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Tutoring Tips
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Below are some general guidance on tutoring, including issues to anticipate.
Your role as a tutor is to provide guidance, support, experience and expertise.
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Punctuality
Being punctual shows that you respect your student's time and they will in turn respect yours.
If you student is constantly not ready at the agreed starting time, find a suitable time to have a chat with the student and/or parents.
You may ask:
- whether the original starting time is still convenient for the student;
- if their schedule have changed and it is now difficult to make the original starting time, then check if they would like to re-schedule the lesson time.
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Reporting
Whether it is reporting directly to the student or the parents, it is a good idea to find out during the interview or first lesson who you are to report to.
- Provide progress; what you are working on and why;
- Whenever possible, update the parents/guardian on what was covered on the day, at the end of the lesson.
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Goals
- Set a realistic goal(s). Go back to those set goals periodically to check progress.
This will not only allow student to see his/her progress, and/or if those goals are not met, but it is also an opportunity to reflect on what works and what doesn't.
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Expectations and Requirements
It is important to check what is the student's requirement:
- What is it that they would like to learn?
- What would they like to achieve?
- Is there a deadline that they must achieve the goals by?
- Are there any external expectations? Such as those around the student - parents, guardian, etc
Establishing their requirements right from the beginning will help you and your student to understand what needs to be achieved. It will also help you with lesson planning.
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Know your subjects?
Make sure you have the relevant knowledge and/or experience in the subject(s) you are offering your tutoring service in.
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Your teaching skills
You may be a straight-A student in the subject(s) you are offerring tutoring in, but it means nothing to the student if you cannot pass on the knowledge in a manner that's most effective for the student to learn.
This include:
- Knowing your student's learning style;
- What is most effective for your student? What is not?
- Your student's attention span;
- Setting the right environment: music, children, television can be distractions to the student.
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Get to know your student
What is his/her strengths and weaknesses?
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