What is your teaching philosophy?

A teacher needs to be prepared to teach any student of any skill level. Accepting only students of a higher skill level does not create a teacher of a higher skill level. Furthermore, a teacher needs to be prepared to teach any type of learner. A good teacher is still learning new ways to teach the same topics.

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

First sessions involve setting goals and expectations, looking at a few problems the student has completed prior to the lesson, and covering basic material associated with the topic, i.e. test details or topic overview.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Providing students with the tools to understand problems and derive formulas is always better than teaching blind memorization. Sometimes it takes more time and effort to get through to a student this way, but it is always worth it.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Keeping a student motivated is a matter of balancing their focus, keeping it somewhere between the things they want to do and the things they need to do.

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

Figure out why that same student has an easy time with another skill or concept. and find a way to connect them.

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

Struggling with reading comprehension implies a broad range of potential underlying problems. The right answer could be anything from letting the student run around for ten minutes before sitting down to a serious discussion about emotional health.