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What do I enjoy most about tutoring? 😁
Tutoring brings me joy because I have the opportunity to help young people understand the world, develop valuable skills, and learn to trust themselves.My Strengths as Tutor 💪
My tutoring strengths are my ability to form a personal connection with my students, my patience, and my ability to explain content in a meaningful way. My patience and ability to form personal connections go together - I move at a student's ideal pace without rushing them. Because I have a personal connection I find it easy to encourage my students when they struggle and I enjoy helping them find their way through challenges. I also understand students may be disengaged, and by connecting their lessons to their own lives, I can support their motivation to learn more.Most important things I can do for a student 🏅
As a tutor, I think my role is to help young people develop the skills they need to thrive in the workplace, their personal lives, and as citizens. I aim to always build their confidence and their belief in their ability to overcome challenges.Subjects Tutored 🎓
Exam Prep 📝
- Naplan tutoring
Tutoring students in 👦 👧
- year 1
- year 2
- year 3
- year 4
- year 5
- year 6
About Garrett
My Qualifications
I am studying a Master of Teaching (Primary) at the University of New South Wales. You can be confident that I will use evidence based techniques to help your child develop their skills and confidence!
My Tutoring Approach
My tutoring approach is based on best educational practice. I can assist students that are struggling or performing below their grade level using a patient approach and with techniques like scaffolding or trying to simplify the task using cognitive load reduction methods. If you need someone to help your child advance beyond grade level, I can do that by teaching from the next stage of the curriculum or assigning activities that use higher level critical thinking skills. In addition to the above, I always try to make content relevant to the student's life and goals. Some students, though not all, may not understand why their schoolwork or grades are important. At times in my schooling I felt this way and I find that making connections between schoolwork and my students' goals often greatly improves their confidence. An area of professional interest for me is tutoring students from a non- english speaking background. Throughout my Teaching degree I've done extra reading and research on this topic as I would like to specialise in this when I graduate. I also have a strong interest in languages generally; I know French and I am hoping to acquire a third language in the near future, perhaps Indonesian or Chinese. I feel confident taking on students from a non- english speaking background for either general tutoring and/or to improve their english language fluency.
My Previous Experience
Currently I am a tutor with the Shack Tutoring program at the University of New South Wales. This offers free tutoring to students who need it. I am currently tutoring a senior high school student through this program. I have previously taught cooking lessons for school students in Kindergarten to Year 6, in the USA. I was also a full- time environmental educator in Colorado's Rocky Mountains (in the USA) for a summer.
Recent Tutoring Comments:
Melina thought of ideas and information for the world quite easily. She also sorted her ideas into appropriate paragraphs fairly easily, with support.
Melina thought of ideas and information for the world quite easily. She also sorted her ideas into appropriate paragraphs fairly easily, with support.
Melina didn't write as much as hoped, or indeed as she said she has in the past. Next session I will focus on modelling and deconstructing some examples of descriptive texts, focussing on their language features. This will then form the foundation for her to write her own.
He picked up on long subtraction really quick and used it to solve 1- 2 problems with support. Overall good ability to solve addition problems.
He picked up on long subtraction really quick and used it to solve 1- 2 problems with support. Overall good ability to solve addition problems.
Jonathan's motivation dropped a bit this week and he made a few more small mistakes than usual. Didn't necessarily get the point of the bridging to ten strategy, I think larger equations may help with this.
The maths exercises went well - Jonathan is now able to complete column addition fairly quickly and with correct working.
The maths exercises went well - Jonathan is now able to complete column addition fairly quickly and with correct working.
The spelling/plurals activity went well but Jonathan did take a bit of a guess and check approach rather than relying on known rules.
Melina completed almost all her questions correctly. There were one or two more abstract questions where she needed some clarification of concepts/procedures but ...
Melina completed almost all her questions correctly. There were one or two more abstract questions where she needed some clarification of concepts/procedures but she quickly understood these.
Melina is definitely prone to getting distracted or going on tangents. This is not unusual for a Year 2 student but I suspect it happens especially when she finds work quite easy.