Penguin Tutoring Blog

Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of extra lessons in Pretoria and all over South Africa. Each of our specialised tutors  is screened and trained to offer your child the best possible academic support, right in the comfort of your own home.

Emile Thiele has been inspiring learners through Penguin Tutoring since Feb 2009. He has completed over 140 lessons for Penguin and he tutors in Centurion, Pretoria. Here he shares his memories of his first experience as an English tutor.

I helped my first client Christi with preparation for her Grade 12 English Examination. She was studying through Damelin part time at the time, while pursuing a professional tennis career.

Over time, we formed a great friendship, and worked unbelievably well together as we immersed ourselves in Shakespeare’s Macbeth and William Golding’s ‘Lord of the Flies’.

It was not long before I noticed how Christi had started opening her mind to poetry and literature in a new and exciting way, and it was inspiring to see her elation and amazement with the subject matter grow day by day.

I was so pleased when Christi phoned me up and informed me that she had walked out of her final English examination with a smile on her face. She was a fantastic first student, and I firmly believe that she will one day reach great heights, as she showed such a tremendous amount of potential and dedication.

Each learner is different but with each tutoring challenge comes great friendships and the same amazing level of reward. I really love working for Penguin Tutoring!

- Thanks Emile, for your dedication and professionalism! You’re an inspiration to your learners in Pretoria and to all of us!

Emile, tutoring Xoliswa Mazomba, another of his learners with Penguin Tutoring!

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Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of extra lessons in South Africa. We have branches all over the country with academic  tutors waiting to help our country’s learners achieve the success they deserve.

Kathu  Nndwammbi is one of our tutors in Johannesburg. He has completed 19 lessons for Penguin Tutoring to date. This is his story.

I joined Penguin Tutoring early in the year and have accomplished a lot since that day.

I have had five client contracts so far and I have really enjoyed my time as a tutor for this company. Tutoring has so many rewards, not only for the scholars but for my own self worth as a tutor. I personally look forward to every session with my learners, as I work hard to develop a professional yet social and fun learning environment with them.

As a student myself, I understand how helpful additional lessons and consultations can be and how important they are to the confidence necessary to approach the relevant subject with the will to do well.

Over my short period at Penguin Tutoring, I have managed to assist scholars and students achieve grades that, at first, seemed out of reach. It is always a good feeling to see the remarkable contributions that you as a tutor can make in the accomplishments of these pupils.

Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of extra lessons in South Africa. Our specialist tutors are standing by, ready to help your child achieve academic success with private lessons conducted in the comfort of your own home.

Dewald du Plessis has been a tutor in Pretoria for two years. He has completed 87 lessons for Penguin Tutoring.

Proudly Penguin - Dewald has been a Penguin Tutor for over 2 years!

His first client was a matric Maths student who had been struggling with marks of around 30%. During the original assessment, Dewald asked her what she wanted to achieve for Maths and she said she had hoped to matriculate with a mark of 70%.

This would be tough, because she only had two weeks left before her finals! But, Dewald recalls, “70% was quite attainable because she was hard working and willing.”

So, with the patience and dedication that we expect from all of our tutors, Dewald sat for as many lessons as possible until they had covered all the work.

“In the end, she got 69%, which I was really proud of, considering she had been doing so badly throughout the year.”

Dewald’s advice: “The biggest challenge as a tutor is to motivate your client to do well and succeed. Remember that where there is a will, there is always a way!”

Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of inspirational extra lessons in South Africa. Our specialised tutors are carefully screened and trained to provide your child with the highest quality private tuition in the comfort of your own home.

We are looking for an area manager to join our dynamic team and assist in our client services and operations division for Penguin Tutoring in Johannesburg.  The position is ideally suited to a mother or recent graduate, with a background in HR, customer care, education or a person with PA experience.

The typical roles of the position would involve:

• Liaison with new and existing customers
• Personalised placement of tutors with new clients
• Management of tutor database
• Interviewing and training of new tutor recruits
• Reporting to the operations manager

The role can be performed from home, with the flexibility of manageable hours. Two days per week would involve tutor liaison from our Parktown head office. Salary will vary depending on experience, but will range from R7000 to R10000 plus cell allowance and performance bonuses.

Interested candidates are to please email their CV and a motivation to team@penguintutoring.co.za before 30 November 2009.

To see who else works in our team, have a look here.

Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of inspirational extra lessons in South Africa. Our specialised tutors are carefully screened and trained to provide your child with the highest quality private tuition in the comfort of your own home.

• Organisation of tutors, including induction and training, scheduling of interviews, system activation and a level of management, in support of area managers
• Writing up and releasing of Electronic Newsletters
• Booking advertising campaigns at schools
• Providing telephonic support for general enquiries
• Providing franchisee support for client, tutor and system queries
• A small amount of filing - but we are virtually paperless!

Penguin Tutoring is the national leader in providing inspirational extra lessons in the familiar environment of your own home. Contact us now to find out how we can help your child acheive academic success!

Learners in the Winelands have been reaping the benefits of Penguin Tutoring’s exceptional home tuition!

We phoned one of our first clients to find out how their tutor was getting along. It was rewarding as always, to hear that their son’s Accounting mark had improved from 22% to 48% in less than 3 months! We can’t wait to find out how he does in the November exams!

Whether you’re in The Winelands, Durban, Pretoria, Cape Town or Pietermaritzburg, you will not get more effective extra lessons and more professional service delivery from our tutoring management team! Go to www.penguintutoring.co.za

“I am definitely going to recommend Penguin Tutoring to anyone and everyone who needs private tuition!”

It’s easy to have confidence in our tutors and in our management when we hear these kinds of comments from our clients!

Penguin Tutoring is the leading provider of private extra lessons in South Africa. From  Afrikaans to Zulu, from Maths and Science to Art, Penguin Tutoring has a skilled, specialised and trained tutor in your area, waiting for the opportunity to help your child achieve academic confidence and success. Please visit www.penguintutoring.co.za for more information.

Penguin Tutoring Pietermaritzburg personalises the placement of a screened and trained tutor, matched to your child’s needs, and provides inspirational extra lessons and tutoring for them in the comfort of your own home. Visit www.penguintutoring.co.za to find out more.

Penguin Tutoring Pietermaritzburg would like to say a very big welcome the newest tutors who have joined as members of our tutoring team. We are extremely excited to have you all on board and look forward to a great 2010! Among our newest members we have tutors who, as well as having received excellent matric results, hold among them honours degrees in soil science, accounting sciences, marketing management, special needs education and even homoeopathy to mention a few. These exceptional qualifications allow them to tutor subjects such as accounting, Geography, Biology, Maths, English and Science. Each tutor is passionate about the subjects they specialise in and among them have great experience working with children of all ages including those with special needs. Who could ask for a better tutor than one who is a passionate expert with real world experience in the subjects they tutor? Welcome to each of you!

We would also like say good luck to all those learners in Pietermaritzburg who are preparing for their final exams. We wish you the very best. If you need help, remember there is still time to give us a call for any last minute extra lessons!

You can contact Jessica Scholey to assist with arrangement of your extra lessons by contacting her here.