Omar
Certified Tutor
Undergraduate Degree: Morehouse College - Bachelors, Early Childhood Education
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College English
Elementary School Math
High School English
Homework Support
Other
Study Skills
Study Skills and Organization
Summer
What is your teaching philosophy?
All students can learn. It’s up to their teachers to help them figure out what are the best ways to learn and how best to retain what was learned.
What might you do in a typical first session with a student?
Get to know the student and give a pre assessment.
How can you help a student become an independent learner?
By making the student aware of their learning style and helping them gain an appreciation of learning.
How would you help a student stay motivated?
By making learning fun, interactive and different from the regular classroom learning experiences.
If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?
Reteach it a different way.
How do you help students who are struggling with reading comprehension?
Model best practices and have the student practice.
What strategies have you found to be most successful when you start to work with a student?
Some strategies include giving the student a learning styles inventory, baseline pre-assessment and a learning interests survey.
How would you help a student get excited/engaged with a subject that they are struggling in?
By showing the student that they can be successful within the topic area and relating the subject to their own experiences.
What techniques would you use to be sure that a student understands the material?
Observations, questioning, test, projects and role-play.
How do you build a student's confidence in a subject?
By having the student exhibit success within the subject and by practicing.
How do you evaluate a student's needs?
By observation, asking questions, giving projects and tests.
How do you adapt your tutoring to the student's needs?
By asking questions, observations and evaluation.
What types of materials do you typically use during a tutoring session?
Test booklets, hands-on-materials and project materials (depending on the student's age and ability).