I will help a student become an independent learner by giving them study tools that I have acquired over the years to ensure they are comfortable and know how to learn on their own.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, I would use forms of repetition and different styles of teaching to help them understand. I don't necessarily agree with the way students are being taught for a test, and I want to ensure them that just because they fail a test doesn't mean that their life is over.

I would build a student's confidence in a subject by reviewing the main concepts that he or she already knows, and by reminding them that they came this far. Just because a few things may seem difficult, doesn't mean that they are incorrigible.

I evaluate a student's needs by what the student brings to the table as well as their personality. I also prefer input from a parent or a guardian as to the way their child prefers to learn certain subjects, and I will use my best knowledge to tutor them accordingly.

I adapt my tutoring to a student's needs by changing my lesson plan to help a student learn in a way that works best for them. I don't really agree with educators that say "It's my way or the highway." If a student can work just as hard and achieve the same answer with a different method, they should be praised the same as a student who works with a teacher's preferred methods.

I typically use materials such as sources that are reliable, such as ".org" and ".edu" sites.

Typically, in the first session with a student, I would work hard to begin a relationship of trust with that student, promising them that I will do my very best to help them succeed. I would begin to familiarize myself with the area in which the student needs the most help with, and I would review what I intend our following sessions to look like as I figure out which methods would be best for that particular student.

I would help students who are struggling with reading comprehension by going through the passage a sentence at a time, encouraging the student to use a dictionary for words they do not know. Once that has been completed, I would then work to help them piece together the sections until the student can then recite back to me the main idea of the passage.

I would help a student to become engaged in a subject they struggle with by attempting to relate it to something that they find interesting. Whether it be sports, video games, music etc. I would do my very best to ensure that what the child is learning can and will relate to their everyday life.

Techniques that I would use to ensure that a student understands the material are to make a student recite the main concepts of the lesson back to me, as well as answering or solving a few of the problems on his or her own.