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I most enjoy making a connection and catching up with children each week on how they found their school.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
I believe my experience as a tutor has given me the ability to change ways I approach certain topics to cater to each child as they all require something different. I also believe my patience and my care for children can be seen.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
Being able to listen to critiques and to be able to change from students is the most important thing a tutor can do as it shows the student that the tutor is willing to put in effort to achieve the best learning possible.Tutoring students in 👦 👧
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About Michael
Expert Maths and English Tutor
Michael is a passionate tutor with hands-on experience in tutoring maths for primary and high school and English for primary school. He has honed his skills at a reputable tutoring centre, where he developed personalised instruction tailored to each student's unique needs and learning styles. His commitment goes beyond academic excellence; he creates a supportive environment that boosts students'' confidence and fosters creativity. His dedication is reflected in his ability to adapt lessons effectively, ensuring every child can thrive academically.
Proven Leadership and Communication Skills
As an experienced educator, Michael excels in communication and leadership. At his current tutoring position, he not only supports students but also mentors new tutors by teaching them effective systems and problem-solving strategies. His approach is proactive, aiming to enhance both the learning experience of students and the instructional methods of fellow educators. These skills ensure that Michael can engage effectively with children, parents, and colleagues alike.
Achievements in Education
Michael's educational background highlights his strong foundation in numeracy and literacy. A high achiever himself, he achieved an 87.95 ATAR with a 41 study score in general maths and a scaled 39 study score in Maths Methods, demonstrating his deep understanding of mathematical concepts. With these credentials, Michael offers a wealth of knowledge that can guide students towards achieving their own academic goals.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
Understands what simple interest is and how to use the formula to calculate how much is earned each year. Can make scenarios into recurrence relations.
Understands what simple interest is and how to use the formula to calculate how much is earned each year. Can make scenarios into recurrence relations.
Bigger worded questions where you need to use algebra as well as understanding of simple interest
Can use the CAS to generate a sequence and understands how to write down a sequence recursively.
Can use the CAS to generate a sequence and understands how to write down a sequence recursively.
Maybe recognising the pattern in a sequence, but otherwise really good so far
Could factorise quadratics and do basic index law questions. Learnt how to do statistics questions on CAS and how to find all intercepts and turning point.
Could factorise quadratics and do basic index law questions. Learnt how to do statistics questions on CAS and how to find all intercepts and turning point.
Index laws could use some work, especially ones with a negative power (^-1).
Big improvement on algebra that involved expanding brackets and pronumerals on both sides of an equation. Good index laws and Pythagoras revision
Big improvement on algebra that involved expanding brackets and pronumerals on both sides of an equation. Good index laws and Pythagoras revision
Practice ratio questions and adding scale ratio formulas onto a sheet for her folder (Chapter 6D). Practicing questions on composite shapes from textbook (perimeter, area and volume). Writing down a couple inequalities questions using number lines for her folder would be good as well (Chapter 7H).