My teaching philosophy, quite frankly, depends on each student. Each client learns differently and achieves success at an individual pace. Growing up bilingual and developing a foundation in classrooms has forced me to find out the true struggles for students learning the Spanish language. The confusion I overcame over the years stocked me with knowledge of what works and what does not work. This involves every secret from studying, to performing in the classroom, and succeeding academically overall in any class, at any level. When I initially meet a new student, I introduce myself and speak about my background to establish a sense of trust. This way, the client has confidence in my ability and knows that I have a strong foundation of the language besides blindly expecting the label of a tutor to carry them through the individual struggles. Then, I begin to explain my techniques and skills to studying and, ultimately, pinpointing what the teacher or professor expects. To effectively do this, I ask questions about the student's teachers or professors. Have they mentioned anything important to succeeding in their class? Is there any paperwork for any quiz or exam used as study material that I should be aware of? Instructors oftentimes have particular ideas or requirements of their students, and it’s the lack of clarity for students that leaves them very confused. This set of confused ideas from instructors in student's eyes could be for a particular quiz, exam, or oftentimes for most of the academic school year. This is where I come in. I serve as a catalyst between the instructor and the student. My main goal is to shed light on the instructor's wishes to help the student succeed. Once I have an idea of what the teacher is looking for in any exam or quiz, I pinpoint exactly what tricks or study habits I use myself to guide them. Sometimes this requires only one session, but oftentimes the material is so involved it requires multiple sessions. This totally depends on each client and each student's goals for tutoring. No matter what, at the end of each session, I ask the student if there is any way I could improve my teaching. Each client knows, before beginning our session, to stop me if I'm either not making sense or if I need to slow down or repeat what I said. I always want to master new techniques of learning, and oftentimes, my students give me their unique ideas that help them and me. This kind of open conversation or feedback allows me grow as a tutor by translating that new technique to other clients who might not understand my particular method as easily. The bottom line is, even as a tutor myself, I never want stop learning or helping students overcome challenges.