Welcome back to school, for most students across the country. September is a time of great change for students and families, and media focuses a great deal on education at this time of year.
The Tyee, a BC independent on-line magazine, ran an article about tutoring: "Does the Tutor 'Advantage' Really Add Up?” It doesn't really make any conclusions, but does take a balanced look at both the pros and cons of tutoring.
Plan ahead in the summer for a less stressful and more rewarding school year!
I recently was listening to a podcast about introducing year round schooling. One of the main motivations for this is that extended summer vacation time can lead to learning loss. Without regular practice, students forget much of what they learned the previous school year, leading to long review periods in the fall.
This is the second time findAtutor.ca has had a 5K Fun Run team supporting the BC Science Fair Foundation.
Everyone needs a goal, so before the race, I asked everyone if they had a goal, and what it is. At the time I'm writing this, the race is done, but "official" results have not been posted yet. I'll edit the post to add everyone's final results when they become available.
The results are in! Look for them in italics below!
Here are our team members:
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS APRIL 30!
To join the Findatutor.ca 5k team please follow the link:
https://www.events.runningroom.com/applications/?raceId=7538&eventId=23599&vrindex=3
In order to become a member of our team you will need to supply the team password.
This password is: jir92yaj
Again this year, we will be participating in a 5K fun run in Vancouver on Sunday May 27th. The fun run supports the BC Science Fair Foundation.
We are offering FREE registration for the first 2 people who register with our team, and $10 to go towards your registration for each additional team member registered with the findAtutor.ca team.
Canada Revenue announced a new individual tax credit for parents of children enrolled in arts programs. Eligible programs also include cultural and academic programs, such as learning another language and tutoring.
Requirements for eligible programs and issuing receipts to claim the benefit are available on the Canada Revenue Agency web page:
The move of findAtutor.ca to a new hosting environment went quite smoothly. The new environment should be faster, and we will be implementing some new features on the website in the coming weeks.
The findAtutor.ca website will be temporarily unavailable late in the day of Wednesday August 10th, through to early morning Thursday August 11th. We will be moving to a new (Canadian!) hosting computer and updating some features on the website.
We will post an update on the front page once everything is completed.
We were doing some work on findAtutor.ca, and renewal reminder e-mails were sent to most tutors by mistake. It's likely that your listing is NOT due for renewal.
Please be assured that the listing time paid for has not been changed. You can check the actual expiry date of your listing by logging in to your account. Your listing's expire date is listed in the status box below your listing(s).
We apologize for the confusion this may have caused.
For the second year in a row findAtutor.ca will be entering a team in the Science Fair Fun Run. The 2011 Fun Run is on Sunday May 29, 2011 in Vancouver, BC. Thanks to Daya Harris and Bill McGuire for joining our team last year. We hope to have more people join us this year!