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Modbury Heights' tutors include a middle school curriculum director and experienced maths/science teacher, a primary learning support specialist with UK postgraduate credentials, a 22-year remedial literacy/numeracy expert and NAPLAN marker, several master's-level educators, award-winning high-achievers (ATAR 92+, top 2% in Business), and passionate peer mentors with experience supporting diverse student needs.

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Priyank

English Tutor Para Hills West, SA
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are to foster understanding, build confidence, and encourage independent problem-solving. My strengths as a tutor include clear communication, the ability to break down complex concepts into manageable steps, and providing practical, hands-on examples. I focus on engaging students and…
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Manish

English Tutor Para Hills West, SA
A tutor should be able to fist recognise the strength of students and then help them overcome their weakness and overcome the fear if that have any when it comes to read any subject or solving complex questions. Simplify the complex methods Step by step approach Basic principles Practice and mock test Motivate and empower students Patience…
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Ellanie
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Ellanie

English Tutor Banksia Park, SA
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do for students is to guide and assist them to complete assignments and homework rather than completing it for them. This will not only allow them to ask questions and gain a basic understanding of how to do a task, but it will also allow them to successfully complete a similar task without needing…
Zachary
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Zachary

English Tutor Banksia Park, SA
Most importantly, a tutor can lead a student to realise what they are capable of. This kind of core belief change leads a student to have the self-confidence to reach their full potential, including their best learning. I am patient, understanding and compassionate. Even if a young person's lack of self-confidence results in negative behaviour, I…
Shivani
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Shivani

English Tutor Valley View, SA
A tutor needs to help identify a student's strong points and motivate the students in every possible way. It's not always the tutor that should be valued and respected but the students also needs the same respect and care. Also, a tutor should know how to boost up the morale of a student when he/she is feeling low. If student is facing some…
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Shiphrah

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
I believe that getting high grades in school is not the most important goal for my student (although this is something we work towards), but rather what is most important for me as a tutor is to see them learn, progress and improve each time. I want to teach them the value of hard work while building up their confidence and motivation to tackle…
Alvin
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Alvin

English Tutor Para Hills West, SA
A bird learns to fly own its own.similarly the one important aspect in tutoring is that the students understand the basics and develop ideas of their own.Methods to solve a problem differ from person to person so a tutor can help them with the basics and methods.But at the end of the day the student must learn effectively.A successful tutor can do…
Gyan
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Gyan

English Tutor Valley View, SA
The most important things a tutor can do for a student include providing personalized support tailored to the student's needs, fostering a positive learning environment, offering clear explanations, encouraging critical thinking and problem-solving skills, and instilling confidence and motivation in the student to achieve their academic goals.…
Dinura
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Dinura

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
- Providing a comprehensive understanding of course content - Providing necessary practice material to assess understanding - Fostering a love for learning and encouraging growth - Pushing students to reach their potential and achieving their goals in life. - Being approachable and friendly. - Being organised and timely - Setting measurable…
Bisma
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Bisma

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
A tutor is supposed to ensure learning and the growth of the students academic skills. Also to make sure their goals are strong enough for them to reach success in the future. I am patient and I do not back down if the student is not ready to learn. I use different tactics to engage the student such as asking them what they struggle with and…
Andres
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Andres

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
Something that sets me apart from many other tutors is that I’m very relatable, something which I think is very important to a student. Personally, I’ve known in the past what it’s like to sometimes struggle academically, however, experience has shown me that part of it what it takes to succeed is a great work ethic and an awesome mentor.…
Karl
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Karl

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
To boost the student's self-esteem and confidence in tackling problem-solving situations to achieve personal development and academic progress. Also, to help them pursue their field of interest and career ambitions. Forming professional yet friendly connections with students, parents, and peers allows me to better understand their challenges,…
Vishwa
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Vishwa

English Tutor Valley View, SA
Make the student feel comfortable to ask questions and understand the learning style of each student to personalise the learning experience and manage the difficulty curve in the content. Patience and clear explanation and using real world examples to convey the message. Friendliness to make the student comfortable to and ask questions and engage…
Lavinia
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Lavinia

English Tutor Valley View, SA
Give moral support and guidance. As a tutor, I don't give answers or solve the student's work, I want them to be able to solve it themselves and use their critical thinking skills with their knowledge of subject content. Subjects can be tough, as a tutor, I need to find ways to convey the same subject in an easier, convenient way to understand it.…
Urvashi
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Urvashi

