What is your teaching philosophy?

Personally, I feel that discovering an answer on your own with guidance is one of the best ways to really come to understand the material. As a tutor, I would want to guide my student to better comprehend the material being learned by making meaningful connections.

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

I would want to know a little bit about my student first, their goals with the material, and their problem areas. Understanding this first would better help me to develop a strategy to help my student.

How can you help a student become an independent learner?

By developing strategies to help the student understand the material they are learning better coupled with simple tricks in memorization and exam-taking, I would enable my student to develop the confidence needed to be able to think independently.

How would you help a student stay motivated?

Rewarding a student for his or her successes and not reprimanding a student for failures would be Step 1 in helping my student stay motivated. I would want my student to understand their mistakes but not feel dejected as a result.