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Tarragindi's tutors include a 29-year primary teaching veteran and former deputy principal, an ATAR 99.6 Hawken Scholar, experienced secondary and university-level mentors, award-winning STEM graduates, specialist English educators with school placements across Brisbane, and accomplished peer coaches—many bringing academic honors, Olympiad experience, music pedagogy, and leadership in youth programs to their roles.

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Shivani

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
I believe a tutor play a great role in helping his/her student to build up self confidence. A tutor can help a student in identifying their strengths and weaknesses and work accordingly. 1. Customising the teaching methods as per the need of a student. 2. Dedicated individual focus. 3.…
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Konstantin

English Tutor Macgregor, QLD
The most important thing a tutor could do for a student is to make them more passionate and confident about their learning, as this will transition well past the tutoring period and into their future academics. Additionally, a tutor should help the student build good study habits that they can maintain independently. I'm very patient with people,…
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Vibha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Being a teacher, it's his/her duty to make the student understand any concept accurately with an ease and with great patience. It is not right to shout or get angry on any person if he or she is not able to do any thing, all you need is some time and practice and also some tricks to solve any problem. I am a very patient person and work with full…
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Jessie

English Tutor East Brisbane, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do is help their students develop study skills so that they are equipped to learn anything by themselves. I am very patient and I always try to explain difficult concepts in ways that I found easier to understand when I was learning them (eg. acronyms and visual…
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Joel

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
A tutor provides a supportive environment for their students. This is most true for the students who struggle the most, who may need more help than their peers who don't find the topic as difficult. Hello, I am a first-year university student studying the Bachelor of Engineering (Honours)/Master of Engineering Accelerated Pathway at the University…
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Vedant

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
A tutor can give his time for the student and make him understand until he understands it completely Important thing would be tutor can make him study until he/she has aced that topic Make the student understand the topic/concept if they are unsure of anything Another strength would be that whoever has tutored from me, has always passed his/her…
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Quintin

English Tutor Camp Hill, QLD
The most important thing I think a tutor can do for a student is to instil in them a good approach to learning through teaching them practical techniques to work smarter and get more out of the effort that they put into the subject. Demystifying task sheets for a student and teaching them how to manage their time and develop a good working…
Kayla
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Kayla

English Tutor Carina Heights, QLD
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to take the time to understand what aspect of their learning is causing them difficulty, and to address it. Most of the time, a student is more than capable of understanding class content, but there is some inhibiting factor within their working process which makes it difficult for them to…
Nicola
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Nicola

English Tutor Carina Heights, QLD
Providing a student with the fundamental skills they need to persevere and be confident in their own ability to achieve. A good tutor should be personable, responsible and articulate and employ methods of teaching that best suit a particular student. I explain difficult concepts as simply as I can and break it down so it's easier to understand.…
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Jonathan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Tutors need to provide support for their students to feel capable of learning while also constantly challenging them to improve by utilizing applicable information, providing new approaches/perspectives, and celebrating the students' improvements. 1. 5+ years of experience teaching science-themed programs to an extremely diverse array of students…
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Ameesha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Build a friendly bond with the students. Understand the student, their problems and help them overcome their fears. Make them understand the concept in the easiest way possible. I would say that Communication and understanding are my strengths. Another best of my strengths include me being able to interact with the students in order to know…
Shayan
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Shayan

English Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
I think that as a tutor, being able to understand the perspective of the student is crucial in educating them. Tutoring is a student-centred occupation and one should be able to assess students' knowledge in real time in order to develop effective teaching solutions. Another important tutoring technique is to be prepared for sessions. Whether it…
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Hassan

English Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
Being organised, patient and understanding towards the student. Being able to communicate the complex formulas in a simpler manner. Im patient and nice when it comes to helping. I understand math is hard which allows me to convey my point across thoroughly and…
Nick
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Nick

English Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
Tutors are there to motivate a student to achieve greater outcomes in life, principally in the area of academic study. Whether this is confidence, the knowledge that someone believes in them, strategies for studying and/or comprehension, through to developing initiative, self correction skills and the ability to constantly improve, tutoring is a…
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Brianne

