If you've always had the love of learning, then why not pass it on to someone who doesn't? Tutoring can be rewarding in many ways. It can be as simple as reading to a younger child, or as complicated as making worksheets for them to do! Either way, tutoring is fun and this article provides some steps on how you can make it happen!
- 1Plan first! Decide on what you want to do before you do it. For example, if you are going to read to a child, choose a book to read with them. If you're making worksheets, make a few ahead of time.
- 2Talk to your principal about it, as they can contact other schools and see who needs help with what. Make sure to tell your principal what time works best for you, what you want to help kids with, and how you're going to do it. This gives them an idea of what to look for.
- If you're doing this outside of school, think of some of the younger kids you know and talk to their parents about it. You could even do this among your friends! Tutoring a friend is one of the most helpful things you can do in some cases. Advertise yourself, make it clear what you can help with and how!
- 3Get an extra binder, and some folders to go in it. Keep track of each child's work, needs, and progress in these folders. You may want to assign each child a folder, or assign each folder a job like "Work" or "Progress Reports".
- 4Make a lesson plan specific to the child you are tutoring. Sit down with them and write three learning goals they have, and even help them with some personal goals. Write down what they need help with, and how they are most comfortable learning it and then apply it. Your work is pretty much useless unless you apply what you have written down. this means actually do what you write. Really become a role model for the child, giving them the help they really need.
- 5Stay in touch with their guardian! Let them know how they are doing, if they're improving, if their grades are going down, or what they might need outside of your help. If you have to ask the parents to do something, like set up a homework time or monitor their gaming time so that they can focus on homework, then please do! If the parent or guardian doesn't know what's going on, it's likely that the student won't follow through with what they need to do.
- 6Make it fun! If the child loses interest, they won't want to participate anymore and the connection between you and them breaks. Make games that are educational and fun! Some websites that are good for that are listed below.
- 7Follow through, on your part. The more effort you make, the more effort the child will make!
- Mix it up by asking a lot of questions and coming up with mnemonic tricks to help them remember things better.
- For older children, try finding other kids willing to learn a little bit more, and hold a Socratic seminar on a subject that they need help on.
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