Tutor - who is it and how do they become?

In 2008, a new line "tutor" appeared in the All-Russian Classifier of Occupations of Workers, Positions of Employees and Tariff Levels, who it was, then practically no one knew. And even today tutoring is rarely found in the Russian educational system, and this profession belongs to this field.

Who are the tutors at the university?

The tradition of tutoring originated in the Middle Ages in the universities of England, and has survived to this day in Europe and the US, where everyone knows who the tutor is in the university. The student himself chooses the lectures that he will attend. And the tutor helps make this choice effective, oversees the process of self-education. Thus, a tutor is a tutor, a specialist who works individually with one or more students.

Tutor - official duties

Tutor activity is not directly related to the process of knowledge transfer. Tutor in education is not a teacher, but a personal tutor. There is a difference between the individualization of the learning process and the individual approach:

  1. A good teacher, when submitting a teaching material, takes into account the characteristics of his students. Individual approach to each student contributes to better assimilation of the academic program (common to all), consisting of academic disciplines (the same for all).
  2. Individualization gives students the freedom to choose the subjects studied, specializations, attendance of lectures, but does not relieve of the need to show the proper amount of knowledge in examinations. In order for the learning process to be successful, the tutor's help is needed.

His duties include:

How to become a tutor?

Tutor is a new profession. The methodology for training such specialists has not yet been fully developed. In some cases, advanced training courses offer a redirection of teachers. However, taking into account the specifics of the work of a tutor requires academic education. Therefore, some pedagogical institutes began training this profession. For example, in the Moscow Pedagogical State University there is a Master's degree in Tutor in the field of education, where they teach a tutor.

Qualities of the tutor

Characteristics of the tutor include both personal qualities and professional skills:

How much does a tutor earn?

To paraphrase a well-known expression, the answer to the question "Tutor, who is this?" Is "a man who does not work for a fee, but for conscience". Specific conditions and peculiarities of the tutor's work determine the time of his employment and methods of payment. Tutorial support in the educational process is especially necessary in 3 cases:

  1. In inclusive education, work with children with disabilities (assistance in training, in communicating with peers and teachers) requires a long-term participation of a mentor with whom a contract on tutoring services is concluded with a monthly payment of 30-50 thousand rubles.
  2. Senior students and students can be assisted in self-education and career guidance, taking into account their interests and inclinations, a consultant with an hourly salary of 500 to 5000 rubles.
  3. Adults can be assisted in changing their professional activities and gaining new knowledge. The tutor can remotely (by Skype or by e-mail) paying for each occupation from $ 70 to $ 100.