What is your teaching philosophy?

A person can learn anything through a proper set of materials and guidance. The first step would be to get familiarized with the subject matter at interest.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Determining the primary area students are having trouble with and making the fundamental concepts clear before stepping into problems that require such concepts.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

If a student is willing to learn and is interested some tangential information about the problem at hand, that could further motivate the student.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?

Provide the student with necessary fundamental concepts before tackling the problem at hand.

How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?

Increasing the vocabulary skills would be the best step.

What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?

Clarifying the basic concepts required to solve that problem.

How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?

The most important thing is to first get familiar with the basic concepts on that subject or topic.

What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?

Providing students with quick concept questions.

How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?

By clarifying on the most important topics.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

By determining the area students are having difficulty with.

How do you adapt your tutoring to the student's needs?

By allowing the student to actively participate and making them feel more familiar with the subject matter.

What types of materials do you typically use during a tutoring session?

Books, online resources, and their own notes.