Made the Same’, argues Adam Caller
Most tutoring agencies are not delivering the bespoke recruitment service they promise, according to Tutors International. Bespoke recruitment ensures the best placement for tutor and client, not a database-driven ‘best-match’ approach. Tutors International, one of the world’s foremost home tutor placement companies, today reported that client families are being ‘misled’ by some tuition agencies into believing that ‘it doesn’t matter...
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