What is your teaching philosophy?

Break things down into simple and easy to understand parts, and then give the parts meaning.

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

Look at a student's prior exam scores or test prep work.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Help them identity the general tools necessary for learning success that can be applied across all educational disciplines.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Help them see the future payoff of learning, especially using personal stories from myself and people I know.

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

Understand what the student is interested in and see if I can relate the skill or concept with the student's interest.

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

Have students break down the reading passage into easy to digest parts, and examine the elements of the parts individually first, and then in relation to the passage around the elements second.

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

Making the subject relatable to the student and communicating it as simple as possible without losing rigor

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

Allow them to see how simple the subject can be if one just sees past the complexity and allows oneself to make it relatable.

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

Checking for understanding is important, using questioning that are similar but not identical to the question and answer the student saw before.

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

Allow the student to make incremental progress in a subject by giving them manageable learning objectives, and then giving the student positive affirmation once they meet these objectives.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

Ask the student what he/she wishes to attain, and then find out what he/she is struggling with.

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

Put myself in the shoes of the student by relating with the student's needs -- oftentimes remembering a past experience with a former student is very helpful.

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

Usually fundamental materials such as chart paper, graph paper, different colored markers, a calculator, and a computer are all that's necessary