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Elizabeth Downs' tutors include a veteran primary teacher with special needs expertise, an award-winning mathematics educator (MSc, BEd) with international classroom experience, a University Merit scholar specialising in K–12 mentoring, experienced private STEM tutors including an ATAR 97.9 scorer and Brain Bee top 10% finalist, plus passionate early childhood educators and youth mentors.

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Gregory
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For high school students, I find that the most important thing a tutor can do is to build a student's confidence in their own abilities. More often than not, I hear student's say that they don't know what they're doing, which can hold them back from trying their best. It's a fact of psychology that people tend to sabotage their own efforts when…
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I strongly believe that tutor are in a position, where they can not only help the student with solving a problem, but also build their confidence so that they become confident in solving any type of problems independently. It is also about teaching them how to approach a question instead of giving them the answers. For example, helping them to…
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Kloe
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to just help them with their work and listen to their needs and help with those needs. I think that my strengths are: - being an effective communicators - knowing how and when to give critical feedback - being able to explain concepts in a way that is different than normal - being able…
Stacey
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Help them understand the material, encourage their strengths and support them when they find something difficult I believe I'm good at helping people understand information, being able to explain things simply and…
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Be able to be understanding and Patient With the students to be able to help them reach their potential. And scaffold them to their needs in order for them to reach their zone of proximal development. I am studying to become a teacher, I am well versed and know how to deal with teenagers/kids due to my current job and studies. I am also very…
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The most important thing I can do for a student is to make the learning environment as comfortable and accessible as possible. And to teach them invaluable study skills transferable to any position. I am personable and understanding of what it means to be genuinely stuck on something. I am a very patient person - I am more than willing to go back…
Adam
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Important things a tutor can do for a student is simply to believe in them and to encourage them when they start feeling disparaged. I believe I have great patience when it comes to tutoring and I can break concepts down…
John Renzo
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The most important things a tutor can do for a student is to help them excel and accomplish their improvement in subjects. Also to add is to build good relationship with them. As a tutor in my university, I learned to have trust on each other because it builds harmony to the relationship resulting to better outcome. My strengths as a tutor is…
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I believe that helping a student enjoy what they are leaning is the most important thing a tutor can do. A person will always put more effort into doing something that they enjoy. I was always the person people would come to in a classroom setting to get help with their maths work. I am always open to talk and explain to people how an equation…
Ari
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As a tutor, the most important things I believe I can do for a student are to provide personalised support tailored to their needs, foster a positive learning environment that encourages confidence and growth, and instil a passion for learning. By adapting teaching methods, offering individual attention, and addressing their specific challenges, I…
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Being a tutor that is energetic, passionate, relevant and engaging. Never giving up on a student. Make engaging work understandable not just in terms of delivery or comprehension, but also in relevance and the application to subjects or scenarios outside the topic. All topics contain information and techniques that can be used for Learning for…
Evelyn
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The most important thing would be impacting knowledge and mentoring the students at the same time. Also making students to enjoy academics rather than seeing some subjects as stumbling blocks to their educational prospects. Ability to explain ideas, patience with slow learners and the ability to carry all students along during tutoring. I also…
Olivia
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Listen. You need to listen to understand where and why they are struggling before you can help Patience and understanding. Having just finished year 12 this year, I have been there and understand that sometimes you need that extra bit of support a teacher cannot…
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Create a non-toxic environment where a student feel comfortable to learn and ask questions. To me I feel this to be the most important factor in learning as feeling comfortable with asking questions and knowing you won't recieve a toxic response is vital in a student excelling in a subject. Due to my past experience with customer service in…
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Be able to use different methods to help students understand the maths concepts is the most important thing, follow by good communication skills and patience. Not to assume students suppose to know anything, but to understand what is the difficulty. I am experienced in supporting diverse group of students which included ESL students and students…
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I believe a tutor should give encouragement generously. A tutor should also empower students by teaching them skills that will help them throughout their schooling and beyond. I care about my students. I try to identify their learning style so that I'm better equipped to help them. I encourage my students to work their way through problems instead…
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A tutor must provide enough time, guidance and have patience with their students so that they feel comfortable and ask doubts whenever they required. I enjoy my passion towards teaching and want my students not to have any fear towards any subject and I make learning easier for them by teaching the things their way, as every student has their own…
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Making sure that students know how to do the maths otherwise i am not doing my job properly. Make sure that student don't feel threatened or uncomfortable otherwise these student will run off i won't be able to teach anyone. I am very certain i am very good at explaining what i am trying to teach. Getting students know how to do the math and make…
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Show them how you can help them, why, show out can be fun to learn subjects, not all teachers don't care, lamarti g different things is fun. I'm very patient, I can use differnt techniques to teach the…
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It is essential that a tutor knows how to explain the lesson in an easy or understandable way. Tutors need to adjust their approach based on the student's needs and where they are struggling. And effective communication is the key. Honestly, I really love to be around the kids. And it's my flexibility, motivation, patience, and…
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Provide academic guidance, human connection, consistency and personalized learning for each student. -Adaptive with my teaching style according to needs of every student. -Good listener and patient with my students. -Explain complex problems in simplest ways. -Always try to make students fall in love with the…
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strengthening the student's skills and be their support system in changing their lives and shaping their dreams that contributes to their success. 1. My 5 years of experience as a public school teacher. 2. My 3 years of experience as an informal tutor (private tutor). 3.Flexible 4. Goal-oriented 5. Customer…
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Help to learn various methods for problems solving and also get proper guidance for involved in study. I have passionate to deliver knowledge to someone apply various methods and…

Local Reviews

Alicia, is softly spoken and paced and this appeals to my teen Rose. Alicia picks up when Rose hasn't understood and works to explain it differently until she does. We are very happy with the confidence Rose has gained in maths & the skills she can now apply at school.
Ali

Inside Elizabeth DownsTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Ava worked on understanding place value up to five-digit numbers and practised long addition and subtraction with multi-digit problems.

Year 8 student Chase explored the angle sum property of quadrilaterals and triangles, including proving similarity and using cross multiplication to find corresponding sides.

For Year 10, Daniel revised solving quadratic equations by factorising and finding roots, as well as tackling practice questions on constructing angles using a protractor.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student preparing a Research Project left work until the last minute, saying he "did not want to pursue" it—this meant rushed drafts and little time for meaningful revision or feedback.

In Year 9 English, messy written work made it hard to keep ideas clear; as one tutor noted, "focus slips when writing longer responses," so arguments became repetitive or lost formality.

For Year 6 mathematics, a reluctance to write steps—especially in expanded notation—led to confusion when checking answers.

The unfinished homework on number patterns and times tables left gaps that slowed progress during sessions.

Recent Achievements

One Elizabeth Downs tutor noticed that a Year 10 student, Chelsea, has started to ask for clarification on equations right away instead of hesitating or skipping over difficult steps—a real shift from her earlier sessions.

Meanwhile, Caitlin in Year 9 independently tackled all the Pythagoras application questions without waiting for hints and even checked her answers herself before moving on.

In a younger group, Chase (Year 5) now consistently uses finger-tap spelling while reading tricky words out loud, showing much more patience than when he'd previously rush through and guess.

Local Spots for Tutoring

If you'd prefer not to have lessons at home, tutoring can also take place at a local library—such as Playford Civic Centre Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Taparra Primary School.