Blog Posts under Tutor

Online learning, what's the right option for you?

What is online tuition?

Although online tuition has been around for some time now, it has become increasingly popular over the past few years. Tutors have brushed up their IT skills so they can comfortably use software programs and tools that online tuition requires such as VOIP (Skype), interactiv...

Lecture by Prof Judith Ireson from The IOE at The Tutors Association

First Tutors attended the first AGM of the The Tutors Association last week.

Prof Judith Ireson from the Institute of Education gave a very interesting talk on what research to date shows are the key outcomes parents are looking for from private tutoring: increases in understanding, confidence, per...

Are you a part-time tutor and work at home mum? Tell us your story

Are you a mum or dad and also a tutor with First Tutors? Do you love the flexibility and work-life balance that part time tutoring provides? Did you adjust quickly to home-work-family life? Has tutoring other children helped you understand your own children's needs?If you found a client through Firs...

Inspirational Quotes

As a tutor do you have a favourite quote to inspire and motivate your tutee?

Some of our favourites are:

"There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure" - General Colin Powell

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems...

Tutors, thinking about a leap into teaching?

Graduate tutors, are you inspired and passionate to want to take take it further? Would you ever train to be a teacher?

Teaching like tutoring is a very rewarding profession. The government recognises the need for schools to recruit people with industry experience and this is reflected by the fact ...