stbkk Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Hi all, I hope somebody can help me or recommend somewhere I can look for assistance. My son is in Year 11 at St. Andrews International at Ekamai in Bangkok. He was in the accelerated Maths group in Y10 and has already completed his IGCSE Maths (normally a 2 year course) in 1 year getting an A. He is now doing an additional Edexcel 'Pure Maths' IGCSE, (again in one year), which is apparently much harder (IB Core level), and would like some extra tutoring for a few months to help. Mainly with calculus, but some other topics as well possibly. Our location is mid-Sukhumvit, Phrakhanong/Ekamai, but travel would not be an issue if it is on the BTS/MRT. Is there anybody out there who can help, or does anybody know of someone who might be able to help, please? Must be a fluent English speaker, as although my son is bi-lingual he says he would be much more comfortable dealing with this complex subject in English. PM me with any information, please. Thanks very much to all, and wish all of you a happy and prosperous new year. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Does STA not offer this through one of the qualified teachers already employed at the school? The international school in Bangkok where I work run tutoring programs. Parents can ask for certain subjects to be tutored to their child and teachers in the school can then volunteer if they want to do them (obviously they are paid extra). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stbkk Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 STA does not allow their teachers to tutor their own pupils, apparently. I guess the logic is that they should be doing that job in class? Also my son is not particularly happy with the (new) maths teacher, and thinks he would be more comfortable with an outside tutor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 13 hours ago, stbkk said: STA does not allow their teachers to tutor their own pupils, apparently. I guess the logic is that they should be doing that job in class? Also my son is not particularly happy with the (new) maths teacher, and thinks he would be more comfortable with an outside tutor. The school is quite right not to allow the person teaching to also tutor. There is always the possibility that the teacher will help students more directly than is desired with the problems on the actual exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyL Posted January 7, 2020 Share Posted January 7, 2020 23 hours ago, stbkk said: STA does not allow their teachers to tutor their own pupils, apparently. I guess the logic is that they should be doing that job in class? Also my son is not particularly happy with the (new) maths teacher, and thinks he would be more comfortable with an outside tutor. Fair enough. Similarly, my school doesn't allow the specific teacher to do the tutoring to a student in their class, but they allow other members of staff to volunteer if they wish. Anyway, good luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anoah Eberhardt LMFT Posted February 26, 2020 Share Posted February 26, 2020 When I worked at MUIDS we creating a peer to peer tutoring program in the school. Maybe you could ask the staff of higher grade students who might want to help your student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stbkk Posted February 27, 2020 Author Share Posted February 27, 2020 Thanks to all for the replies. My son has a tutor now, and seems to be doing better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azooba Posted June 9, 2020 Share Posted June 9, 2020 Hi all I am also looking a tutor for my 14 yeard old son can anyone guide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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