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Private Tutor – Travelling (TRA 0718)

Private Tutor – Travelling (TRA 0718)

Tutors International

Likely home counties with significant international travel

Salary:
£7,500 GBP per month/£90,000 pa
Job type:
Full Time, Fixed Term
Start date:
September 2019
Apply by:
4 October 2018

Job overview

Students

This role focuses on the early years education of two young children; a girl (4) and her brother (2). The girl is a gregarious, confident child who makes new friends easily and plays well with others. The boy is likely to take after his sister in terms of warmth and generosity of spirit. Neither child displays any learning differences or difficulties at this stage.

Role of the Tutor 

The family has no plans for their children to attend formal schooling yet and want to live a semi-nomadic lifestyle. Therefore this is a travelling role where the Tutor is required to provide a diverse and rich early years education for both children, using each location as a learning opportunity and helping to create lasting memories for the family. The Tutor should design their own curriculum to ensure that the children are kept on par with their peer groups in the main educational systems, and that they have solid academic foundations in place should the children ever enter mainstream education. The curriculum should keep all doors open to future academic pathways. It can bring together elements of several curricula like the style of the IB pathway but the content of the UK and US curricula. 

The Tutor will be tasked with sourcing appropriate social opportunities for the children in each of the locations they visit. These can include play dates, sports taster sessions and courses, child-focused activities at local libraries and museums etc. The Tutor must ensure that the children cover a wider range of subjects than they would in a school environment so that they won’t get too far ahead of their peers. The Tutor should work on some kind of overarching project with the family that records their adventures and activities for posterity.

Given their age differences, the Tutor should ensure differentiation in the work they set the children, ensuring that both are appropriately challenged by the days’ tasks. They should not expect that the children can always be taught together or work cooperatively.  

The parents are keen to keep their children’s education as broad as possible and have listed a range of topics which they would like the Tutor to introduce in an age-appropriate manner:

1. Tech, coding, AI, robotics

2. Environmental studies, ecosystems, the natural world and innovation within this sector alongside key problems that need solving

3. Physical sports and development

4. Classical Arabic language studies and analysis of meaning (the Tutor must be a fluent Arabic speaker themselves)

5. Music skills and how to play an instrument

6. Martial arts training – Wing Chun, Tai Chi, Jiu Jitsu have been mentioned but the family would be open to other martial arts

7. Additional languages – the family are interested in the children learning Mandarin Chinese or Sign Language, but these are not essential requirements. Tutors that can offer either or both of these in addition to an otherwise strong application will be at an advantage

AI and computing is the academic field of the children’s mother, and she is eager for them to learn the skills that they will need to understand technology as it continues to develop. As the children get older, their parents are also keen to introduce business skills to their curriculum too. 

The successful Tutor will be well travelled, resourceful and self-sufficient. They should be able to

anticipate problems, and to take steps to mitigate any issues they see on the horizon. They should be willing to ‘muck in’ with the family, helping out with small jobs around the house as and when they need doing and be prepared to undertake occasional childcare duties if the family need an extra pair of hands. The Tutor must be an excellent record keeper, able to demonstrate the work covered and their respective levels in each subject. A Montessori trained Tutor will find themselves at an advantage. It would be a bonus to find a Tutor who can bring extracurricular activities or skills that can be shared and enjoyed by the whole family, such as drawing, music or debate.

Hours and Holidays

The Tutor will typically work with the children for about 40 hours over 5 days each week, with preparation in addition. 

The Tutor is entitled to two consecutive days off per week but should not expect these to occur at weekends or to be regular in their timing. The standard minimum 9 weeks (45 working days) of paid vacation allowance applies to this contract, with breaks being taken at times convenient to the Client.

Accommodation, Travel, and Miscellaneous

The Tutor will be provided with furnished accommodation suitable for an individual. The rent, utilities and Internet will be arranged and paid for by the Client. The Client is not responsible for the Tutor’s personal phone bills.

The Tutor will be reimbursed for all local public transport and travels costs while travelling with the family. The Tutor should be a fit and healthy non-smoker.

For more information and instructions on how to apply, please visit: 

tijobs.net/443

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