Tutoring Tips
- Treat your tutees as equals
- Don't worry about mistakes - they provide the best opportunity for teaching and learning
- Don't be critical of your tutees
- Recognize your differences and commonalities, a vital step to building a tutoring relationship
- Be supportive of tutees' efforts as well as their accomplishments
- Be hopeful
- Make learning active, fun, visual and hands-on
- Keep your eyes on the significance of your effort in your tutees' lives.
- Be willing to share your experience when you think it's appropriate
- Don't make empty promisses
- Don't forget how important you are - your tutee depends on you
- Be on time
- Use differences between you an your tutee to open honest conversations
- Forgive your errors and those of your tutee - they were unintentional
- Be opne minded
- Be empathetic toward your students and thier experiences
- Be observant and pay attention to what your tutees enjoy and how they learn
- Incorporate tutee interests into your activities and assignments
- Be creative
- Set educated goals and strive for them
- Be repectful