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Jonathan
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Building confidence is the best thing a tutor can do for a student. Students may need tutors because they don't enjoy the subject, they find it hard, they do poorly, or all of the above. The tutors' role is to be the balance between a teacher and a friend. Helping them understand the questions they have in a relaxed environment is a good way to…
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I feel the most important thing that a tutor can do is to listen to the students as they explain what they don't understand and to help fully explain the solution of the problem to the student and to verify that the students understands the new concepts. I am patient with the students and I can work through many examples with the student until he…
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Hisham
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To build a positive professional yet a meaningful relationship with the student. The student sees me as a friend and mentor rather than just a teacher. This will build confidence and trust in the student and motivate him/her to achieve his/her goals. I love to give insights to my students about the research and incredible things that happen at my…
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Apart from achieving the basics of helping a student in school work to ensure they catch up with their school's curriculum, it is important that a tutor assists their students in forming healthy studying habits and equipped their students with effective study skills that will benefit students' studies in the long run. More importantly for…
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Listen, be patient and relate to their experience. Communicating in a variety of different ways and giving alternative examples/explanations where conventional ones don't work for a student. Being a performing arts teacher I've learnt to be creative with my…
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The ability to understand a student and their learning style is something I highly value in a tutor. In school classes where they are often one of many, they may find that the teaching style may not work for them and that they cannot achieve their goals. In a tutoring scenario, we are able to cater to them more specifically, to be intuitive about…
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understanding and supporting adjustable student learning style due to my personal experience passion and patient due to experience of teaching young…
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To give them a memorable picture of the subject and (as I call call it) make the subject alive in students mind. Not just as some words and shapes, but as a meaning and some times movement! (Specially it math) Well I was a marketing tutor back in my country and I really enjoyed it! When I came here, most of classmates were asking me their…
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A tutor has his student's career in hand. If a tutor wants, he can change the future of a child by showing him the right direction. A tutor can positively affect the attitude of a student towards his life by motivating him at early stages of life in school. I am highly motivated to help students build up their future career and i only want one…
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1. To understand what pattern of learning best suits each child and to tackle the situation accordingly in order to deliver the concept well. 2. Give them regular breaks to reset their concentration levels for the next part of study Confidence in achieving a target fluency in speaking visual learning adopted during the course Activities to…
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Keep them calm, collective but most importantly more confident in their ability to handle any hard tasks. Audentis fortuna Iuvat - fortune favours the brave - Explaining complex concepts in a direct - easy to understand way. Also I get along with anybody so not only will i be a tutor, i will be a friend and a life coach for…
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Teaching a certain topic with efficiency and clarity. I also believe that it is important for a tutor to be able to motivate his or her student and make them excited to have tutoring sessions instead of dreading them. I am an enthusiastic individual and will come to each session with a positive attitude. I am also a clear communicator, which I…
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To be responsive and constructive, I felt that I learned the best when I felt connected with the teacher and the class. It can be distracting to feel uncomfortable whilst learning. I would say that having a personalized connection helps students feel more confident in the teacher and attentive to the information being said by the teacher. As I…
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Varying teaching methods to provide students with a greater opportunity to learn is important. Every student has different strengths and weaknesses. Instead of just focusing on one method that only appeals to a single learning style, varying teaching techniques can cater your lessons to different learning styles. Students will be more successful…
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Beyond helping students excel in specific subjects, a tutor plays a crucial role in boosting their confidence and supporting their long-term educational goals. With a background in engineering, I possess the ability to approach problems from various angles and develop effective solutions. I strive to create a friendly and supportive learning…
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I believe that the overarching role of a tutor is to have a lasting, positive impact on a student, and this is possible through various means. Firstly, they can support the student academically, by guiding them through difficult or foreign concepts step-by-step. Through this, a tutor can immensely improve a student's self-confidence and engagement…
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The most important things a tutor can do is that he should be ready to help him/her out whenever he/she needs. That includes even giving them extra hours or multiple sessions so that all of help is provided to him/her. A tutor should always come prepared for tutoring session to maximize the learning experience. A tutor should always be open to…
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I reckon the most crucial things a tutor can do for a student is spending time with them, listening, sympathising, effectively communicating and building connections with them. School curriculum is not designed for any particular students, so many of them can't study the way they find the most suitable and easiest for them, resulting in the need…
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- improve confidence in academics - build a trustworthy and comfortable relationship where issues can be raised without hesitation - ease of understanding - clear approach to difficult concepts - ability to identify lapse in…
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The most important thing of a tutor in my opinion is to foster genuine passion for learning for the students. I believe that the academic success of any student should be self-paced, and the tutor could only help them if they face a too-challenging problem or cannot come up with a plan to achieve their success. Passion to help students, I…
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- Help them to improve their weaknesses and make them believe that they aren't anymore weaker in those areas. - Help them to Build their confidence to sit for exams without fear and get decent grades. - Every time be available to answer their questions - Help them prepare an effective and consistent timetable to study .-Can bring a child from…
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In school, the subject teacher need to face a relatively large group of students, so their teaching style and pace of lesson are more inclined to fit the majority but not everyone. Therefore when it comes to private tuition, the tutor conducting one-to-one lesson can focus on the student himself and personalize the lesson in a way that this…
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I consider understanding the student's problems and establishing a strong rapport to be the most important things. Tutors may be great teachers or have excellent knowledge of the content, but providing the correct and necessary information is of utmost importance. Understanding what may prevent a student from achieving as high as they want allows…

