Re: Teaching French
I'm not sure what I would charge.
But having taught Spanish twice a month at co-op, and having tutored lots of subjects weekly, I would probably lay down the law about high school foreign language being a matter of you get what you put into it. To actually accomplish the amount of language typically covered in a high school credit, students need to work on it DAILY, 4-6 times a week. As a once or twice a week tutor, I would view my role as clarifying the grammatical concepts taught in a week's worth of material, perhaps providing a bit of communication such as conversation or games, MAYBE helping with grading but that would cost extra since it would eat into our time. But basically, no matter how great 1-on-1 or small group instruction may be, an hour a week just isn't enough to cover a week of material with enough practice to stick. Doing the homework in a lump the day before isn't enough to stick either. DAILY working on it at home or else your kid will get lost or we will cover very little. I can be the fluent person supervising the quality of work, but the parent has to be the manager making sure their student is putting in the effort outside of class, or else it won't be a credit, it will just be enrichment.
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a young adult (graduated!), two high schoolers, a big kid, and a kindergartner
And yes, they've all aged overnight since the last time you read my out-of-date sigg.
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