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| How To Be A Good Primary Tutor |
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| Written by Clarissa Kyriakos |
| Wednesday, 11 November 2009 08:25 |
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The successful primary tutor is able to relate to the student at their own level. This involves an understanding of their age and also their ability. Spend some time finding out what interests your student out of school. What pastimes do they enjoy? Find out about any pets they have at home and their siblings. Discuss your student's favourite subjects and where they would like to improve. Encourage your student to tell you about their friends in and out of school and their teacher. What do they like and dislike about their time spent at school? It is important to find out about your student's preferred style of learning. Your student may be unable to explain this to you verbally but with different activities it should become clear whether they are an auditory, visual or kinaesthetic learner. Use this knowledge as you teach. You will be pleased about how your relationship develops. Your confidence will improve and your results will be better just through thoughtful communication. A good primary tutor will forge positive relationships with their students. A respectful and trusting relationship will ensure that the student wants to please and is open and honest about their understanding. Primary aged children particularly want to please and will work hard with encouragement and praise. In being a good primary tutor you will show genuine interest in their ability and their interests and you will be amazed at how their grades will improve. A positive relationship with the parents may well mean that your reputation as a good primary tutor spreads around the other parents at their school and more work may well come your way. You need to be a good communicator and professional in your role as a tutor. Parents will need to feel confident in you tutoring their child. A good primary tutor will instil a confident positive attitude and will build in time each week to report to the parents what they have taught and how they can help. You need to know whether your student is making the desired progress. Be clear about your teaching objectives. It is important to make sure that the parents know and understand what you are teaching. It will help you if you give the parents some understanding as to how they can help at home. Ensure that as a good primary tutor, you have completed the appropriate assessments. Do you know exactly where the student is in their learning? Be aware of the stages of development that the student may have missed out on. You may need to go some way back to see if there are gaps in their learning. These will need to be addressed before further steps forward are made. Good primary tutors will communicate this with parents and continually assess through activities to ensure that learning is being consolidated and understood. Remember that what your student may be able to do for you on one day they may forget or not apply in their work at school or in a different context. Continual application of skills is necessary to ensure understanding. Pay attention to these crucial steps and you are well on the way to becoming a good primary tutor. Good primary tutors will discuss with the parents if they would like homework produced as well as any that may be required from the school. This may be an issue that needs careful handling. If school homework is an issue at home the parents may want you to help the student with their school homework rather than endure negative sentiments about completing homework at home. If your student has extra homework from you then ensure that this is known about by the parents and always give feedback to both the student and their parents. Take these tips on board and you will become a good primary tutor with a client base that is well deserved. About the Author: Clarissa Kyriakos writes for Chichester Primary Tutors where you can find out everything you need to know about arranging after school lessons and Specific Learning Difficulties for your primary school aged child. Arrange private tuition and receive a complimentary 10th lesson. Introduce new clients for further bonuses! Kindly provided by MoneyHunter.org You are welcome to use this article on your own website, if you include the link just before this text. |
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