We are seeing an increase in the number of our families requesting a full-time private tutor, governor, or governess. The feedback: a lack of confidence with standards in school education, especially since the covid pandemic closed schools across the globe, and an attempt by families to expose their children to the global knowledge economy, to give them an edge and ensure that they can compete for coveted places at top schools.
So with this in mind, how can a private tutor, governor, or governess work with your child to help them achieve their very best results and reach the outcome required?
One-on-One Attention
A private tutor, governor, or governess can develop and create lesson plans based on the specific needs and age of your child. They can match your children’s personalities and learning styles and give them the confidence to learn something that they find difficult in a typical classroom-stye environment. The school system tends to have large classes, and even where there are limits on numbers in each class, shy children are often in danger of being overlooked and left behind as they concentrate on the needs of the average student in the class. Where teachers don’t have time to provide the attention a child needs, and the longer this goes on, the more unlikely it becomes that the child will be able to catch up which can have a devastating effect on their self-esteem. A well-chosen one-on-one private educator has the luxury of being able to go back to the beginning, filling gaps in the knowledge and ensuring the child understands the topic and can apply the concepts and possibly even exceed the required standard.
Flexibility To Study Anything, Anywhere and Everywhere
Many of our families have busy schedules and like their families to travel with them around the world spending weeks to months in various countries. As this can be disruptive to a child’s schooling, a private tutor, governor or governess is able to travel with you on family vacations and business trips so that your child doesn’t miss key learning stages at school. A private educator will establish a daily educational plan and routine that allows for one-to-one instruction, learning activities and outings, preparing for tests and exams, and time to write assignments and Essays; fitting all this around the family’s obligations, downtime, and schedule. One of our tutors would regularly deliver lessons on the family’s private jet using the time efficiently so that on arrival the child could indulge in other more engaging pursuits. Additionally, to aid learning, a private tutor, governor or governess might choose to teach specific subjects on specific days. For example, maths and science on Mondays, languages on Tuesdays, art and music on Wednesdays with Friday dedicated to outdoor learning each week.
Learning More Than the Syllabus
A private tutor, governor, or governess teaches a wide variety of subjects in more depth than core curriculums usually require. For example, a bilingual educator will be able to deliver lessons in more than one language. Where your family regularly interacts with different cultures it might be important to you for the educator to teach proper etiquette, culture and customs, a code of conduct, and manners. In pursuit of top colleges, an accomplished, highly educated tutor, governor, or governess can often teach more than the information required by the curriculum and may be able to provide a wider viewpoint for study that allows a student to garner a deeper understanding not only of the core subject, but also the wider issues that impact the subject. Private tutors are also able to teach study skills and how to plan and organise your revision timetable, they can show a child how to best manage their time and prioritize tasks in exams and whilst studying. These life skills are valuable lessons that the child will be able to use throughout adulthood.
Goals and Objective Setting for Your Child’s Future
A private educator can help you set objectives in line with your and your child’s goals,aspirations, personality, and interests. Not all children know what they want to be when they grow up and a private tutor, governor, or governess can act as a coach, encouraging the child to explore their interests. Their focus on educational attainment alongside consistent praise, encouragement, and feedback can instill confidence in your child which will allow you and them to choose the right schools and colleges and be better prepared for entrance exams and often achieve higher results than their peers in traditional schools. A private tutor, governor, or governess can also support you in preparing your child for adulthood byimparting valuable life skills that they may not get exposed to in traditional educational systems.
Is your child struggling? Things to look out for:
Even if your child does attend an educational establishment, they may still benefit from having a private tutor, governor, or governess who will work closely with a student who has fallen behind or has learning difficulties. A child who might benefit from one-on-one attention might have:
• Consistently poor or falling grades
• Detentions for homework not completed
• Not enjoying school
• Stress or anxiety about school, friends, or grades
• Difficulties with age-appropriate core skills such as reading, writing, or maths.
• Diagnosed learning difficulties.
• Not wanting to attend school
Where Can I Find the Right Private Tutor/Governor/Governess for my Family?
Platinum Nanny is an international bespoke search consultancy in the placement of Nannies, Tutors, Governors, Governesses, and Household & Estate Staff in Monaco · London · Dubai · Moscow · Switzerland & the Middle East.
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