What is your teaching philosophy?

Concepts are the key to learn anything, the next step is repetition, repetition, and repetition.

What might you do in a typical first session with a student?

1. Introduction 2. Inquire about what is required and expected from me. 3. Inquire about how the student learns the best. 4. Explain how I am going to tutor. 5. Complete the session, ask for feedback after the first session to further improve my skills in accordance with the feedback.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

1. Give a task that should be completed by the student ( e.g. reading or researching a topic at home).

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Positive feedback.

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

1. Explain the concept in few different ways and repeat until the student understands. 2. Also, break the concept into steps or pieces.

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

1. Train the student to break each sentence into words; read one sentence at a time; and, in the end, put it all together.

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

1. Explaining concepts, repeating them over and over. 2. Ask the student what he/she understands. 3. Repeat what wasn't understood.

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

1. Make it simple and easy. 2. Ask questions throughout the session to make sure he/she understands.

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

1. Explain concepts. 2. Repeat. 3. Explain in a few different ways. 4. Ask the student to say what they understand in their own words.

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

1. Motivate them. 2. Tell them they can do it. 3. Let them know they are as smart as everyone else. 4. Positive feedback.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

1. Ask the student. 2. See how they do in their exams. 3. Ask them what they are having difficulty with.

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

From his/her feedback.

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

1. Student's material from class. 2. Sometimes my own books if I am teaching science or medical subjects.