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Kooyong's tutors feature an Olympiad-awarded university maths student with STEM mentoring experience, a seasoned physics and maths teacher with 8+ years' expertise, IB achievers and school duxes, youth science competition winners, dedicated sports and music coaches, creative STEM class leaders, PhDs in engineering and economics, and university lecturers from Monash and RMIT.

Shanesia
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Shanesia

Tutor Surrey Hills, VIC
From personal experience, the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to believe in them. With constant encouragement and support, a student is able to learn and show their full potential. I am patient and always remain calm and positive in all situations. After working with children for almost 4 years, I understand how passion and…
Amit Kumar
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Amit Kumar

Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
1.Listen to the student's need and understand their problem. 2.Breakdown complex problem into simpler forms to make them understand. 3.Provide clear explanations and give examples 4.Encourage and motivate the student 5. Create a positive and supportive learning environment 6.Help the student set achievable goals and track their…
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Rohan
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Rohan

Tutor St Kilda West, VIC
Students are able to learn the concept and the process of problem-solving with ease and become habitual of thinking in a more logical and systematic manner. Adaptability, understanding the potential and mentality of a child, think like a student in the process of tackling a problem, good and non-hesitant 2-way…
Angelina
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Angelina

Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
I believe it is important to understand the student's weaknesses and strengths before starting to teach them. I have come across a common problem with students, which is that they often jump straight into trying to solve a problem without fully understanding the theory/basics first. Hence, I try to first help them understand the basics then go…
Canaan Zengyu
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Canaan Zengyu

Tutor Southbank, VIC
Provide the student with constant encouragement and enormous patience. Absolute patience and well-trained teaching…
Subhashini
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Subhashini

Tutor Glen Huntly, VIC
To empower their students to become independent learners who are confident in their abilities to tackle academic challenges both inside and outside the tutoring sessions. This holistic approach not only improves academic performance but also nurtures a positive attitude towards education and personal growth. strong subject knowledge and ability to…
Suylang
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Suylang

Tutor Burwood, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to be patient and listen carefully so that you know what your students want. I'm a fast learner, especially in math, so if there are new things, I can understand them quickly and use it to teach my students. Moreover, I am very patient with…
Loubna
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Loubna

Tutor Collingwood, VIC
The most important thing is allowing students to become independent. The tutor should show them how to solve problems so that they can do them themselves and not just solve problems for them. My strength is illustrating concepts and finding the right examples that explain the point best. I also have good communication skills that make the student…
Tia
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Tia

Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
Build confidence in and an awareness of the framework of a subject. In persisting and finding new ways to explain and teach the same content. Everyone finds different ways of learning more accessible, I enjoy helping facilitate real understanding of a…
Yoshetha
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Yoshetha

Tutor Ashburton, VIC
A tutor should listen to students and identify their specific points of needs and adopt strategies to teach them and bring them to a higher understanding keeping their wellbeing in mind. My main strength is patience and persistent. I believe these are important traits in teachers. I am also empathetic and understand the pitfalls students have a…
Camellia
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Camellia

Tutor Southbank, VIC
I think the most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is to help them understand the mathematical concepts as these concepts can be confusing if they are not explained properly. The misconceptions that students have will deter them from doing well and enjoy learning mathematics. I am a very patient person. If the student does not…
Braden
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Braden

Tutor Southbank, VIC
The most important things for a tutor is to put in their effort during and before tutoring by preparing the lessons correctly so that the students feel that the tutor is there to help them learn. A tutor should also show the right attitude and go the extra path to help students which make students more eager to learn. I think I have good…
Nithya
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Nithya

Tutor Kew East, VIC
Throughout my academic life my teachers and tutors and their passion for learning has sparked my own. Through this experience, I have realised that a tutor must be truly passionate about the subject that they are teaching and care for the students and their future as if it was their own. Even if a teacher was highly experienced in a subject, I…
Kaveen
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Kaveen

