Tutoring Underground - Tutoring Underground Is Possible

Tutoring Underground - Tutoring Underground Is PossibleTutoring underground is a common practice in many schools today. The reason is that some areas of the country are experiencing a shortage of teachers. For example, there are more than 200 schools in New Jersey that do not have enough teachers to meet the educational needs of all of their students.Teacher shortages are occurring at both public and private schools and parochial schools. It's important for parents to understand the solutions in a variety of situations. The same thing applies to online tutoring or underground tutoring.In the public school districts, the solution is easy. All you need to do is find a school district that has a high percentage of teachers willing to teach as long as they can and get them to work with a tutor. That's not nearly as difficult as it may sound, especially if you can find a teacher who is willing to work with you while you are earning your teaching degree. Tutors usually prefer this arrangem ent because they save money by not having to pay any tuition.If you don't want to try to find a private tutor or you are just not good at it, you may want to start an online tutoring program. You can either ask your college to let you use their computers to help you search for tutors or you can search the Internet. Your choice is up to you.If you have a knack for writing and can actually find a private tutor who has a desire to help you learn how to teach online, you might consider going it alone. One of the greatest things about online tutoring is that you do not have to invest in any expensive office space. However, if you choose to work alone, you will need to take care of all the costs associated with running a business.Public schools are overwhelmed with a shortage of teachers and one of the best ways to solve the problem is to just keep all the teachers in the area working together. Private schools may not have to solve this problem, but they also have one. If you look online, you will find that you can find someone online who will tutor you in many different ways.Private schools have no choice but to offer tutoring underground in some cases. They need qualified teachers so they are forced to use a variety of different methods to find them. One of the better ways to go about finding someone to tutor you is to check out other teachers' opinions of your potential tutor. If he is really good at what he does, chances are he will be willing to come to you.

Answer Questions Like a Scientist for GMAT Success

Answer Questions Like a Scientist for GMAT Success GMAT MBA Admissions Blog One of the great misconceptions about standardized exams such as the GMAT or the SAT is that they are tests of “Math” or “English.” Rather, these types of tests are tests of analytical thinkingâ€"in short, logicâ€"that require a certain basic level of Math or English to succeed. It’s pretty clear that we need to develop these hard skills: facility with Algebra, English grammar, etc. in order to succeed. What is less apparent is the fact that we must also learn how to ask the right questions of ourselves in order to tackle these exams efficiently. Why? Because the test-writers are literally trying to confuse you. The good news is that they use a very particular system to do this, and it’s crackable. However, this is not any normal sort of confusing writing. Let’s look at three different species of confusing writing; the third is what you’ll see on the GMAT or the SAT. It’s badly written. This is something we’ve all experienced. Something simply doesn’t make sense because its internal logic doesn’t make sense. Not much to say here: this book needs an editor. The information is broken down inaccessibly. Long story short, when a mathematician writes a textbook, it’s easy to forget what it’s like to be learning for the first time. She assumes that the steps taken in order to reach the next line will make sense to the reader. Sometimes this works, but often it doesn’t. There is an internal logic, but it’s not obvious to many readers. To me, this is just a different form of poor writing. The information is all there, but packaged in an intentionally-jumbled way. This is the entire problem with GMAT- and SAT-style standardized exams. All necessary information is there (it must be in order to successfully imply one particular answer!) but it is often presented in a way that seems backward, confusing, or illogical. Yes, that’s on purpose. The SAT and the GMAT give you raw information and force you to interpret it. In Quant, you must know where an equation comes from rather than blindly plugging in: What’s the point of this equation? How would I make any number fit it? How would I prove it? This is a little harder to describe for the Verbal part of these exams, but the best example is high-level questions where hard-and-fast rules break down and you have to make a judgment call based on “style” in grammar-type or “inference” in reading-type questions. For both, the interpretation is a form of inference. Inductive vs. Deductive Logic You’ll need to know this terminology to proceed, so let’s address Deductive and Inductive Logic. Deductive Logic is straightforward “reorganization of information.” It’s like an Algebra problem: all of the stuff is already there on the page; you’re just reorganizing to solve for X. There is no new information created. The most convenient (and crucial) distinction: a computer uses only deductive logic. Inductive Logic is inferential: it requires a guess (and a test). Inductive Logic works from empirical information, recognizes patterns, and makes an “educated guess” based on the information provided. This guess creates new information. Crucial: a computer does not use Inductive Logic. Look at it this way: The GMAT and the SAT are both presented to test your inductive thinking ability as well as your deductive thinking ability. Now let’s take a look at the best weapon in our arsenal. Use the Scientific Method to Break Down Information This might be like taking a Howitzer to a knife fight, but sometimes you gotta bring out the heavy artillery. We’ve established already that the information you’ll be presented on the GMAT or the SAT is given in a jumble. How to make sense of it? Easy: the Scientific Method. The Scientific Method is a brilliant mash-up of both Inductive and Deductive Logic that allows us to bounce back and forth between Inductive and Deductive Logic, guessing-and-checking our way to a reasonable answer. Let’s look at the Scientific Method in its most basic form: State the problem What do you have and what do you need? Hypothesis/Hypotheses about the cause of the problem Got an idea about what’s happening here? Look for that stumbling block. Feel around; try to figure out where it is. Got it? Good. Experiment, testing the hypothesis. Now that you have an idea, what are you going to do about it? Got a technique in mind? Predict results of the experiment See whether that technique works: is that move likely to make the Algebra shake out something useful? Do you think that assumption could clarify the difference between those two answers in Reading Comprehension? Compare the predictions to the actual outcomes Maybe it worked, maybe it didn’t. If it didn’t, throw it out. Conclusions regarding the results Do you have an answer yet? If so, great. If not, then perhaps the hypothesis was wrong. Time to think of something else that might work. If this seems long… Note that, of course, we routinely roll steps 3-6 together. For the moment, though, take it as slowly as necessary. Are you stuck with a problem? Not sure how to shake something loose? The common answer among novice test-takers is “I just don’t know some factoid that I’m supposed to know and if I knew that random thing then I’d be able to solve it.” What’s more likely, thoughâ€"assuming you know your basicsâ€"is that you don’t know how to solve it. Thinking in terms of “hows” is a global approach, assuming that you will plan, prepare, and roadmap a solution to the problem. This is exactly what the Scientific Method guides you through. Next time you’re stuck, give it a little science. See what happens. If you want to read more, I’ve written a 16-page guide going into even greater depth about how to Ask the Right Questions on the GMATâ€"with special emphasis on how developing this skill can help you overcome test anxiety! Link to Guide: https://yourgmatcoach.withcoach.com/free-pdf-guide-how-to-break-down-gmat-questions About the AuthorRowan Hand has worked as a GMAT tutor for students across the globe since 2005. He is the author of the #1 Amazon bestseller (categories: GMAT and Test Prep), Last Minute GMAT Grammar. Rowan has helped over 500 students make their careers at schools such as LBS, Columbia, Wharton, INSEAD, and more. Contact Rowan directly: rowan@yourgmatcoach.com Link to site: www.yourgmatcoach.com

