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Tutors in West Footscray include a university mathematics lecturer with five years' teaching experience, an award-winning assistant teacher whose IGCSE students all earned top grades, a published maths author and specialist K–12 numeracy aide, high-achieving peer mentors and subject duxes, plus passionate STEM graduates and creative writers skilled in engaging young learners.

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Myles

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Patience, reassurance and having a growth mindset. Flexibility, due dilligence and…
Ananya
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Ananya

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The best tutors and educators remember the importance of being lifelong learners. I feel a tutor can help the student by personalizing the learning according to the needs of the student by incorporating connections to the students' interests. A tutor must teach to the student's strengths and minimize the student's weaknesses. Tutors should…
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Trisha
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Trisha

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The most important thing, according to me, is that the tutor is able to sympathise with the student. More often, in a class full of people, a student can feel like they're the only one who's falling behind. A tutor can help the student get out of that sort of thinking, and personally, at a one-on-one level, be involved in helping the student out…
Swati
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Swati

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
I think the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is truly be their well-wisher. I think students are coming to tutors because they know they need help. Acknowledging that they took that step, understanding the knowledge base with which they're there, teaching them in easy terms, and creating a long term plan for their studies is the…
Gaurang
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Gaurang

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
A tutor can guide and motivate his/her students to achieve their intended goals and help them to create a pathway for their future. With experience and knowledge, a tutor can become the driving force to help the students succeed in their lives. A tutor should have the ability to catch hold the weaknesses of a student, and then they should further…
Juilee
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Juilee

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Firstly, making a kind human being out of them and increase their knowledge level is the main aim of a tutor. Along with that, watering their out of the box ideas and help them channelize their thought process is a duty of the tutor. Assisting them to come up with innovative ideas and develop strong problem-solving capabilities to apply in real…
Sarah
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Sarah

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Every student has individual learning styles. As a tutor, it is our job to create tailored explanations and creative exercises that suit students best. I believe that it is through a personalized learning plan with adequate goals set that students can learn effectively. It is also a tutor’s job to foster a positive environment for students and…
Isabelle
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Isabelle

Science Tutor Essendon, VIC
To ensure a friendly but professional relationship, to make sure they feel comfortable with making mistakes and voicing everything they need to learn to me, so that I can help them to get the best outcome. Being patient and welcoming mistakes. Being able to word things differently and use real-life…
Arnob Das
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Arnob Das

Science Tutor North Melbourne, VIC
For me the most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to become a perfect role model for the students; someone who the student can look up to, live with their skills and guidance, someone who they can trust and rely when they face problems. For me personally, a role of a tutor is not just ensuring good grades for the students but rather…
Zichen
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Zichen

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Help them build up self confidence and turns out to be really interested in the subject. They won’t receive unpleasant academic performance as long as they fall in love with it. Bachelor of Mathematics and Statistics in Unimelb Awards in Maths. In High School:â– HONOR ROLL( top 5%) in 2021 American Mathematics Competition…
Amrita
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Amrita

Science Tutor North Melbourne, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do is create a safe and supportive space where the student feels comfortable asking questions and making mistakes. Building trust is key. A tutor should also help the student develop independent learning strategies, so they feel empowered to tackle challenges on their own over time. It's not just about…
Shivam
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Shivam

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
A tutor can be a guide for a student. I believe that a student can learn from the experience of a tutor and in this process, he doesn't tend to make mistakes that a tutor made in the past. Other than that, A tutor can motivate students to achieve not only academic but life goals as well. I try to relate every problem whether it is of maths or…
Senara
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Senara

Science Tutor Brunswick West, VIC
For a tutor, the most important thing is to increase the curiosity of the student, for the subject that they are learning. Exams are important. However, at the end of the day I believe, the knowledge gained through the subject matter is far more important because it is something that can help to shape the future of the student. For example,…
Nerissa
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Nerissa

Science Tutor South Wharf, VIC
One of the most important things a tutor can do for a student is to provide them with the essential building blocks of knowledge before trying to reinforce hard concepts, in order to help the student have a fleshed out understanding of their learning objective and feel confidence in their understandings. I would say communication is one of my…
Sarel
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Sarel

