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Keeping Track of Tuition Related Activities
By: vish ks
Submitted: 2009-09-30 04:16:37 | Word Count: 575
By keeping a journal, you can plan lessons in advance, and can avoid panicky and
embarrassing situations. If you are new to this profession, it is strongly recommended that
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you prepare your topics very carefully. This will render you confident and will give you a
professional look. It is particularly useful if you do not necessarily know the tricks of
trade. By keeping note of every moment spent in class, you will be in a better position to
understand different aspects like the strengths and weaknesses of each student, the tutoring
method that worked with them and the one that did not, the need for homework, and things
like that. You might think that you do not need a written reminder for all these, but you
would most certainly find it useful at a later stage, especially if you have a fair number
of students.
Another advantage of keeping a journal is that, if you belong to the class of freelance
tutors, it would definitely be helpful to keep a precise record of your various schedules in
a journal. You can organize your days in advance, note the time required for travelling from
one student’s place to another; thereby you get prompt information on any available slots to
the students.
Keeping track of your students' progress is of great importance. This will help a tutor
understand different aspects like the weakest areas of a student, the strengths, topics you
have covered, topics you plan to cover in the next session, and areas where the student
require extra tutoring. The students are paying for your time, so it is important that you
use the time spent together at tuition efficiently as well as effectively. Avoid spending
more time over areas where they do not need support, as this may frustrate them and make
them impatient. Before each session, make sure you go through you journal, have a review of
what you have taught in your previous sessions, and what you have planned to teach in your
next meeting. As your tutoring schedule gets busy, it will almost be impossible to keep
track of all the information. So, be prepared with your teaching notes needed for each
individual lesson. .
It is also important to track your own progress and personal development as a tutor – the
teaching methods you have found to be more effective with a majority of the pupils, the area
where you made mistakes in the past, the things that work best for some students, and the
like. As you move on, you might find some methods working better than some others, depending
on the type of students. There will also be some ‘universally good’ tutoring methods and
‘universally bad’ tutoring methods. Make sure you make a note of your effectiveness in
class. At the end of the tuition session, get some feed back from the students. It might be
useful to hand out a questionnaire to know details regarding the aspects they found to be
the most useful, the ones that were least useful and so on. Perhaps, you would get surprised
at the results; but these feedbacks might give some subtle hints regarding the modifications
you may need to make to ensure greater effectiveness in your teaching style, so that
suitable restructuring could be undertaken.
Author Resource:-
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