Hybrid tutoring
Imagine rocking up to a student’s house… and realising the session was meant to be online.
It’s funny because it’s plausible. Hybrid tutoring creates a new kind of mistake: location mix-ups. Here’s why it happens, what it costs, and how tutors prevent it without adding loads of admin.
One source of truth for session location, and a tiny bit of confirmation. That’s it.
If you do hybrid
Make location unmissable, not “somewhere in a thread”.
Keep locations clear and reliable.
You arrive. You knock. A parent opens the door and says: “Oh… we thought it was online today.”
This isn’t a rare, dramatic failure. It’s a normal mistake caused by a normal reality: most tutors run a full week, across multiple locations, with constant small changes.
Hybrid tutoring has a special failure mode. The session still exists, the student still exists, the time is still right. It’s just the location that drifted.
It’s rarely “forgetting”. It’s usually one of these:
The real cost is the knock-on effect:
These are small moments, but a week of small moments is how tutoring starts to feel heavier than it needs to.
The best fixes are boring and consistent. You don’t need a complex system. You need a couple of habits.
“Maths with Sam (Online)” or “English with Priya (Library)”. Make it unmissable at a glance.
Even 10 minutes prevents cascading lateness. It turns a fragile day into a stable one.
One line is enough: “See you online at 4pm” or “See you in the library study room at 4pm”.
The mistake usually happens when location is stored in multiple places: calendar, notes, WhatsApp, email, memory. Eventually, they drift.
Pick one place where location lives, and keep it updated.
Satori is built to keep session details obvious. Time, location, and context are attached to the booking, so you don’t have to hunt through threads or rely on memory.
Stop thinking about locations. Keep them clear instead.
Why do session locations get mixed up?
Usually because the format changed recently or location is stored in multiple places. Over time, those sources drift.
What’s the simplest fix?
Put the location in the session title and confirm it in your reminder message. Make it unmissable.
Should I avoid hybrid tutoring?
Not necessarily. Hybrid can work well, but it needs clear location tracking and a bit of structure to stop mistakes creeping in.
Does Satori solve this?
Satori keeps location attached to the booking, so the details don’t get lost across threads, notes, and memory.
Built slowly, carefully, and with respect for your time and your data.