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
Provide the student with confidence in their own learning ability. Helping students find learning methods that work for THEM, which they can continue to use in the future is the most important thing, and also the most satisfying thing for me as tutor. My flexible teaching style means the student quickly feels comfortable and isn't afraid to ask…
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Jiwon

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
I think the most important thing is to understand my learner, I strongly believe that understanding the learner is really essential for me to acknowledge what my learner is struggling with. Also, being patient is really important as many learners will have different speeds of learning. I am an really extrovert person who can easily communicate…
Juhal
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Juhal

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
I have found several consistent factors that continuously make for successful tutors, who routinely improve student academic performance and increase student's self-efficieny.For me its about building strong, personal relationships with their students and communicating with them efficiently.They should be able to boost the confidence of the…
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Nixon

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to be patient. Never give up on students. Some students may be fairly poor in understanding certain difficult topics and terms, but the teacher or tutor is responsible to try every possible way to let the student understand the concept. I try to make my tutoring methods fun. I would say I…
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Arabella

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
To give them confidence in their own abilities and problem solving skills. I believe that it’s not just about drilling the facts into students, it’s about nurturing their understanding and confidence in their own skills when it comes to overcoming things they may find difficult. Connection and communication. I am highly skilled in connecting…
Shashwat
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Shashwat

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
A tutor provides personalised attention to a child which helps children learn at their own individual pace. Learning at one's own individual pace helps people connect with the subject with much more depth and explore the application of the theory that is being imparted to him. I feel a personalised pace of learning is the most important thing that…
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Ipshita

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
The three most important things are: to understand the student's needs, to understand their goals, and set the right pace for their learning. I am creative with my teaching styles, patient, and am good at understanding how to tailor my approach to each…
Sourav
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Sourav

Science Tutor Melbourne, VIC
A tutor can show the beauty of the subject and make the student love the subject. Once that happens, the student can excel not only in that subject, but can also approach everything in life with confidence and aptitude. I love teaching - That would be my greatest strength. I am really good at it & experienced. I have always had a good bonding…
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Yu-Ting

Science Tutor North Melbourne, VIC
For me, a tutor is not only helping the student with their homework and answering questions, it is about building trust and creating a comfortable learning environment that sparks the interest of knowledge for the students. I believe that active learning can be done if the students are intrigued by the knowledge and see how it is relevant and…

Local Reviews

We’re proud of our son is achieving better results and thanks to a good tutor also who’s I believe showing him the way also.
Rob, Maribyrnong

Inside West FootscrayTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 6 student Angela focused on adding, subtracting, multiplying, and simplifying fractions using written examples.

For Year 10, Eleanor worked through regression analysis—including interpreting results on a graphing calculator—and practiced questions from Chapters 3A–C.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Sydnie reviewed slopes and rates by applying linear relations to real-world problems such as speed and water flow calculations.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student often relied on a calculator for simple division (e.g., "1000/5"), which slowed progress on more complex tasks and reduced confidence in mental maths.

In Year 11 English, a student kept rewriting analysis paragraphs—even those praised by teachers—due to anxiety about finding the 'perfect' answer, rather than editing for clarity or building on strong points; as one tutor noted, "she rewrote good sentences out of self-doubt."

Meanwhile, a Year 10 student struggled to keep track of assignment dates and sometimes forgot to annotate key passages before assessments, making revision rushed and less targeted.

Recent Achievements

A West Footscray tutor recently noticed that Amelia now confidently applies concepts like regression analysis and can even explain her thinking out loud after reviewing practice problems.

In English, Eleanor used to rewrite entire drafts instead of editing, but she's begun breaking her writing into steps—first outlining, then making targeted edits—and now supports her arguments with clearer evidence.

Meanwhile, Sydnie had always been reluctant to ask for help with long division; last session she asked specific questions about the process and completed all her calculations without a calculator.

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 Footscray West—or at your child's school (with permission), like Footscray West Primary School.