原文: Questions to Consider When Hiring a Tutor

Are you frustrated because your child is struggling in math or reading despite your best efforts to help?

It can be maddening to repeatedly explain the same math formula with little success. Even when you try to explain it differently, your child still doesn't seem to grasp the concept. Before you know it, your patience is worn thin. It's only a matter of time before you raise your voice in frustration, and your child's eyes well up with tears.

If you realize your child needs more help than you can provide, consider hiring a tutor. A good tutor will be able to recognize where your child's problem began and begin to build from there.
Here are some important things to consider when hiring a tutor…

• ·Explore options for locating qualified tutors. Use the phone book, ask school personnel for references and check with "learning assistance" companies.
  
  ·Choose two or three potential tutors to interview.
  
  ·Develop a list of questions to ask the tutors. These questions should try to find answers to such things as their level of expertise, awareness of different learning styles and comfort level with children.
  
• ·Interview each tutor individually.
  
• ·Have the tutor meet your child and observe how they interact.
  
• ·Choose the tutor that you feel is best qualified.
  
• ·Discuss details of what services you expect the tutor to provide your child.
  
• ·Arrange a meeting between school personnel, your tutor and yourself to establish an education plan for the tutor to follow.

A tutor, of course, cannot replace the love and affection of a parent. You still need to let your child know your expectations. Continue to check homework assignments, and review progress reports. Attend scheduled parent-teacher conferences. Volunteer to help in your child's classroom if you can. Provide encouragement, and reward your child when he or she reaches a milestone.

译文: 请家教时要考虑的问题

      你是否因为你的孩子学习数学或语文吃力而苦恼，即使你尽最大努力帮助他。

      重复的解释同一个数学公式但是见效很小是让人很恼火的。甚至你试图用不同的方法解释，但你的孩子看起来仍然不理解那个概念。在你明白之前，你已经渐渐的没有耐心。你因为沮丧而提高嗓门并且你的孩子眼里满是泪水，发生这样的事情只是时间问题。

      如果你认识到你的孩子需要比你能提供的帮助更多的帮助时，你会考虑请家教。一个好的家庭教师能知道你的孩子问题出在哪里并能从那着手教他。

     当你要请家教时这里有一些重要的事情需要考虑：

    调查当地有资格的家教，使用电话本，向学校职员询问作为参考并且通过帮助公司检查。

    选择两到三个有潜力的家教面试。

    列一个问题单来向家教提问。这些问题应该试图得到诸如此类事情的答案，例如他们的经验水平、认识不同的教学风格对孩子的舒适程度。

   单独对每位家教进行面试。

   让家教和你的孩子见面，观察他们是如何相互交流的。

   选择你认为最有资格的那个家教。

   讨论一下你所期望家教提供给你孩子的服务的细节。

   安排一个学校职员，你的家教和你的见面会，建立一个你家教接下来要做的教学计划。

   当然，家教不能代替父母的爱和感情，你仍然需要让孩子知道你的期望。继续检查学校布置的家庭作业，评论进步报告，参加家长会，如果你有能力请自愿的去帮助你孩子的班级。当你的孩子取得进步的时候给予鼓励和表扬。