What is your teaching philosophy?

I think that making the material fun is the best way for students to engage with it. The more passionate or interested a student is in the material, the more motivated they will be to study it. The more they study it, the better they will do! The best teachers are the ones that make learning fun.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

You need to have long-term aspirations. You need to dream big in a long-term context and realize what you do now, if done well, can help you reach your dreams in the future, no matter how far-reaching they are. You need to imagine your dream school, dream job, dream life, and realize you can influence your future towards those goals by the work you do now.

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

Positive reinforcement. Really acknowledge when a student does something well. When they meet a challenge, help them overcome it, and then point out to them how far they've come and make them realize what a difference hard work can make towards confidence in something.