What is your teaching philosophy?

The process of learning is rooted on two factors: familiarity and repetition. Effective teaching is predicated on making the process interesting and worthwhile to the individual.

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

Understand the student's motivation to learn a specific subject matter. Learn more about their background, what they know, and what they want to get out of the sessions.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Developing their inner curiosity. That will stimulate their personal drive to understand.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Remind them of the reason they set out to learn and inculcate the benefits of achieving said goal.

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

Understand what causes the difficulty and explain in a different manner.

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

Practice, practice, ..elucidate, practice, practice.

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

Generating interest in learning the subject matter.

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

Help them understand the benefit brought about from knowing what they will learn.

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

Familiarity and repetition.

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

Recognition, motivation and praise.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

Direct interaction with the student and frequent assessments.

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

Understand each person for the individual they are, and adapt style accordingly.

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

Textbooks, props, boards, etc.