Teach Away Case Study American United School of Kuwait (AUS)

Teach Away Case Study American United School of Kuwait (AUS) For this particular private international school, Teach Away recruitment specialists offered a full-service recruitment plan including in-person interviews with school officials. One of the challenges included many last-minute vacancies to be filled. AUS provided pre-kindergarten - grade 5 instruction in its founding year, with plans to expand to middle school-level education in the 2014 - 2015 school year. In order to begin as planned in September 2013, the school required a faculty of American pre-kindergarten - grade 5 teachers and administrators. The challenge This private international school required more than 20 teachers and administrators with strong leadership skills to make their first academic year a success. All candidates were required to be US citizens with a Bachelor’s degree in the relevant subject field and a minimum of 2 years of previous experience. AUS selected Teach Away to be their exclusive recruitment partner, responsible for the sourcing of American candidates that met the school’s requirements and the arrangement of a series of in-person interviews between the candidates and school organizers in major cities across the US (Las Vegas, New York, and Atlanta). Teach Away’s recruitment process Teach Away’s account managers began the recruitment process, including the organization of in-person interviews across the United States. Job advertisement began immediately on Teach Away’s job board, external job posting websites, and social media sites such as Linkedin and Facebook. Teach Away aimed to source three highly qualified candidates for each position through pre-screening interviews using personality and situational assessments, qualification and document review, and pedagogical knowledge questioning. After pre-screening hundreds of qualified educators, Teach Away arranged in-person interviews for 60 shortlisted candidates across the United States competing for the mentioned positions. Teach Away’s communication through live documents and years of recruitment expertise ensured that in-person interviewing went smoothly for all parties. By sourcing only the most eligible candidates, Teach Away allowed AUS to select the candidates who would best lead the institution in its founding year. Following successful in-person interviews, Teach Away provided continuous communication and updates between candidates and school organizers, and provided pre-departure orientation in the form of cultural information sessions and document authentication assistance. Results Teach Away’s recruitment process allowed AUS to meet their staffing goals for the 2013 - 2014 school year. In 2014, AUS reported that 100% of the teachers recruited by Teach Away were staying on for a second year with the school, an impressive feat. Following a successful hiring process and start to the school year, AUS again selected Teach Away as the sole recruitment provider for the school’s 2014 - 2015 hiring needs. AUS’s Founding Director, Dr. Jennifer Beckwith, has spoken to her satisfaction with Teach Away’s recruitment services by saying, “We are extremely impressed by the proficiency and preparedness shown by Teach Away. Whenever we queried a candidate, they were willing to find out the answers we were seeking. All the preliminary work was taken care of, which cut down on our search and pre-screening and we were most grateful for their help. We look forward to working with them again this school year.” If you would like to explore the ways in which the Teach Away team can support your institution with your recruitment needs, visit our Recruitment page.

