The other day I showed up to a lesson, and as we began, I soon found out that the student had fallen behind on some of their online assignments. I quickly thought, “How did I not notice this? My clients are paying good money for me to help their child succeed and they are falling behind…nooo!” I was a bit nervous about the situation because, well, I pride myself in offering the best quality service as a tutor. It sort of hit me in the gut. However, I had no time for self-pity and quickly did what I needed to do to resolve the situation. First, and foremost, I communicated the dilemma to the parents. They deserve and always need to know what’s going on. Secondly, I explained to them how we can quickly resolve it. My priority that day was to have the student complete as many of the assignments as possible, while still learn the new content for the week. Sometimes it’s just a balancing act, and that’s what I had to do that day. At the end of our meeting, Dad asked me how to best prepare his son for our lessons going forward. We had a brief, but great discussion and the situation was resolved within a week. It was to my great relief to say the least! Now, here are my words of wisdom so that this doesn’t happen to you:
There isn’t much more to it than that. The lesson I learned here is that I need to be more like the parent and double-check that all our bases our covered as to where assignments are listed. Sometimes teachers post them on different places online so it can be confusing. But once that’s cleared up, your child will be well on their way to getting everything done on time and having the best meetings they can possibly have with their tutor. I hope this information is useful for you! Happy Tutoring! Comments are closed.
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