What is your teaching philosophy?

To make learning enjoyable and meaningful.

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

Try to help students laugh and smile to put them in a happy mood.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

By modeling ways to study and search for answers.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

By providing positive encouragement and feedback.

If a student has difficulty learning a skill or concept, what would you do?

Perform a small assessment by using a game or fun learning tool to help me gauge where a student's misunderstanding is occurring, and then planning lessons to help teach that skill or concept.

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

By asking them questions that help them to reflect on what they have already read and that helps them relate what they are reading to real life.

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

Creating an assessment and learning where a student needs help or is struggling with a certain concept, and then creating individualized lessons based on the results of that assessment.

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

I would find something that would hook their attention, such as an interesting fact about that subject or a game, that teaches that subject.

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

Reviewing the information with a student, asking them questions about the materials, demonstrating how to use it, and having the student demonstrate how to use it.

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

Through positive encouragement and feedback.

How do you evaluate a student's needs?

Through observations, questions, and assessments.

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

I try to understand what their needs are, and I change the way I teach a lesson or approach a student based on their needs.

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

Visual aids, reading material, and manipulatives.