English Tutor Salisbury East, SA
A tutor is someone who just not explains what is right or wrong or not or just gives the answer directly, but instead makes sure that the student, one is teaching has understood the concept extremely well and can relate to his or her own work and can work perfectly without the tutor's help. Also, the tutor should be aware how the student works…
Sakshi
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Sakshi

English Tutor Ingle Farm, SA
The most important things that a tutor can do for a student is to: 1) Build strong, personal relationships with their students: a tutor should personalize the learning, make learning more interesting for the student, and teach to the student's strengths while minimizing their weaknesses. 2) Focus on goal setting, and creating benchmarks. For…
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Duyen

English Tutor Ingle Farm, SA
- Students get inspired to truly love learning, become lifelong learners and gradually develop their autonomy in whatever they do later on in life. - Help students develop their confidence in their capacity and help them reach their full potential. - Be patient, calm and flexible to bring the best to students. - Have a sense of humor - Love…
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Da Hye

English Tutor Hope Valley, SA
To encourage them to keep going and not give up, because it can get really upsetting to the student if they can't understand a specific thing after some time spent on it. It's important to reassure them that the progress they've made so far has been good and worthwhile, and that everyone's learning paces are different. Most importantly, it's…
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Shradha

English Tutor Ingle Farm, SA
Being more approachable and trying to match their level of understanding to find a better approach for studying is important. Every person is different and so is their understanding and learning level. Being able to match that level and teach them is the job of a tutor. I can be a good listener and am able to identify problems of students as I…
Radia Shams
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Radia Shams

English Tutor Valley View, SA
A tutor has to be patient and welcoming for their students. The reason these students come for tutoring is because they face difficulty keeping up with school. So they should be given the space to understand at their own pace, in their own method and a teacher needs to recognize that. We need to recognize the method which we choose to teach a…
Ashly
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Ashly

English Tutor Valley View, SA
I believe that in order for anyone to understand the material being taught - the tutor must begin with the fundamentals and basics; breaking down the information and then ensuring the student is able to explain it back is what I believe works best. This requires patience, which I believe is an essential quality a tutor must maintain in order for…
Baani
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Baani

English Tutor Gilles Plains, SA
A tutor must treat each student as unique and motivate them to learn in a manner that they are most likely to succeed in. A tutoring lesson should give a student the confidence to apply a concept based on their understanding of it. -Patience -Prior experience -Communication skills -Willingness to learn -Fluency in…
James
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James

English Tutor Salisbury Heights, SA
As I alluded to earlier, I think the student's enjoyment is extremely important. That's not to say that they should be having fun at the expense of gaining knowledge, much the contrary; I think the best way for a student to gain knowledge that will last beyond the next test or exam is to have it conveyed in such a way that they take a genuine…

Local Reviews

James was wonderful.
Cathy, Modbury North

Inside Modbury HeightsTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 8 student Jasmine revised simplifying fractions and placing them accurately on number lines, then worked on converting between fractions and decimals.

Year 7 Sarah focused on multiplication with decimals by factors of ten and practiced converting units of measurement for length, weight, and volume.

Meanwhile, Year 10 Adam tackled exam-style questions covering homeostasis in biology as well as human evolution concepts, using past papers for targeted revision.

Recent Challenges

Several students across primary and high school years left homework incomplete, particularly in spelling revision (noted for a Year 4 student: "spelling will now be incorporated into both Thursday and Wednesday lessons" after repeated missed practice).

In Year 11 Biology, exam revision relied heavily on previous test papers but feedback was not always revisited—one note highlighted, "Mini-assignment set to go through in the next lesson," yet earlier corrections remained unaddressed.

A Year 7 student struggled with messy written calculations during BODMAS exercises, making it difficult to check work or spot errors quickly. This slowed progress and increased frustration before tests.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in Modbury Heights noticed a Year 10 student who used to freeze on multi-step biology questions now independently works through past exam papers, only checking answers at the end instead of asking for hints throughout.

In Year 8 maths, one student who'd previously rushed and made errors when converting between units now double-checks their work and explains each step aloud before moving on.

Meanwhile, a Year 3 child who was hesitant to read out loud has started choosing new storybooks themselves during sessions and reads entire pages without prompting from the tutor.

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 Tea Tree Gully Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like The Heights School.