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Q&A with Community Member, Maryam Mohammed
We speak to Community Member, Maryam Mohammed, about her experience in tutoring and what skills she has picked up along the way.
The ebb and flow of students and hours
Lisa McRobbie gives us an insight into how to transition from the teaching to tutoring, the pitfalls along the way and the lessons Lisa has learnt.
Take time to think
Richard Ashelford takes us on a tour of his reflective practice that guides his tutoring. It’s far-reaching and can be implemented from today …
Ponderings of a Maths tutor
Every time I finish a tutoring session, I come away feeling good about what I do …
Keeping up appearances
Working online requires tutors to keep up our appearances …
Tutoring Is For All
Admit it; before you were involved with tutoring (or if you haven’t been involved with tutoring, then still), chances are you had (or have) a perception that tutoring is only for those students who can afford it …
7 Steps to Success as a Tutor
Off the back of a hugely successful conversation with Mike Michalowicz on the Qualified Tutor Podcast, we decided to summarise Mike’s 7 key points for tutors.
What’s the problem with accuracy?
In some subjects, only 4 marks can be lost for ‘accuracy’ in a single answer, but in English as many as 16 marks are in jeopardy. Isn’t accuracy – accuracy?
Q&A with Community Member, Lisa McRobbie
We speak to Community Member, Lisa McRobbie, about her experience in tutoring and what advice she has for tutors starting out.
Making use of the power of the QT Community
Being a private tutor can be very lonely. I’ve been a tutor for a long time and I’ve worked alone. I have made mistakes, learnt from them, had problem students and learned how to deal with them. All on my own. Until now …
The Letter A
A young student struggling to read frequently stopped and remained silent until I told him what the word said. It might have been a really easy word like ’car’. This continued for some time as I tried in vain to work out the problem …
All teachers are teachers of English: all English tutors are tutors of History
At school I remember our class was late for a history lesson. We had been delayed by a ‘substitute’ English teacher whose usual subject was music. This teacher was insistent on finishing his lesson even though the bell had gone 3 minutes earlier …
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