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While anyone can start teaching, it takes a certain skill, understanding, and experience to be an exceptional teacher who has a transformational impact on their students. In this section, we've curated Best Practices for tutors to help them impart a highly effective teaching experience to their students
While anyone can start teaching, it takes a certain skill, understanding, and experience to be an exceptional teacher who has a transformational impact on their students. In this section, we've curated Best Practices for tutors to help them impart a highly effective teaching experience to their students
Best Practices
They say the first impression is the last impression! Is that an overused adage to you? Well, even if it is, let us assure you - this one is true for tutors and teachers alike. Your first session makes a more than 70% contribution to a student’s decision of continuing with you. While strong subject knowledge and basic teaching skills are the obvious hygiene factors, there’s more to the long term signing up process. And some help is right here!
Talent Nook always strives to help you put your best teaching game together. Here are 3 ways of getting a student believe in a long term learning process with you after the very first session:
First thumb rule - never try too hard! While trying to gain a student’s maximum attention, tutors often go overboard in their first lesson. The first lesson is make-or-break but even then you must not panic and endeavor to over-deliver.
Follow these simple steps to avoid coming across as intimidating in the first session:
a.Do not rush the lesson - let the session be more like a demo of a regular session than be a capsule packing multiple sessions in one
b. Smile and maintain an affable demeanour while talking to your student but do not try to over promise anything or actively ‘sell yourself’
c. Do not talk too much about your past achievements with other students, instead show willingness to adapt according to every student
d. Keep a calm and balanced body language and avoid getting fidgety at any point
This is all that you need to do for a compelling bio statement. Need more help? Feel free to get in touch with our team. Talentnook helps connect thousands of students with impassioned, hardworking tutors like you. Log on now and get in touch to start rolling as a successful tutor today! Hurry!
Preparation is the key to leaving a lasting mark. Prepare a lesson outline beforehand. Do your homework about the prospective student - if possible ask them for their weakest subject areas and work on a session accordingly.
Keeping your tutoring session structured will help you organize your thoughts better and deliver better. Do the following to create a basic working structure:
a.Create a timeline (split 90 minutes into certain minutes of recap, main discussion, follow-up questions, open discussion, etc.)
b. Try not to drag a discussion too long - you may miss out covering important parts of your lesson plan
c. Carrying a printed lesson plan will help you look even more professional and devoted to your work
d. Discuss the session structure with your prospective student to help them see that you will follow a method while teaching them
And lastly, nothing makes more impact than an uplifting word! While motivating a student may seem almost intuitive, a lot of tutors still miss out on this key step.
Motivate your prospective student without sounding like you’re ticking off an action item on your to-do-list. Here are some key points to bear in mind:
a. Hear the student’s areas of concern patiently, let them take their time
b. Empathize with the student but do not promise anything that they may not believe (for example, saying something like, “I will fix algebra for you in a matter of merely ten days,” could be more putting off than motivating)
c. Try to work on solutions along with your prospective student, keep the interaction two-way
d. Keep your conversation positive and assertive, leave out ambiguous statements like - “it’s possible that you can do well in algebra with guidance.” Instead use a statement like - “I am sure you can do much better in algebra if we work together and regularly.”
These are some little nuances that you must heed before heading for your first session. Try these little tricks and see your next conversion happen smoother than ever! And meanwhile, if you want to discover hundreds and thousands of children looking for a tutor just like you, log on to Talentnook.com today! We connect tutors and students for the best after school lessons, right in the neighborhood!
They say the first impression is the last impression! Is that an overused adage to you? Well, even if it is, let us assure you – this one is true for tutors and teachers alike. Your first session makes a more than 70% contribution to a student’s decision of continuing with you. While strong subject knowledge and basic teaching skills are the obvious hygiene factors, there’s more to the long term signing up process. And some help is right here!
Talent Nook always strives to help you put your best teaching game together. Here are 3 ways of getting a student believe in a long term learning process with you after the very first session:
Don’t try too hard. Relax!
First thumb rule – never try too hard! While trying to gain a student’s maximum attention, tutors often go overboard in their first lesson. The first lesson is make-or-break but even then you must not panic and endeavor to over-deliver.
Follow these simple steps to avoid coming across as intimidating in the first session:
a.Do not rush the lesson – let the session be more like a demo of a regular session than be a capsule packing multiple sessions in one
b. Smile and maintain an affable demeanour while talking to your student but do not try to over promise anything or actively ‘sell yourself’
c. Do not talk too much about your past achievements with other students, instead show willingness to adapt according to every student
d. Keep a calm and balanced body language and avoid getting fidgety at any point
b. Smile and maintain an affable demeanour while talking to your student but do not try to over promise anything or actively ‘sell yourself’
c. Do not talk too much about your past achievements with other students, instead show willingness to adapt according to every student
d. Keep a calm and balanced body language and avoid getting fidgety at any point
This is all that you need to do for a compelling bio statement. Need more help? Feel free to get in touch with our team. Talentnook helps connect thousands of students with impassioned, hardworking tutors like you. Log on now and get in touch to start rolling as a successful tutor today! Hurry!
Be organized – have a structured approach
Preparation is the key to leaving a lasting mark. Prepare a lesson outline beforehand. Do your homework about the prospective student – if possible ask them for their weakest subject areas and work on a session accordingly.
Keeping your tutoring session structured will help you organize your thoughts better and deliver better. Do the following to create a basic working structure:
a.Create a timeline (split 90 minutes into certain minutes of recap, main discussion, follow-up questions, open discussion, etc.)
b. Try not to drag a discussion too long – you may miss out covering important parts of your lesson plan
c. Carrying a printed lesson plan will help you look even more professional and devoted to your work
d. Discuss the session structure with your prospective student to help them see that you will follow a method while teaching them
b. Try not to drag a discussion too long – you may miss out covering important parts of your lesson plan
c. Carrying a printed lesson plan will help you look even more professional and devoted to your work
d. Discuss the session structure with your prospective student to help them see that you will follow a method while teaching them
Motivate and give your student a positive outlook
And lastly, nothing makes more impact than an uplifting word! While motivating a student may seem almost intuitive, a lot of tutors still miss out on this key step.
Motivate your prospective student without sounding like you’re ticking off an action item on your to-do-list. Here are some key points to bear in mind:
a. Hear the student’s areas of concern patiently, let them take their time
b. Empathize with the student but do not promise anything that they may not believe (for example, saying something like, “I will fix algebra for you in a matter of merely ten days,” could be more putting off than motivating)
c. Try to work on solutions along with your prospective student, keep the interaction two-way
d. Keep your conversation positive and assertive, leave out ambiguous statements like – “it’s possible that you can do well in algebra with guidance.” Instead use a statement like – “I am sure you can do much better in algebra if we work together and regularly.”
b. Empathize with the student but do not promise anything that they may not believe (for example, saying something like, “I will fix algebra for you in a matter of merely ten days,” could be more putting off than motivating)
c. Try to work on solutions along with your prospective student, keep the interaction two-way
d. Keep your conversation positive and assertive, leave out ambiguous statements like – “it’s possible that you can do well in algebra with guidance.” Instead use a statement like – “I am sure you can do much better in algebra if we work together and regularly.”
These are some little nuances that you must heed before heading for your first session. Try these little tricks and see your next conversion happen smoother than ever! And meanwhile, if you want to discover hundreds and thousands of children looking for a tutor just like you, log on to Talentnook.com today! We connect tutors and students for the best after school lessons, right in the neighborhood!