English Tutor Highgate Hill, QLD
Build confidence in their own abilities as well as provide guidance and support where needed My strengths would be being able to communicate clearly and precisely along with my flexibility and professionalism whilst also being approachable. My weakness would be that I haven't had too much experience in a professional tutoring position, so I would…
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Aishwarya

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
The most important thing to being a tutor is the passion towards teaching and the motivation to get the best results from his/her students. It is also crucial for a tutor to be friendly and approachable to every student. A tutor should be available to help the student cope with any difficulties, even if this requires an extra personal approach to…
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Lachlan

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Ideally, I want to instill the same sense of wonder and love that I have for mathematics in the students. This won't work for all students, of course, so failing that I think a tutor should be able to teach a student how to think for themselves - it's one thing to be shown how to get an answer, and it's another thing entirely to be taught how to…
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Onasha

English Tutor St Lucia, QLD
Make the students feel confident on themselves and making them trying out the questions independently first. And let them k know that they can learn more from their mistakes and it’s a normal thing to make mistakes in the classroom. And make them feel comfortable with me and make them feel secure. If they don’t understand the concept I help…
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Brianna

English Tutor Wishart, QLD
Catering to each child/student specifically and making the lessons to their needs. Each child learns different and it is important to be able to understand them on a personal level, understanding what helps them learn as well as memorising information. Being organised, down to earth, a child at heart and working with disabled children. I am…
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Lanna

English Tutor Mansfield, QLD
I believe the most important things a tutor can do for a student is to encourage them to express their own opinion and be confident in themselves. Providing quality feedback on their work and consistent affirmations are also considered important to me as this not only improve the students' academic result, but also their overall personal growth…
Toby
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Toby

English Tutor Taringa, QLD
The most important thing that a tutor can do for a student is to build rapport so that they trust in your abilities and in your desire to help them. I also believe that it is important that students feel that the time that they have spent with you has been worth the cost and the effort. One of my tutoring strengths is my ability to explain…
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Mehr

English Tutor West End, QLD
Someone who is able to build strong relationships with the student. This helps to truly personalize their learning and teach to the student's strength. I believe my greatest strengths are being empathetic and the ability to engage with a…
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Edwin

English Tutor Chelmer, QLD
Listen to feedback. Make sure they understand what they are being taught and determine if a new approach is needed. Sometimes the same information can be summarised and presented in a different way that is just easier for some people to understand. My own capacity for learning. Information retention and comprehensive analysis. Communication…

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Inside TarragindiTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 7 student Ava practiced converting between decimals, percentages, and fractions, and solved chance questions using probability expressed as fractions.

Year 9 student Chloe worked through algebraic skills including expanding brackets and factorising quadratic expressions.

Meanwhile, Year 10 student Ben focused on the quadratic equation alongside techniques for solving linear equations and manipulating algebraic terms.

Recent Challenges

A Year 11 student working on polynomials needs improvement checking back over her work to ensure she doesn't make simple mistakes—overlooking this step led to avoidable errors persisting through solutions.

In Year 9 algebra, one student hesitated to trust their own working, repeatedly questioning themselves and slowing progress; as the tutor noted, he doubted himself constantly which doesn't allow him to reach his full potential.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student's maths written work was sometimes unclear because numbers were placed in the wrong columns during multiplication—this made it harder for both student and tutor to spot where confusion began.

Recent Achievements

One Tarragindi tutor recently saw a Year 10 student move from frequent mistakes in expanding algebraic brackets to completing every question correctly and without hesitation.

Another high schooler who previously struggled to structure persuasive writing now drafts PESTO paragraphs independently, remembering all parts without reminders.

In primary sessions, a younger student who once guessed during oral reading now pauses to sound out difficult words, showing more care and accuracy with each line.

The same student finished his latest story plan entirely on his own—something he'd never attempted before.

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 Annerley Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Wellers Hill State School.