Tutor Burwood, VIC
- Understand the tutoring material at expert levels - Build strong relationship of trust with students - Communicated with all parties including parents and teachers - Simplifying a problem/situation. - Analytical thinking (which is part of day-to-day job). - Understanding a students individual needs like overcoming…
Ashley
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Ashley

Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
I believe that every subject has the potential to be made fun and exciting for any student, and so naturally the tutor should be able to be inspiring and excited to teach and learn alongside their pupil. Alongside this, tutors need to be adaptable, being willing to communicate to different students based on their levels and understanding, while…
Thara
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Thara

Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
Provide unconditional support no matter the circumstances that they are in and try my very best to make them understand the content. I think I am able to communicate effectively with students in order to get a point across, I used to learn in a way that was easy to understand which could be helpful to my…
Shruti
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Shruti

Tutor Carnegie, VIC
It is to harness the student's capability to show them their educational goals are very attainable - it's simply a matter of knowing how to study/ and to give tests. I cater my teaching style to my students needs and prepare my own material to aid this as…
Mansi
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Mansi

Tutor Glen Huntly, VIC
The most important thing to make their student feel confident about themselves and help increase their capability to learn things and recognizing their strengths and improving in that particular area. students should always feel good about themselves and tutor should help with that and should also develop their curiosity to learn new things. I am…
Zhizun
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Zhizun

Tutor Glen Huntly, VIC
To me, teaching is not just about passing the knowledge to students, help them to build an effective learning pattern would be beneficial for them forever and not just limited to math. As a teacher, I can well understand student's logic, therefore we can easily be connected with our ideas. I understand the reason why some questions can be easily…
Dishi
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Dishi

Tutor Carnegie, VIC
For a student, a tutor can guide them to the right path and be considerate of their views. Being attentive and respectful to their students is another important thing that every tutor must have. I am very patient which is a quality every tutor must have. I listen and understand to the student's questions carefully to help them out. I am also…
Vilva
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Vilva

Tutor Carnegie, VIC
Make their basics strong so that they can build upon it and solve complex problems. Practical knowledge and work experience in STEM…
Siyara
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Siyara

Tutor Ashburton, VIC
Helping them feel like not understanding something is okay as long as you work to fix it. I think my strengths include a friendly manner, understanding behaviour and motivating…
Bryan
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Bryan

Tutor Carnegie, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do is make the student feel seen, supported, and capable. That means creating a safe space to make mistakes, ask questions, and grow. A good tutor doesn't just deliver content, they adapt to each student's pace, learning style, and confidence level. Ultimately, it's about building the student's self-belief and…

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Content Covered

Year 10 student Sophia revised direct and inverse variation, using real-life problem examples to reinforce concepts.

For Year 11, James focused on logarithms and non-linear data transformations, building confidence through step-by-step graph interpretation.

Meanwhile, Year 12 student Ethan practised applying the sine and cosine rules as well as calculating the area of triangles, working through targeted exam-style questions for advanced understanding.

Recent Challenges

In Year 8 Maths, one student often forgot to bring homework from school, which meant valuable lesson time was spent trying to recall missed questions rather than reviewing their working.

In a senior Methods session, another student relied heavily on their calculator for simple algebraic manipulation; as noted, "she jumped straight to the calculator for every step," which led to gaps in understanding and made it harder to spot errors during revision.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student's written work in long division was sometimes messy and hard to follow—making it challenging to trace where mistakes occurred.

Recent Achievements

One Kooyong tutor recently noticed a Year 10 student who, after weeks of hesitating to ask for help, now requests clarification when confused instead of guessing—this shift has led to far fewer errors in her equations.

A Year 11 student, previously reliant on hints for data analysis tasks, derived a regression line solo using their calculator last session and checked their result against the class example.

In Year 4, a student who used to forget spelling lists between sessions recalled all ten new words without prompting and even volunteered to write them out at the start of the lesson.

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 City of Boroondara Library Service—or at your child's school (with permission), like SEDA College (Victoria) - Hawthorn Talented Player Program (TPP).