I have a suggestion that may be obvious….

I have in the past had trouble with a select few tutors. Most have been great. The few who I did have problems with had a strange (to me) habit. I would periodically get a generic note: how is aaa doing in your subject? with a box for me to put the current grade. How do a define the wide variety of strengths and weaknesses a student has in such a short form? It seems to me this was simply paperwork from the tutoring company (yes the tutors seemed to be hires at a tutoring company)

I would love to see what the student has been working on with the tutor, I would love to see directed subject specific questions that I can answer.

just some random thoughts. good luck to you!

1) Knowing what they’re talking about. Steering the student in the wrong direction is not very helpful.

2) Student work. Some tutors don’t know when to stop “helping” the student. There’s nothing quite like that moment when you realize that a parent or tutor is so upset about the grade on the paper because they wrote it, not the student. Some folks mean well– “I’m just going to help Johnny a little bit with this…”– but if the student isn’t lifting his own weights, he’s not building any muscle.

(1) http://www.tuitionplaza.com/tutoring/

(2) www.tutor.com

(3) … many other sites (use search engine – Good luck!)

Think ouside the box and you’ll have more options! Hope this helps you.

I encourage students to get private tuition if they feel it will help.