Good Parents-Tutors Relationship Leads To Better Exam Results
Every child is tasked to obtain good school results. Have you ever wondered if parents and tutors can also contribute to helping the child in getting excellent school results? In fact, a good parent-tutor relationship can assist the child in obtaining good results! This is because both parents and tutors have the same objective – to educate the child.
We often encourage good relationship between parents and their children; and tutors with their students; however the relationship between parents and tutors are often neglected. This is disappointing as it is essential for parents and tutors to have good relationship in order to work together in assisting the child to obtain better exam results. Also, it is crucial for both the parents and the tutor to have mutual trust. This is because parents have to trust the tutor in order to entrust their child to the tutor. Compared to the parents, tutors gain the child’s trust easier and the child often opens up to his tutor. Thus, good parents-tutors relationship may also improve the parents’ relationship with their child. Therefore, it is of great importance that the parents build good relationship with the tutor.
There are few areas that both parents and tutors need to work on in building a trusting and open relationship to lead to better exam results for the child.
Firstly, there should be good communication between the parents and tutors. The parents and tutors must mutually decide on certain administration issues such as tuition fee, tuition timing and tuition venue. Both parties also have to stick to the agreement to prevent future disputes. Also, efficiency is essential as both parties may have very busy schedule. Next, parents should be able to discuss any problems with the tutors and vice versa. Arguments should be avoided at all cost. Parents should learn to contain their bossiness even though they are the one paying the tutor. Mutual respect is greatly encouraged.
Secondly, there should be mutual respect between the parents and the tutor. The parents should trust the tutor and not doubt their ability. As we know, all the tutors are definitely qualified and educated, thus parents should trust their teaching abilities and judgments without questioning them. This may help to prevent disputes. For instance, I believe that the tutor would not want the parents to interfere with the way they give lessons. Thus the parents should respect the tutor by trusting them. Likewise, the tutor should also respect the parents by listening to their suggestions if there are any. For example, the parents may discuss with the tutor if they find that the tutor’s way of teaching may not be appropriate for their child.
Thirdly, parents who naturally know their child better can contribute to the tuition by providing the tutor with certain relevant information of the child. For instance, they can contribute by discussing with the tutors what are the child’s likes and dislikes, and also the child’s learning ability. By doing so, we can ensure that the tutor will learn to communicate with the child better and conduct the lesson more efficiently.
Fourthly, parents and tutor should also get together to discuss about the child’s progress in his study occasionally. It will be good if it can be done at the end of every tuition session. However, monthly review might be good enough. With the monthly review being done consistently, the child’s progress in his study is constantly monitored, thus, it is easier to evaluate a more effective teaching which is suitable to the child. In this way, the child’s result will inevitably improve.
Last but not least, parents can also share some of the problems that their child is facing in their studies and give the tutor some feedback on their teaching method. This is so that the tutor can improve on their teaching method and make learning more efficient for the child. Tutors also have to be open and willing to accept constructive feedback and most importantly, act on it. At the same time, the tutor can also tell the parents what they observe about the child from the tuition session and advise them if there are any areas that need improvements. Also, tutors should always share good news about the child’s progress with the parents, for instance, when the child’s grade improved or when he performs well. This will strengthen the parents-tutor relationship. The parents will certainly feel happy and proud to hear these.
In conclusion, good parents and tutors relationship is definitely essential in improving the child’s exam result. It sends a clear, consistent and motivating message to the child that learning is very important. As a result, the child will be more motivated to study and he will benefit academically. Therefore, start building healthy and good relationship with your child’s tutors and see improvements in your child results and behavior!
