What is your teaching philosophy?

The best way to teach is to figure out how the student learns. By remaining an adaptable and optimistic tutor, I may best allow myself to help students grow in their own, unique way.

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

A typical first session would include introductions, a general assessment of the student's current educational level and environment, and some healthy snacks.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Students can stay motivated by finding the intrinsic value that comes by way of academic and personal accomplishment; setting goals and achieving them step by step will keep students on the path to success.

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

Students who are struggling with reading comprehension should practice writing their own samples of text and reading them out loud to familiarize themselves with the patterns of speech associated with punctuation and syntax.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

I can help a student become an independent learner by ensuring that they understand my steps in tutoring so that eventually they can teach themselves what they are learning to guarantee mastery of the subject.

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

I have found that starting with a student requires a myriad of methods in order to discover how to best enable each student to get the most learning out of each tutoring session.

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

The key to helping a student get excited and engaged with a tough subject is to find what personally stimulates the student to want to know more about the subject. When you fuel the desire to learn for the sake of acquiring knowledge, improved test scores follow shortly thereafter.

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

Reverse tutoring, in which the student teaches me how to master the lesson, may be helpful to ensure that a student understands the material.

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

Building a student's confidence in a subject comes with setting short-term and long-term goals, and achieving them one by one.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

I can evaluate a student's needs through a discussion of problem areas and reviewing a student's reports from school.

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

I adapt my tutoring to the student's needs by finding out how the student will best learn from me, and then building lesson plans around that style of learning whether it be lecture-based, visual-based, or any other method.

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

The materials I use during a tutoring session are dependent on the student's needs and the subject. Materials may range from videos, worksheets, and diagrams, to real-life examples.