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St Kilda West's tutors include an award-winning maths competitor and Kwong Lee Dow Young Scholar, a secondary school maths specialist with 95%+ marks, an experienced special education teacher, accomplished university medallist researchers, seasoned English and science mentors, and qualified teachers in both mainstream and special needs classrooms—all with rich backgrounds inspiring students from primary to senior levels.

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Jinal

English Tutor St Kilda, VIC
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are: Provide personalized attention and support to address the student's unique learning needs. Create a positive and encouraging learning environment to boost the student's confidence. Adapt teaching methods and materials to match the student's learning style. Set clear goals and track…
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Karan

English Tutor Windsor, VIC
Building strong personal relationship and able to connect one on one with students is the most important thing as a tutor. Having adequate subject knowledge and adopting interactive ways to teach are equally important to engage students. The subject knowledge, tutoring attitude, expressive ways of teaching and being responsible are my biggest…
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Adeline

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The most important thins a tutor can do for a student is to build their confidence. By encouraging and positive reinforcement allows a student to build their confidence in their abilities. Secondly, as a medical student, being a positive role model by providing guidance on academic and career goals can have significant impact on a student's…
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Andrew

English Tutor Middle Park, VIC
Pretty much answered this in the first question, but essentially, to help the student to develop the skills, methods and confidence to go to the next level in their academic journey. As I am very familiar and comfortable with the subject matter, I am able to quickly break it down and explain it in simple terms to the student. Moreover, most times,…
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Ju Wei

English Tutor Windsor, VIC
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are assisting them with their studies and provide comfort. I do not think tutors should spoon-feed answers to students as that will not help them fully understand and learn. Other than that, I believe the ability to comfort and reassure students is extremely important for tutors. I have met…
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Sruthi

English Tutor Windsor, VIC
I believe striking a balance in how the tutor interacts with a student is key. Being able to listen and identify a student's problem areas, as well as being firm enough to hold their attention is vital. A good tutor can set expectations tailored to a student's abilities and with them raise them while boosting their confidence. Overall personality…
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Reena

English Tutor Balaclava, VIC
1. To motivate and energies them towards the attainment of their goal 2. To develop the understanding on the important role of language through activities- Self Introduction, extempore and public /official speeches 2. To develop their interpersonal skill through group discussion, conversation and controversial speeches 3. To prepare short…
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Richard

English Tutor St Kilda East, VIC
I consider the most important thing a tutor can do with a student is have patience. I think patience underlines all the critical aspects regarding tutoring. To engage effectively with a student, it has to happen naturally, it can't be forced. It does take a bit of time to understand what kind of teaching style a student will respond well to.…
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Gyu Hwan

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The most important things a tutor can do for students I believe is to provide appropriate guidance so that the students are able to develop effective and routine study habits, develop confidence in them-selves and let them realize the joy of getting excellent grades as a result of their hard work. Extensive knowledge in mathematics. Friendly,…
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Chi

English Tutor South Yarra, VIC
To explain things that student can understand and when they understand something, they'll remember it, they don't have to learn it by heart. I understand the struggle as a student because I've been…
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Nicholas

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
I see my role as a tutor to guide my students, providing them with the strategies necessary to develop their knowledge and understanding. I think its important to be patient and allow students to build their own understanding with my guidance. I also think that it is important to be a good role model for students. As a student myself, I…
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Gabriel

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
I believe that the most important thing a tutor can do to a student is to make them motivated to learn the subject, whether that be from the passion of the tutor or from the interest that they develop for that subject over time. I am really good at explaining concepts and simplifying them in a way that the students could understand them. I was…
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Xuan Ni

English Tutor Albert Park, VIC
I think the most important thing a tutor can do is make the student feel supported and understood. Ceating a space where the student feels safe to ask questions and make mistakes is important. A good tutor should listen and adapt their approach based on the student’s needs. Sometimes students already have the ability but they just need someone…
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Kayleigh

English Tutor Albert Park, VIC
Human connection is the foundation for good learning. Once the student knows they can trust the tutor they will then be more open and receptive to improving their knowledge and developing their skills. I am confident in my teaching skills, patient with students, can differentiate well and collaborate with students to progress their learning to new…
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Nikoo

