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The most important thing that tutors should and can do for a student is to assess their current level, create a goal and guide them towards that level. Having patience while students work through and learn, as well as challenging them with new questions are an important role for tutors. I think my strengths as a tutor is patience and gentleness so…
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It is important to be well-prepared with a good, engaging lesson plan which the students would enjoy and get the most out of. It is also important to be mindful of the strengths and weaknesses of your students so that you can come up with lessons that help them improve more. Being punctual and kind is a trait required for anything you do in life…
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If a student is confident in their ability to learn and comprehend information, they feel that they have options and their anxiety toward their educational career completely changes. I am compassionate and patient. I love simplifying information for students and giving them a higher confidence both in themselves and their ability to…
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Make the student understand that there is nothing called a mistake. There is only something called learning and experience. My understanding of subjects,ability to learn and listen. Insatiable curiosity to learn and understand things. Non biased…
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Build knowledge and confident of their abilities to learn as a student while also sharing valuable life experiences. Understanding the situation of the tutee and flexible enough to adapt to the students…
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Someone who is able to build strong relationships with the student. This helps to truly personalize their learning and teach to the student's strength. I believe my greatest strengths are being empathetic and the ability to engage with a…
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I touched on some of these points in my previous answers, but as a tutor I believe the ultimate goal should be to provide one's students with an academic toolbox in the form of an understanding of the fundamental principles of any given topic. By covering first principles, and providing students with problem-solving abilities, he or she can then…
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to show them patience and kindness. Learning new things takes time, and it's important to show your students that you are willing to spend that time with them and work with them to achieve their goals no matter how long it takes. I am patient, kind, honest, and extremely reliable. I also…
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Active listening, and asking as many questions as possible, to learn more about the students strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. The more we know, the better illustration we have to help guide, encourage, motivate and inspire students to realize their own potential. My strengths as a Tutor, include, my interpersonal approach to each…
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Support them. Sometimes students just need that boost of confidence and support to understand. Frustration in their own learning can often end up being the reason why a concept is not being understood. I was an inclusion support assistant at a primary school, working with various kids with learning difficulties and disabilities. This has given me…
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I think identifying the misunderstanding and making sure their foundation is solid. As long as they understand the content, they will be able to answer the questions! I would say I'm very patient, and due to my fluency in English, I'm able to easily get the child to understand the content. I also excelled throughout school, and have a high GPA at…
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The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is understand them completely and tailor the learning experience accordingly as well as creating a nurturing and understanding environment for all. Being a good tutor is immensely important me. I believe my strongest point is being able to really connect with the students and understand their…
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The best thing a tutor can do for a student is it reduce the fear of studying/learning a subject. Mathematics is a tough subject and it is important tutors take the right approach when they teach that subject. I am a huge believer in teachers being friends with their students. My biggest strength is that I get along with students and try and…
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The student should excel and learn more. Gained unique abilities or skills on how to handle certain math problems, and as the student excels he learns the way of his/her own. Well, I think the strength could be you know better than your tutee. You have more experience (as it should) and aside from it, you have more knowledge and the way things…
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In my opinion, one of the most important things a tutor can do is to make it clear to a student that they are capable and believe in their abilities as a student. This establishes trust and goes a long way in terms of fixing problems of difficulties in any subject area. It will also build a student's confidence in themself all while knowing there…
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1. Assisting them with their problems and questions and giving them hints so that they can figure it out themselves which makes them understand better. 2. Checking on the curriculum and topics. 3. Helping students understand key concepts and making it sure by taking regular tests and quizzes. I am very enthusiastic and motivated which creates a…
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I think the most important thing is to listen to the student and allow them to feel confident in asking for help. It's important to make sure that the student doesn't feel dumb or like they're being looked down upon when asking a question. It's also important to be honest, if you don't know the answer it's better to tell the student this and…
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- Raise achievement - Increase academic confidence - Provide students with the tools they need to problem solve and achieve academic success independently in the future. My biggest strengths are my understanding of effective pedagogical methods, my understanding of the Australian Curriculum and my strengths based attitude towards students. As a…
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Tutors fill a different role than teachers. They can build more personal teaching relationships with their students and therefore should aim to: - Truly personalise the learning experience - Use connections to the student's interests - Teach to the student's strength and have the student set the pace - Work on and improve the student's…
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The most important thing to being a tutor is the passion towards teaching and the motivation to get the best results from his/her students. It is also crucial for a tutor to be friendly and approachable to every student. A tutor should be available to help the student cope with any difficulties, even if this requires an extra personal approach to…
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The points enumerated below are some of the essential things i believe a tutor can do for a student. A tutor can: 1. Help students develop their higher order learning skills. 2. Ensure learners have a sense of progress within every lesson. 3. Convey subject knowledge of concepts, skills and language systems effectively and in ways…
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I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to motivate him/her. Students look at tutors or mentors as their future or they get inspired by them very easily. Hence being that influential person is what I aim to do as a tutor. As a child, I admired my teachers and I got inspiration from them to do something which made me work…
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The most important thing a tutor can provide to their student is trust, compassion, consideration and most importantly, the ability to pass knowledge onto their student fluently, calmly and in a way which is fun and interesting. My strengths as a tutor are my personal experience as a student and various learning styles that come with different…

Local Reviews

Jason is great. Harry relates to him well and he is covering off the areas Harry is struggling with.
Emma, Stafford

Inside StaffordTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Mia worked on solving worded linear equations and practiced volume problems using diagrams to visualise each step.

Year 11 student Oliver tackled biology research skills by developing a rationale for his assignment and searching for relevant scientific articles, then refined his research question with guidance.

Meanwhile, Year 12 student Grace focused on her biology student experiment report, drafting the evaluation section and working through feedback to improve her data analysis write-up.

Recent Challenges

A Year 10 student tackling algebra tended to skip writing out steps, especially when solving quadratics—"did not write down as much working out"—which made small errors hard to catch and fix.

In a senior History lesson, difficulty summarizing research articles slowed progress; as noted, "finding relevant research articles in regards to the task" was a challenge during assignment preparation.

For a Year 8 Maths session, one learner rushed graph plotting and missed simple sign mistakes.

When Year 11 revision focused only on familiar topics, key concepts from previous terms were overlooked, leaving knowledge gaps ahead of exams.

Recent Achievements

A Stafford tutor noticed one Year 10 student, who previously hesitated to ask for help with worded maths questions, now reads questions aloud and talks through solutions, making far fewer errors.

In a recent high school science session, a student who struggled with planning practical experiments came in with a clear experiment outline and asked clarifying questions independently.

For a younger primary student, there's been real progress: after weeks of confusion around plotting points on graphs, she can now accurately plot data without prompts and quickly checks her own work for mistakes.

What they say about our tutoring

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Jacques seems quite happy with the 3 weeks tutoring he has had and when asked says he is enjoying the lessons. So a good start.

Sophie is responding to Rounak very well. Rounak is a great teacher and Sophie gets along well with him. We're all very happy!

It is going very well. Katie is a truly lovely person. Cassandra has responded well. It is going as well as it can. Cassandra is naturally avoidant of the subjects that she is being tutored in, currently with Katie we are doing one week on Maths and the following week on English and so on. Cassandra engages in the tutoring, and does seem to learn, despite her being sure that she doesn't need a tutor. My partner and myself are very busy at the moment and don't have time to tutor her ourselves, besides, she doesn't like to listen to us, whereas, she will sit beautifully with the tutor. So it really works in that way.

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 Grange Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Queen of Apostles Primary School.