What is the difference between a tutor and an instructor?

An instructor deals with a large group of students at a professional level. On the contrary, a tutor manages a group (preferably small) on a more personal level. While a tutor and a teacher teach, they are two completely different positions. A tutor can teach anything outside of school.

Tutors may have very specific skills that they teach to their students. The tutors are usually teachers of one or two subjects. They work privately for individual or small groups of students. Both teachers and tutors help students gain knowledge.

However, the roles of tutors and teachers differ greatly. Teachers focus on teaching or instructing, while tutors provide additional help for students to learn what is difficult for them. The main difference between tutor and teacher is that teachers teach an entire class, while tutors teach students. Teaching and tutoring involve far more differences than you think.

While teachers have to manage large classes of up to 30 students, the job of a tutor is to support student learning in a more personalized and flexible way. Tutor is a word that has partial synonyms, because other words do not describe in detail what it means to be a tutor. A tutor is a private education teacher who teaches individual students in individual classes or in small groups. Private tutoring is a way to help slow students keep up with their peers in school, while students who are already at a high level use tutors to reach new levels.

Tutoring can provide children with a competitive advantage in school and, as a result, the use of private tutors is increasing.

Karol Pysniak
Karol Pysniak

Richard Evans is the dynamic founder of The Profs, NatWest’s Great British Young Entrepreneur of The Year and Founder of The Profs - the multi-award-winning EdTech company (Education Investor’s EdTech Company of the Year 2024, Best Tutoring Company, 2017. The Telegraphs' Innovative SME Exporter of The Year, 2018). Sensing a gap in the booming tuition market, and thousands of distressed and disenchanted university students, The Profs works with only the most distinguished educators to deliver the highest-calibre tutorials, mentoring and course creation. The Profs has now branched out into EdTech (BitPaper), Global Online Tuition (Spires) and Education Consultancy (The Profs Consultancy).Currently, Richard is focusing his efforts on 'levelling-up' the UK's admissions system: providing additional educational mentoring programmes to underprivileged students to help them secure spots at the UK's very best universities, without the need for contextual offers, or leaving these students at higher risk of drop out.

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