What is your teaching philosophy?

My teaching philosophy is to understand all material on a personal level to better grasp what is at hand. Because if you can apply what you are learning to your life, you are more capable of remembering it.

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

Get to know the student and their interests. That way I can custom fit a lesson plan that will work.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

By equipping them with the tools necessary to relate information to 'real life,' thereby teaching them to be their own tutor.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Rewarding them, teaching them about things they are interested in alongside what they need to learn.

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

Find out what is making it difficult to them, and change the way they are being taught that skill/concept.

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

With tricks, throughout all my years of learning I have picked up quick tricks that make reading comprehension super easy and fast.

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

Find out why they are not interested. Some people do not realize that they understand a concept because they are being taught a way that does not make sense. By changing the strategy and helping them gain interest, everyone can excel.

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

Their personal interests and hobbies can typically find a foot hold in every topic.

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

Ask them questions every meeting about previous meetings. Give them a pre-test, a during test, and an after test. Or have them verbally explain answers to me. Whatever works the best for them.

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

By showing them what the subject can do for them in their life.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

By talking to them and working with them. I find areas that are weaker, so I emphasize those without the student noticing.

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

The first meeting helps me customize their lesson plans. That way each tutoring session is custom.

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

My own notes, readings, and lesson plans.