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Tips to Teach Children Drawing

July 16, 2011 Posted by Kantata Taqwa

1. Stick figures: Younger kids can be made to start off by drawing stick figures. Parents can make a lot of stick figures. Then they can draw girl sticks figures as well by adding clothes. Or they can even draw stick figures complementing with hair or make them move up their hands, twist their body and more.

2. Parents are required to make sure that the color pencils or crayons are free from very pointed points which could be a reason to harm and hurt the kid.Children have the inclination to put crayons and pencils in their mouth, therefore, parents need to teach them the real purpose of crayons is to draw and color and they should not put such things into their mouth because it is hygienic. However, there are kid friendly crayons available in the markets which are also non-toxic. So, it is advisable for the parents to buy such crayons for the kids.

3. Parents should also teach their kids how to hold crayons. They should be taught how they should wrap their tiny fingers around the crayon and begin drawing.

4. Kids also have a very fade knowledge about colors, therefore, parents should teach them how to add one color with the other to create a new color out of the two.

There are also many others things regarding painting and crayons that parents can teach their kids, because more they play with colors, the more they get a deeper idea about the thing. Thus, if you are looking for a school to admit you kid, that teaches other disciplines as well as provide a friendly teaching to the kids. Then, Onlineschooladmissions is the appropriate zone for you.

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Hiring Tutors for the Professional Tutor

July 9, 2011 Posted by Kantata Taqwa

If it’s going to be more than just you tutoring for $40-$55 an hour, you’re going to need to hire some tutors to work for you.

So where do you find qualified staff?

The best way to obtain tutors is by placing an ad in the education jobs section of craigslist.org. Many educators seeking supplemental money, many P.H.D students, and many professors search the education jobs board of craigslist.org everyday. Here’s a sample Ad you can run on craigslist.org:

Tutors Needed All Subjects ASAP. $16-$25 hour.
Service needs Math (Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus), Science (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), English, Foreign Language (Latin, French, and Spanish), and ACT/SAT tutors. Respond with cover letter and resume to email address listed. Thank you.

Another method of obtaining qualified staff is by calling the Masters and P.H.D departments of your local university and asking them for a list of graduate students who are interested in tutoring. Graduate school administrators are usually eager to share with you the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of graduate students.

If the preceding two methods do not give you qualified candidates, place an employment ad in the employment section of your local newspaper. Careerbuilder.com and Monster.com can also be good places to advertise for staff, but this type of Help Wanted Ad can be very expensive.

So what do you look for when hiring a tutor?

1) At the least, make sure the tutor applicant has a college degree–don’t hire staff without college degrees.

2) Look for specialization in that degree. For example, if you’re hiring an Algebra II tutor, make sure that he or she has a B. S. in Mathematics or a related subject.

3) Look for previous teaching experience and certification. Don’t hire staff who have never tutored or taught before.

4) Look for a post-graduate degree. A Masters or P.H.D degree is a sign that the tutor knows what he or she is doing.

So where do we hold the interview if we don’t have a bricks-and-mortar tutoring company?

We don’t want to be inviting applicants into our home–that’s just dangerous! Here’s where we conduct interviews if you’re running an in-home service:

1) a coffeehouse, or

2) the foyer of a library if seating is available.

I hope this has been a helpful article on some very common questions on where to find qualified tutors. Good luck!

Robert Weigel tutored on the side for $40 to $55 an hour during the recession. He was overloaded with requests for tutoring so that he had to hire tutors to work for him. Eventually, his tutoring-on-the-side became a $100,000 part-time business.

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