What is your teaching philosophy?

Learning is a lifelong process, and I want to instill that passion in my students. Teachers should engage with students personally, as well as academically.

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

Get to know what they want to accomplish with both the content and in life.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

Get to know their particular learning style and what subjects they like. Incorporate their passions into the content.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Let them know what is at stake with their education. Also, engage the content with their personal goals.

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

Be patient. Try new tools and analogies to help them equate the concept with something they know.

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

Work for that first breakthrough that makes them understand that they can learn the material, no matter how badly they feel they are struggling. Equate the material with their own goals.

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

Pop quizzes and asking them to explain the material in their own words.

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

Stay positive and patient. Give them opportunities to succeed through small pop quizzes and connect the material to their life.