The tutoring service blog is an outcome of my experience as a kid when I needed algebra tutoring in high school, and as a teacher and counselor. I wanted a to create a forum for parents, teachers and students to share their best strategies because there are definite philosophies that bring about positive change in a student’s learning process.
As I tutored various students through the years, what I found is that MY attitude and belief in a students greatness was the most powerful teaching tool that I possessed. Yes, the educational strategies were important, but when I could not connect with a child and show that kid that I believe that s/he could succeed, the progress was extremely slow and tedious.
What has been your tutoring experience? We want to hear from you.
Madeline Binder, M.S. Ed, M.S. Human Services Counseling
October 18th, 2007 at 10:26 am
I worked as a college ESL tutor. I worked primarily with business majors. I also found that my connection with my students was key to our ability to communicate with each other, which had a direct impact on how much information was absobed and retained.
The primary factor that determines if a student will get anything from a tutoring experience is how well they connect with their tutor. This is why I feel it is very important for tutors to make every effort to understand their student and to respect their unique learning style. After this connection has been made then a tutoring plan can be devised. This tutoring plan will need to identify what type of learning style the student has, what learning goals or objectives the student has, and what their timeline is. Long term and short term goals can then be set and strived for.
July 5th, 2010 at 9:13 am
Any time you like to get a push to accomplish your ambitions, Ensure that people all around you know about your own self development goals so that there’s a sufficient amount of pressure on you all the time. Reporting to them probably would make you think twice about letting go of your goal .
September 21st, 2010 at 7:24 am
i worked as a secondary school teacher, and also agree that its important to connect with the students to communicate
December 22nd, 2010 at 11:58 am
Your attitude translates directly to their learning. I have learned this as a teacher–that my optimism toward learning increases their motivation.