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

An icebreaker.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Incentives

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

Find different ways to teach the same material until the student understands.

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

Assign reading exercises and drills.

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

Have the student answer what he or she knows first and then teach the entire content afterwards.

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

Create songs and acronyms that will stick in their head and allow them to remember and learn the content.