i am 16 and at this time have not actually recieved my GCSE results however i am expecting good results so i am posting this in confidence. if you want tution in any of the following subjects i can help
Resistant Materials
Maths
Double Science
Geography
i am now going on to futher education at Penistone Sixth From so as i have finished my GCSE i have still got a good understanding of the subjects listed, also i am able to relate to how challenging some new concepts in the areas of science and maths can be to pick up, but i got through it and so can you with my help.

if a student is willing to put the effort in i am confident that i can make a difference to their education and final GCSE results.

so dont delay if you are struggling on any aspect of the following subjects then post me i can help as little or as much as you want so if its from anything from dovetail joints to cosine rule i can help.

Just a word of advice - be careful with this, tutoring is a big responsibility and I really don't mean to sound patronising in posting. Many tutors that advertise their services, myself included, are qualified teachers that have been police checked and even with that if people are paying you then they expect a certain degree of experience and guarantee that they will get some sort of return on their "investment" in you as a "product".

I think it's great that you want to help others and I'm really not knocking you - just watch your back and make sure you don't get taken advantage of - especially if you intend to offer your services for free.

Good luck on Thursday!

thanks for the advice i wouldnt see it as patronising i didnt think of the police checks and stuff and having a qualification for it. but i supose that in todays society things like that is a good thing. i do honestly think that i can help people improve there overall results and without sounding too disrespectful to profesional tutors i cant see what differece a qualification would make but in saying that i am rather naive to tutoring so thanks for the heads up anyway.

any futher advice on this subject would be greatly appreciated from absynthfairy or any other tutors with advice.

thanks

Hiya Pottsy,

You make a good point. When I first started tutoring I had no formal teaching qualification - just a good understanding of the subject I wanted to teach. I initially got my pupils through the Anysubject agency (you can find them easily enough if you google them - not sure of their web addy off hand) and all they required is that you held the qualification that you wished to teach. They did require, as most agencies do, that you held a current CRB certificate - thats the police check. Anyone can get one done but it costs £35, in my opinion, money well spent. However, I'm not sure they would use you over a tutor that was a bit older with a bit more experience of the education system - but it's a question you could ask. The other snag with agencies is that you have to pay them part of your fee as a commission for as long as you teach the pupil they forward you - their current fee is a ridiculous £7.50 per lesson. So, the parent pays you £22 or whatever, you have to pay anysubject £7.50. Different agencies vary - but all will want a fee. They will also require you to declare yourself as self employed for tax purposes - however given your age, that will merely be a formality I would have thought.

I get most of my pupils these days through recommendation or through private advertising and I am quite expensive I suppose, but thats experience, results and letters after my name talking...and parents of the people I teach are happy to pay for that.

You might be as well to put up ads in local shops etc at a cheapish rate (I'd say £8-10 an hour) and see how you get on - some parents might love the idea, but if I was you - sell yourself as a subject peer mentor, rather than a tutor. State your results and your experience and be willing to start off with 1 or 2 students.

I personally love tutoring - more than classroom teaching to be honest and would recommend it to anyone, it's really rewarding for both the pupil and the tutor and I do it for so many more reasons than the money.

I wish you loads of luck and if you need any help let me know...

Joanne

thanks for the advice its well apreciated. so for anyone else i am no longer advertising my servises as a tutor but as a subject peer mentor resulting from recent advice from absynthfairy.

cheers mate

i got my results today
resistant materials A*
geography A
maths A
Science A A

Pottsy,
did you get your results through the door or do you have to go up to the school/college.

And if so are they all just pasted up on the doors or notice boards?

Originally posted by muddycoffee
Pottsy,
did you get your results through the door or do you have to go up to the school/college.

And if so are they all just pasted up on the doors or notice boards?

When I had to go and get mine from school for GCSE's and A-Levels they were in a sealed envelope, since you get a piece from the exam board as a provisional certificate to prove your qualifications if you're going on to do a different course at a different college.

Thanks Hook,
I just found that out for myself this lunchtime. Everything in sealed envelopes! Sounds a bit daft to me, when I was at school doing O Levels they just put all the results up on the front windows of the school and anyone could go and look.

well there was a bit of messing around this morning because we were told that we could collect our results at 10am but after about twenty of us arriving at this time a notice was put up saying we werent able to see them untill 10:30. we all recieved our results in uncealed envelopes but none off the results were posted for public display, i think this might have been to respect peoples wishes who didnt want everyone else knowing what they had got. i heard that one school recieved their results at 7:30am! good job it wasnt my school i was still in bed!

Hi, i'm 15 so when i go back to school i will be in y11.

I'm looking for help with my resistant materials coursework. The reason for this is because i have missed a few lessons due to my glandular fever. Because of this my teacher has not informed me of what to do and how to do it. e.g design specification.

Could you help with drawing ideas as well?

How much would you have to be paid?

Helen

sorry to hear about your glandular fever, i hope your feeling better now. Prices would be about £10 for the first hour and then £5 for every hour after that. though it depends where you live because i havent got any means of travel other than public tranasport and since i live in Stocksbridge it depends how far it is to travel for me.
but i could still help you as much as i can via email if you want, with the folder and written work side of things such as the design specification.

John

Hi i would like to do some over the internet and maybe some home visits.

Most of it could be easily done over the internet. I think only the drawings i would need home help with

Would you allow people round to you house?

I Live in Hackenthorpe. you could always get the train into town and then catch the tram but that would be up to you.

What days are you available? What hours?

Have you got a hotmail account, it would be easier to talk through that.

Mine is

Howdoilooknow@hotmail.com

Helen

my hotmail is pottsy0@hotmail.co.uk

Hi, if you are still offering tutoring i am in need of help!

I'm 15 currently in y11 and have been asking my parents for a maths tutor for a while, i'm studying intermediate level and predicted D currently :S, although i would like to up my grade to a c or hopppefulllly a B.

I live in the s3 area and would be able to make it to lessons on a saturday morning but if you aren't available that time then fair enough.

Anyway reply if poss

Cheers

yeah i am still offering "subject peer mentoring" it depends where in the s3 area you live because as i have mentioned i live in Stocksbridge and im not that keen on travelling too far and my parents arent really that keen on letting people they dont know into our house.

so it just depends

John

hiya sorry about not answering. well yeah its fair enough about not wanting to travel far and stuf. i think i may have found a tutor now anyway so i think its sorted!

Thanks for replying and best of luck with 'subject peer mentoring' lol.