Local Reviews

My son can't wait to have his maths lessons with his tutor every week! She is helping him learn through wonderful and fun ways!
Konstantina, Preston

Inside Heidelberg WestTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Olivia focused on factorising algebraic expressions and substitution in more complex equations to build confidence with foundational algebra skills.

In Year 9, Jacob practised graphing parabolas as well as substituting values into quadratic functions, using worked examples for clarity.

For Year 10, Sam concentrated on solving linear equations and revisited core trigonometric ratios—sine, cosine, and tangent to prepare for upcoming assessments.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student often forgot to bring her maths textbook, which meant gaps in reviewing problem areas and "she needed to bring her maths books so I could see what she had struggled with this week."

In a senior class, one student ran out of time during an exam; as the tutor put it, "he missed some simple errors" because he didn't check answers before submitting.

Meanwhile, a Year 10 student's algebra work was messy and hard to follow—incorrect values crept in when calculations weren't clearly laid out.

Distraction in English led another student to guess answers without reading passages closely.

Recent Achievements

One Heidelberg West tutor noticed Kiera now tackles more complex maths problems without hesitation—just weeks ago she'd often wait for reassurance before starting.

In Year 8, Ollie moved from making frequent mistakes in timed tests to using a standard formula they developed together for negative indices, helping him answer these questions independently and with fewer errors.

Meanwhile, Felix in primary school has shifted from being distracted during class to focusing well enough to score 8/8 on his fractions test after struggling with this topic earlier; he completed all the questions accurately on his own.

What they say about our tutoring

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Venessa was great and we will be asking her to come back again in the new year.

Our daughter seems to respond well to Adam and even though it's still early days she is much more confident! Thanks

The tutoring sessions with Dominic are going very well. He has certainly helped Kailiana to gain confidence and skills in maths, while keeping a calm, friendly, and easy-going mood for the tutoring sessions. As any 8 year old does, Kailiana can get distracted from time to time, but Dominic has always taken this in stride, and been very creative in engaging with Kailiana in order to retain her attention. For example, there was one instance where she jumped up out of nowhere and decided to feed her goldfish in the middle of them trying to solve some questions about volume. Once she got back to the table Dominic asked her about her fish, and then changed the objects in the question they were solving to fish. He effectively got her back on track and engaged her attention in a warm and gentle way. Kailiana looks forward to her tutoring sessions, with is another testament to the good work Dominic has been doing with her.

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 Ivanhoe Library & Cultural Hub—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Pius X School.