Meet Etash, a Kumon Program Completer Who is Using his Technology Skills to Teach Kids to Code

Meet Etash, a Kumon Program Completer Who is Using his Technology Skills to Teach Kids to Code Meet Etash, a Kumon Program Completer Who is Using his Technology Skills to Teach Kids to Code Etash completed the Kumon Math Program in four years thanks to what his Instructor refers to as “grit.” No matter how new or difficult a problem was, he would tackle it head on, working at it until he could solve it on his own. It was with this mindset that Etash learned to code. He released two apps on the App Store by the time he was 16, and is in the process of writing a programming book to teach other kids how to create apps. In 2016, he won the Congressional App Challenge for Colorado and was invited to Washington DC by his congressman. You might also be interested in: Meet Marco, a Program Completer, Who Inspired Other Family Members to Reach their Highest Potential with Kumon Meet Jessica, a Kumon Reading Program Completer Who Has a Way With Words Meet Elina, a Dual Program Completer Who Has Developed Independence in Kumon Meet Joshua, a Kumon Reading Program Completer who Beat the Odds Meet Etash, a Kumon Program Completer Who is Using his Technology Skills to Teach Kids to Code Meet Etash, a Kumon Program Completer Who is Using his Technology Skills to Teach Kids to Code Etash completed the Kumon Math Program in four years thanks to what his Instructor refers to as “grit.” No matter how new or difficult a problem was, he would tackle it head on, working at it until he could solve it on his own. It was with this mindset that Etash learned to code. He released two apps on the App Store by the time he was 16, and is in the process of writing a programming book to teach other kids how to create apps. In 2016, he won the Congressional App Challenge for Colorado and was invited to Washington DC by his congressman. You might also be interested in: Meet Marco, a Program Completer, Who Inspired Other Family Members to Reach their Highest Potential with Kumon Meet Jessica, a Kumon Reading Program Completer Who Has a Way With Words Meet Elina, a Dual Program Completer Who Has Developed Independence in Kumon Meet Joshua, a Kumon Reading Program Completer who Beat the Odds

Government willing to bail out some Universities - Tutor Hunt Blog

Government willing to bail out some Universities Government willing to bail out some Universities, but will others be left to fail? Government willing to bail out some Universities, but will others be left to fail?UniversitiesWe are all used to reading about the government bailing out Banks when they face hard times, but what about universities? Can they expect the same kinds of help the financial sector regularly receives? Are they also, to use the popular American colloquialism, `too big to fail`? A university is not part of the capitalist system - they are public institutions, funded by the government, and of course by students themselves, who must pay substantial amounts for their attendance. The purpose of a university though is not to make money - they are seats of learning, palaces of higher education. Many receive partial funding from private companies for research purposes, but this goes towards ancillary aspects of the university. They are there to educate, not to make money. The international ratings agency Moody`s recently revelled to its clients that it believes there to be a high probability the government would step in to assist a university that was facing financial hardship. This is not to say that they believe most universities are acting complacently, nonchalantly believing that whatever troubles they face, the government will save them. It is actually not unusual for universities to borrow money from a bank in the same way that a company would - but out of the nine universities that have recently taken out large loans from banks Moody`s have attached negative warnings to the credit ratings of as many as seven of them. Out of all the UK universities only Oxford and Cambridge are rated by Moody`s as being stable financially. This summer it was reported that a university, so far unnamed, had received a 900,000 bail out package from the Office for Students, the government funded UK higher education regulator. The timing was comically apposite, given that only this month the head of the OfS, Sir Michael Barber, announced in a speech that they will not be bailing out universities in the future, and that they must not assume they will always be propped up with emergency financial packages. At the wonderfully named Wonkiest higher education festival in London earlier this year he laid out his views on the subject: `The OfS will not bail out providers in financial difficulty. This kind of thinking not unlike the `too big to fail` idea among the banks will lead to poor decision-making and a lack of financial discipline, is inconsistent with the principle of university autonomy and is not in students` longer term interests,` `Should a university or other higher education provider find themselves at risk of closure, our role will be to protect students` interests, and we will not hesitate to intervene to do so. We will not step in to prop up a failing provider.` These are indeed hard times for many universities - rising tuition costs have meant that the number of students applying to universities has dropped in recent years. Their financial uncertainty is only exacerbated by the imminent threat of a funding review, commissioned by Teresa May earlier this year. It seems that larger universities are afforded more protection by the government, with a financial bail out being more readily given to them than to smaller ones. While Oxford and Cambridge enjoy top triple A ratings according to Moody`s, Manchester only has an Aa2 rating, while Keele and Leeds languish with Aa3 ratings. Moody`s said the drop in University applicants has played a major role in low credit ratings, with uncertainty concerning tuition fees, general funding, and brexit related fears only adding to their financial uncertainty. The rating`s agency wasn`t all negative in its report however, going on to say that it expected general credit ratings for UK universities to remain good, thanks to secure debt management plans, and the well respected international reputation they enjoy. It uttered a cautionary note however, saying that `some rated universities are likely to post operating deficits as a result of these pressures over the next couple years.` The UK has some of the oldest and most prestigious universities in the world - it would be a terrible shame for any of these to be lost due to financial mismanagement. It also has a number of smaller, newer universities, that may not be able to solicit as much aid as their larger, more venerable counterparts; and it would be sad indeed if a disproportionate amount of assistance went to assist the larger universities, while the smaller institutions were left to fend for themselves. 15 months ago0Add a Comment

