Safely Back to School: Advice for finding the right virtual tutor

All week, we're sharing different ideas to help you decide what's best for your family.

23ABC's Daniela Garrido spoke with a local tutoring company on what parents should consider before outsourcing for help.

WE KNOW MANY PARENTS ANDGRANDPARENTS ARE AGONIZINGOVER THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.WE WANT TO HELP YOU AND YOURFAMILY MAKE THE BESTDECISION ABOUT GOING 'SAFELYBACK TO SCHOOL'.

ALL WEEK, WE'RESHARING DIFFERENT IDEAS TO HELPYOUDECIDE WHAT'S BEST FOR YOURFAMILY.

THIS MORNING, 23ABC'SDANIELA GARRIDO SPOKE WITH ALOCALTUTORING COMPANY ON WHAT PARENTSSHOULDCONSIDER BEFORE OUTSOURCING FORHELP.THE IDEA OF LEARNING A LANGUAGEOR A HIGH-LEVEL MATHCOURSE THROUGH A ZOOM CLASSROOMWITH SOMETIMES 20OTHER STUDENTS CAN SEEM DAUNTINGTO SOME STUDENTS.AS PARENTS LOOK FOR THE BESTRESOURCES TO HELP THEIR CHILDSUCCEED DURING THIS UNCERTAINSCHOOL YEAR, WE SPOKE WITH ALOCAL TUTORING COMPANY ON WHATYOU SHOULDCONSIDER WHEN LOOKING FOR THERIGHT TUTOR FOR YOUR CHILD.AS MANY SCHOOLS WILL MOVE TOWARDDISTANCELEARNING FOR THE FIRST TIME,PARENTS AND STUDENTS MAY BELOOKING TO OUTSOURCE ADDITIONALHELP SUCH AS A TUTOR.."PARENTS HAVE REALLY TWO MAINCHOICES A PRIVATE TUTOROR A PRIVATE COMPANY OR PROGRAM"ACCORDING TO KERN TUTORING,THEY'VE RECEIVED A HIGH DEMANDFOR ELEMENTARY AND HIGH SCHOOLTUTORING FOR THE UPCOMINGSCHOOL YEAR."SOMETIMES PARENTS JUST CALL TOASK QUESTIONS ABOUTWHAT THE RESOURCES ARE FORSTUDENTS"THE OWNER OF LOCAL COMPANY, KERNTUTORING, HAS ADVICEPARENTS SHOULD CONSIDER WHENLOOKING FOR THE RIGHT TUTOR FORTHEIR STUDENT.GUSTAVO LUNA/KERN TUTORING:"NUMBER ONE ISTHAT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEPERSON WORKING WITHYOUR CHILD IS TRUSTWORTHY WEENCOURAGE ASKING FORREFERENCES AND USING SOMEONELOCAL IN CASE THINGS GOWRONG YOU CAN PASS BY THEIROFFICE OR SPEAK WITH SOMEONE INPERSON"WHETHER YOU CHOOSE TO GO WITH ACOMPANY OR A PRIVATETUTOR, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ASK FORTHEIR BACKGROUND,CREDENTIALS, AND REFERENCES."ASK THAT PERSON WHAT ARE THEIRFUTURE GOALS..

DO THEY WANT TOBECOME TEACHERS?

ARE THEYRETIREDTEACHERS?

IS THE COLLEGE STUDENTKNOWLEDGEABLEIN THE SUBJECT THEIR TUTORINGIN?"ALSO, TUTORING IS NOT A ONE SIZEFITS ALL.

ACCORDING TORESEARCH, TUTORING FORELEMENTARY STUDENTSSHOULD HAVE A STRONG FOCUS ONLANGUAGE ARTS AND BEINTERACTIVE."FIND SOMEONE THAT MATCHES YOURCHILDS PERSONALITY..YOU DONT WANT A COLLEGE MATHMAJOR WORKING WITH APRESCHOOL BECAUSE THEY THINKLIKE A PROFESSOR"HOWEVER, HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGESTUDENTS ARETYPICALLY LOOKING FOR TUTORSFOCUSED ON MATH WITHEXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISETEACHING IN THE SUBJECT."FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, ITSMORE ABOUT'HELP ME PASS HELP ME GET AN A',THEY DONT CARE ABOUTABOUT COOL ACTIVITIES, THEY CAREIF YOU KNOW THEMATERIAL.

IF YOU'RE GOING WITH ACOMPANY, ASK FORCREDENTIALS OF THE INSTRUCTORSOR IF YOU'RE GOING FOR ACOLLEGE STUDENT ASK FORTRANSCRIPTS"IN BAKERSFIELD.

DANIELA GARRIDO,23 ABC NEWS.ALL WEEK WE WILL BE BRINGING YOUEDUCATION STORIES LIKETHESE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THETOOLS AND RESOURCESNECESSARY TO MAKE INFORMEDDECISIONS FOR THIS UPCOMINGSCHOOL YEAR AS YOU HEAD BACK TOSCHOOL SAFELY.THE BAKERSFIELD CITY SCHOOLDISTRICT WILL HOST ANOTHERVIRUTAL TOWN HALL TODAY.THAT MEETING IS EXPECTED TOINCLUDE TALKS ABOUT HEALTHAND SAFETY PROTOCOLS ONCESCHOOLS REOPEN.IT WILL TAKE PLACE LATER TODAYAT 5-30 P-M.YOU CAN FIND THE LINK TOREGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE TURN TO