Tutoring Tips | woottonnhs

Tutoring is one of the best ways NHS can help our local community. We want you and whoever is being tutored to have fun and feel good about the session. That is how good friendships can be formed and how our school community can feel closer together. For that, the NHS board has collected a list of tutoring Do's and Dont's from our own experiences that may help you as you go on tutoring. If you have any tips, please let any officer know too!

Be patient
Understand that everyone learns differently
Get to know them a little bit
Be on time
Try different teaching styles
Be mindful of how you conduct yourself
Use kind, encouraging language
Teach instead of just giving answers
Understand their circumstance; not everyone can learn at such fast speeds virtually so make sure to be polite
Make sure to give positive feedback once they grasp a concept
Work at their speed; keep checking in and make sure they don’t have extra questions
Ask them about their learning style - visually, explanatory, just need practice problems, etc.
If they need a little bit more help/clarification without them having to ask for it, explain your personal experience with the material/how you learned or remembered it
Give them your full attention while tutoring
On Zoom: Turn on your camera (if possible) and encourage whoever you are tutoring to do the same
On Zoom: Use the whiteboard feature to draw or write things out for whoever you are tutoring to see. You can open the white board by clicking Share Screen > Whiteboard > Share.

Don't say "Oh, that is easy."
Belittle anyone
Show up late
Come unprepared
Give up on them
Get frustrated
Give false information - if you don’t know either, be honest; use other resources together like Khan Academy or classmates
Do their homework for them; you can assist with problems but make sure they are understanding as well
Assume that something will automatically make sense to them