[dropcap]H[/dropcap]ome tuition agencies are in great demand to ensure supply of quality home tutors. This is an age of specialization and teachers are also expected to be specialists of specific subjects. If you want to make a career as a tutor you can get enrolled in any of the home tuition agencies for seeking suitable assignments of teaching at home.
The agencies are the perfect platform for students and tutors alike. The Internet is the best place to locate a tuition agency to help you out with a tutor for your child. As the trend of tuition is growing, the demand for the right agency that can help you to find the tutor of your choice is also growing.
Serving students as well as tutors
Tutor agencies are like meeting places for parents and tutors. The agency is primarily a business unit that facilitates the meeting by providing a platform. The competition is intense in the education field and every parent wants their child to excel in studies. This aspiration has fuelled the market of tutor business that has presented the tutor agencies with great opportunities of business. They have access to a pool of tutors who are enrolled with them and direct them to students. They usually charge a commission fee from the tutors for every successful engagement that they offer. Some agencies can even employ tutors but it depends on the business policy.
On the other hand, in order to attract more students, some tutor agency like Smile Tutor of Singapore does not charge any fees from students. Students have only to pay the teacher for the services that they receive. It is a free service for students that actually acts as an incentive for driving more students to the agency.
The role of coordinators
Parents searching for tutors at home are led to the coordinators of the tutor agency. The coordinators are the back bone of the tutor agency as they actually undertake the facilitation process and help parents to identify the tutor that they are looking for. Coordinators are the front end contacts of the agency who understand the needs of parents and match the requirements with the pool of tutors that they have at their disposal. Besides the quality of tutors, other aspects like matching times and proper location are also part of the coordinator’s job. After all, they are the pivots of the business of tutor agencies.
Variety of tutors
Regardless of the qualifications and experience, a variety of tutors are empanelled with tutor agencies. Some may offer full time services while other may do it part time. The latter type is mostly under graduates of universities who need some financial assistance and offer tuitions to school students. In Singapore, tutors are never employed with the agencies. They pay a commission to the agency on finalization of student contract. Tutors are paid by the client for the services they render.
The tutor engagement is without any obligations on the part of the agency and replacements are arranged in case students are not happy with the tutor.
Michael Sullivan is a social scientist who takes special interest in the education of children. He has been an advisor to Smile Tutor, a Singapore based tutor agency. Educating parents about the trends and happenings in the education sector is captured in his writings. Currently he is engaged in a research on the subject to tutor business.
