Recognition
Recognition of a commitment to behaving ethically and professionally
Members sign up to our Code of Ethics and have passed a DBS check (if tutoring children or vulnerable adults).
This is of significant, and growing importance to parents as it offers them reassurance and creates a real and valuable, point of difference between members and non-members. It says that the tutor is serious about the profession and their relationship with both parent and child.
Members have the right to use TTA Branding on their materials, including their website.
Development
Opportunities to learn and acquire new skills (or hone existing ones)
We run a range of events and webinars on a wide range of topics, most of which are FREE to members.
Our Annual Conference goes from strength to strength, bringing together industry and thought leaders to share their insights, and providing thought-provoking workshops with the opportunity to discuss and question current issues.
The more diverse your skill-set and the more up-to-date your knowledge of current best practice, the greater the competitive edge you will have in the marketplace.
Collaboration
Opportunities to exchange knowledge and experience
All our events have time built in to network with other tutors, and we also run social events, sometimes with a speaker, so that you have the chance to make contact with, and pick the brains of, like-minded tutors.
Perhaps you'd like to host or run a webinar or workshop yourself to share an area of your expertise with other tutors. We'll help you do it.
Astute, our member-only platform enables members to interact with one another. We know that tutoring can be a lonely existence, and the Association provides an easy way to really feel part of a vibrant and active community.
Resources
Access to information and resources that assist with all aspects of tutoring
Through our Affiliate Partner Network, we can offer members a range of resources from discounted books to legal and accountancy services, training and more. Need a source of inexpensive PII? We've got it. Need online or printed educational resources? They're here. Many members find that they get the cost of their subscription back many times over just through the deals our Affiliates have on offer.
And if you tutor children but are struggling to obtain a DBS check, we can help.
Engagement
Helping to shape the future of the profession
TTA is very much a member-led body. If you'd like to do more than just be a part of the organisation that represents all that is best in the world off tutoring, there is every opportunity to lead rather than just follow.
We have a series of Panels which are there to shape everything from events to the focus of TTA - and even the profession itself. Join a panel, stand for election to the Board, take advantage of speaking and writing opportunities and really make a difference.
Reputation
Creating a voice for the profession and building bridges
Tutoring holds an important place in the education landscape, but our profession is all too often either unheard or misrepresented. We are committed to changing this.
We want our voice to be heard more loudly in discussions about education and we want the perception of tutoring to be universally positive. We want the profession to be seen as complementary to classroom education and not in competition with it; we want tutoring to be understood as available to all and not just to the wealthy or privileged, and we want tutoring to be understood as a force for creating social mobility.
To that end, we actively seek to engage with schools and teachers; with educationalists and policy makers; with organisations such as the Sutton Trust, and with government.