Yoter
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: SUNY Brockport - Bachelor of Science, Finance
Graduate Degree: Relay Graduate school - Master of Arts, MS in Teaching
Swimming, Reading, Playing soccer
What is your teaching philosophy?
My teaching philosophy is to adjust to students' learning styles. I have seen that everybody learns differently and in different time frames. What is constant is that the time and attention paid to each and every student is what ensures success and confidence.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
The typical first session would be where there would be a lot of assessing of present and missing student skills. Also, we would talk about the plan to get the student on the right track and confident about their ability.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
To help a student become an independent learner, I will instill 1.Confidence in one's abilities. 2.Curiosity of how everything works.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
I would provide incentives for overcoming carefully planned assessments that measure mastery of the subject. For example if a student shows improvement in mastery from 40% to 80%, I would offer a prize and so on to show the value of their hard work.
If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
I would try to model using 3-dimensional objects, if I could, and have the student work with me.
How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?
I would provide them with the skill of writing good notes and identifying all the important details.
What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?
The strategies I have found to be useful are applying the content to real life and making students participate in the modeling part as a part of inquiry-based learning.