How To Make Your First Tutoring Session Great
Tutors have the opportunity to make a pretty big impact on their students’ lives. You have the chance to reach your students in ways that their large group instructors and parents don’t. You’re in an environment that poses significantly less pressure, you’re not giving them a grade, and you’re certainly not going to present… Continue reading How To Make Your First Tutoring Session Great
Read MoreEffective Questioning Techniques For Online Tutors
Plenty of research has been done to prove how important effective questioning techniques are in an academic setting, but without purposeful planning, your question game as a tutor might be lacking. If your students seem to be too dependent on you for right answers and stare at you like “Well?” even if the answer to… Continue reading Effective Questioning Techniques For Online Tutors
Read MoreCreating Good Homework Habits With Your Students
Maybe you’ve seen influencer parents whose children all tumble in the door and, with the aid of some gentle parenting, organize themselves in a row to complete their homework without a peep of complaint. What’s their trick? They stop recording if the kids give any push back. Real life can be organized and peaceful, but… Continue reading Creating Good Homework Habits With Your Students
Read MoreManaging Parent Expectations As An Online Tutor
Reaching students is the reason you’re a tutor, but one of the less talked about issues that tutors face is how to work with parents, too. Sometimes parents can require more managing than their students do, so helping parents understand what reasonable expectations look like can be tricky. Here are some tips from Train The… Continue reading Managing Parent Expectations As An Online Tutor
Read More5 Mistakes To Avoid As An Online Tutor
Being a tutor is an important responsibility! Your students are relying on you to help them improve their academic life, but how you approach each session can also impact how much you increase their confidence, independence, and likelihood to come back to you for help again in the future. Here are Train The Brain’s five… Continue reading 5 Mistakes To Avoid As An Online Tutor
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