Welcome
Welcome to Howard Private Tutoring
We provide secondary and tertiary private tutoring services for the greater Newcastle region in NSW, Australia.
Your Tutor
Dr Tim Howard was a professional research scientist for 15 years and has worked in Australia, the UK and the US in the field of space physics. He has taught at the secondary and tertiary levels over 25 years and is a fully qualified teacher.
Dr Howard recently worked as a casual physics, mathematics, and statistics lecturer, tutor and laboratory demonstrator at the University of Newcastle, and as a casual high school teacher in the Newcastle region.
He created Howard Tutoring upon returning to Australia in 2017 and has served as private tutor for over 200 students.
Subjects
Mathematics: Your tutor will teach Mathematics up to first year university level, including HSC Standard, Advanced, Extension 1 and Extension 2. He is also available for some subjects at the 2nd year university level.
Physics: As a professional research physicist, your tutor is able to teach Physics at any level, from high school through 3rd year university.
Statistics: Your tutor teaches 1st and 2nd year statistics at university and is well familiar with the statistics content in the new Adv and Ext Math Syllabus.
Chemistry: Your tutor will teach high school Chemistry and some first-year university subjects.
Rates
Each session is one hour. You can use it however you wish. For example:
- You need a little maths and a little chemistry for one session, and a focused session on physics for another.
- Your spouse, sibling, or friend would like some assistance.
- A group of you would benefit from group tutorials.
- There’s an exam approaching and you would like several sessions in a week.
For in-person tutoring your tutor will travel to a location of your choosing at no extra charge.
Online Tutoring
Online tutoring sessions are conducted using Skype or Zoom.
Skype is owned by Microsoft nowadays, so if the student has a Microsoft account (e.g., if they have a Windows machine or an Xbox) they can use the same account details for Skype. Zoom sessions are set up by the tutor and an invitation sent via email to the student.
Students may choose for their sessions to be video, audio-only, or text based. All of the notes prepared during the tutorial are saved as a PDF file and provided to the student.
Starting rates for online sessions are $95 for a single session. The same package rates apply for online sessions as they do for in-person sessions.
Cost-Cutting Strategies
1. Purchasing bulk sessions saves on cost. For example, the Annual Package saves you $15 per session for a total saving of $360.
2. Group sessions are a good way to lower the cost per person down as well. Your tutor is happy to tutor any number of people in any given session. For example, a four-person group with the Full Semester Service comes out as $21 per person per session.
3. Unused sessions can be passed along to others for future tutoring.
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Availability
Howard Tutoring understands that schedules change in today’s world. We strive to be as flexible as is humanly possible.
Your tutor can teach at any time, including evenings and weekends. Please contact us to check about available times.
Since the COVID lockdowns, online tutoring has become popular. Your tutor has developed a methodology to get the most from the online experience.
Regions
Howard Tutoring serves the greater Newcastle and Hunter Valley areas; from Anna Bay through Swansea on the coast, northeast Lake Macquarie, the western suburbs, to Maitland, Rutherford, Cessnock, etc. Other regions are negotiable; please contact us to inquire about areas not covered on the map. Your tutor will travel to any location in this area of your choice at no extra charge.
News
Howard Tutoring maintains a blog; The Ides of Science, which contains articles on science and related topics and news items of interest. This can also be accessed via the right sidebar.
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