English Tutor Prahran, VIC
The most important things a tutor can do for a student are to foster a supportive and encouraging learning environment and to instill a deep understanding of the subject matter. It's crucial to build confidence in students, helping them to see challenges as opportunities to learn and grow rather than obstacles. A tutor should also strive to make…
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Geshna

English Tutor South Yarra, VIC
A tutor's influence on a student is the most important thing. A tutor can boost feeling of purpose or self-esteem at school of the student. He can put a student on the right track to success and fulfilment.Confidence to pursue their subject of interest with more zeal can be inspired from the tutor.An impact can push a student over the brink and…
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Habiba

English Tutor South Yarra, VIC
I believe the most important thing a tutor can do is build a student's confidence and self trust, as this often leads to improved performance. I make lessons engaging by involving students in each step, encouraging questions and critical thinking, and emphasising both independent learning and problem solving. I also give students breaks when…
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Jimin

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Respecting students and appreciating all backgrounds is the most important thing to carry out as a tutor. I feel that teaching is not only about teaching knowledge, but also about shaping the way students feel and think about a certain subject or concept. My strength lies in creating a calm, yet enjoyable and comfortable study environment for…
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Stella

English Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Build an interpersonal engagement to understand each other. I am assertive, love to teach, very good at time management and result…
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Anita Afrin

English Tutor South Yarra, VIC
I believe as a tutor it is my responsibility to act as a guide for my students, I can't learn a lesson on behalf of my students rather guide my students so that they can find out what interests them the most. I want to provide the right tools to my students so that they can know what to use when and how to use them so that they never loose the…
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Thara

English Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
Provide unconditional support no matter the circumstances that they are in and try my very best to make them understand the content. I think I am able to communicate effectively with students in order to get a point across, I used to learn in a way that was easy to understand which could be helpful to my…
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Krishna

English Tutor South Yarra, VIC
A tutor is different from a teacher/instructor at school. A tutor should know the strengths and weaknesses of a student in order to assist them accordingly. A tutor must be able to identify gaps in understanding in concepts and make sure to clarify the same in a patient manner. I believe I have the patience to teach and make sure the students have…
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Tia

English Tutor South Melbourne, VIC
Build confidence in and an awareness of the framework of a subject. In persisting and finding new ways to explain and teach the same content. Everyone finds different ways of learning more accessible, I enjoy helping facilitate real understanding of a…

Local Reviews

I have been very happy with the 2 sessions we have had with Towfiq. He is personable and great with Thomas.
Sheree

Inside St Kilda WestTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 4 student Matthew worked on adding, multiplying, and dividing fractions as well as converting between percentages, decimals, and fractions.

In Year 9, Amisha tackled trigonometry by combining bearings with SOHCAHTOA and also reviewed statistics.

For Year 12, Will focused on advanced essay writing for English by refining comparative analysis of Tracks and Into the Wild and developing language analysis skills through rewriting flagged sections based on teacher feedback.

Recent Challenges

In Year 3–4 maths, incomplete memorization of multiplication tables repeatedly disrupted progress with fractions and long division; "she still has trouble with her 7, 8 and 9 times tables," noted one tutor, leading to confusion when simplifying or comparing values.

For a Year 10 English student, unfinished homework and unclear communication—such as bringing work mostly finished instead of submitting it in advance—meant less targeted feedback during sessions.

At the senior level (Years 11–12), missed practice questions and only reviewing notes (rather than tackling exam-style problems) left conceptual gaps in Physics, making it harder to solve complex problems under time pressure.

Recent Achievements

A tutor in St Kilda West noticed one Year 10 student who previously rushed through probability questions now pausing to identify outliers before calculating answers—she's actively double-checking her thinking, which is a big shift from earlier sessions.

In senior maths, Matthew has started explaining his reasoning out loud while tackling tricky proof problems; last week he worked through a complex induction question with much less prompting than before.

Meanwhile, Will (Year 12 English) recently began emailing his essay plans for feedback ahead of time instead of waiting for reminders, showing more self-management and initiative.

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 Middle Park Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like St Kilda Park Primary School.