5 Writing prompts to Keep Children Writing over the Holidays - ALOHA Mind Math

5 Writing prompts to Keep Children Writing over the Holidays Time away from school doesn’t have to mean your children stop learning. Sure, give them plenty of time to play and explore new holiday toys and games, but build in a few fun writing exercises too. ALOHA’s Reading | Writing program works to get children to see writing as a fun and enjoyable experience and build confidence at it, rather than having writing being a chore. Have kids write a short note to family members who they only see during the holidays. Have them tell a story of something exciting that happened to them this past year, or tell of a memory they have of this family member. It doesn’t have to be long, but try and help them find a beginning, a middle and an end to the story. They can then tuck these stories in an envelope with the family gift. Have your child write thank you notes for gifts they received. Try and make it fun, rather than an obligation. Help them pick out a pack of thank you cards at the store, or help them create cards from supplies you have around home. Have them thank the individual by name for the gift and ask them for one memory of the person â€" “I really liked last summer when you let me pet the new kittens when we visited.” Help them think of something that might make that person smile. Pick a different culture’s holiday and help them write a little report on it. Or something from your heritage, if it is different from what you do now or what is usual in the U.S. Help them go online and read about it. Find a book in the library on the topic and read it together. They could even interview the family member to learn about the holiday traditions. Then parents can help them write a report telling others about the holiday, traditions, foods and activities of that culture’s holidays. If your child isn’t shy, let them read their report sometime over the holidays with the rest of the family. If your family does not celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza your child can write about the winter season. If you are in an area where you get snow, your child could write a story titled “The Day My Favorite Snowman said Hello.” Or if you live in an area that doesn’t see snow your child could use their imagination and write about “The Day it Snowed in [name the Town or State],” and imagine the things that might happen. Write about a family holiday tradition from any time of year. Have your child describe the tradition, what it looks and sounds and smells like, how it make them feel. If there is an interesting story behind the start of the tradition in your family, they could interview the family member. Remember to keep the writing light and fun and not make it a chore. Perhaps pick a time when your child says “I’m bored, I don’t know what to do.” Most kids like using their imaginations, and you can invite them to use their imagination in writing down a story.

Pool And Spa Water Chemistry PDF Review

Pool And Spa Water Chemistry PDF ReviewUsing Taylor Pool and Spa Water Chemistry PDF is the perfect investment for any member of the family or friend who does not have access to the pool. The PDF lets the user fully understand the water chemistry. If you know what's in the water you can avoid it. It's pretty simple.Knowing that your pool can withstand a variety of conditions and the right amount of chlorine is only the beginning of the money saving benefit of using Taylor pool and spa water chemistry. The next benefit is to figure out what chemicals are good for you and your swimming pool.It will take a little research to get to the actual Taylor Pool and Spa Water Chemistry PDF but not much. Since the PDF is designed to save people time and money, they're going to take the time to make sure the PDF is fully understood. By using a PDF and getting the information into your hands, you've taken the first step in making your pool cleaner.Since you can save by knowing what to expect, you won't be as tempted to add chemicals to your pool after all. That's good for both the pool and yourself.You can download the PDF for free if you are a member of Taylor Pool and Spa Water Chemistry. You just need to make sure you've chosen the correct version for your platform. The PDF is also available on other websites and you can download Taylor Pool and Spa Water Chemistry from their website for free.There are other features available to use a PDF on your pool. You can get a free download and you can take the water chemistry test and see what is and isn't in the water. Many people choose to test the water at the pool's supply.You might think about doing a free test of the water at the pool's supply to see what you are dealing with. By using a PDF you can save money and have a fun experience as well.