Tools to improve tutoring

[lessonscity]

The primary purpose of a tutor is to provide experience, expertise in a given subject and encouragement. The goal of a tutor is not to provide the answers but to assist students in learning how to find the answers, solve problems and to think critically and analytically. As a result, students improve their skills in a specific subject and can generally improve their overall abilities in school.

Regardless of the subject you are tutoring, there are many ways that you can improve your tutoring skills and become a more effective tutor. The tools and tips below will benefit both you and your students in the time that you spend together.

1. Your first priority is to understand what the student needs. As a tutor, you probably spoke with the parents about what they think their child needs in order to get an overall understanding of the situation but it is equally important to listen to the child you are tutoring and find out what he or she believes the problem is. Once you have gathered this information, then you and your student can clearly establish expectations and goals and make the parents aware of what they are. These goals should be shared with the teacher so that everyone is knowledgeable in what the outcomes of the tutoring will be.

Continue reading →
https://www.lessonscity.com/c/tools-to-improve-tutoring/

[perfect_pitch]

That seems like a total waste of time...

Understand what the student needs, don't tell the students the answer - help them understand the problem...

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... This is mundane stuff that even High school students know about when they start teaching.

That was a total waste of time... BORING!!! I think as teachers, we're well aware of how to teach, and this web-site doesn't give us any real value or information.

[keypeg]

My impression was that this described homework help rather than real tutoring.  One line even says that a tutor is not a teacher.  In almost every tutoring situation, a "simple" problem with say gr. 7 algebra turned out involve something bigger like that required some real teaching.  If you only give homework help then it's a band-aid solution. It looked like a list of little tricks rather than teaching tools or any kind of comprehensive approach.

[dcstudio]

That seems like a total waste of time...

Understand what the student needs, don't tell the students the answer - help them understand the problem...

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH... This is mundane stuff that even High school students know about when they start teaching.

That was a total waste of time... BORING!!! I think as teachers, we're well aware of how to teach, and this web-site doesn't give us any real value or information.

so sad that this is the attitude of most teachers--they pass it on to students who become teachers and pass it on again. 

I love this website, it gives me unbelievable insight into why so many musicians come into my studio and tell me that they can't play, or they can't perform, or they just can't.  I spend our lessons battling the devastating consequences of poor teaching attitudes.  Funny, they all have to tell me they have perfect pitch, too.