Musts for an Effective Tutoring Session

Our motto is “We’re here to help!”  Our tutors are most effective when:

 

  1. Students are committed to learning and know they are responsible for how they learn.
  2. Students come to the Tutoring Center after having made a genuine effort to understand the material on their own.  A genuine effort would include having read relevant chapters and attempted homework or practice problems.
  3. Students bring clear and complete notes from class to their tutoring sessions.  Tutors require an accurate record of the professor’s teaching methods and the information covered in class in order to help students learn and understand.
  4. Students bring their course text or other materials to the session.  Tutors can’t effectively address students’ difficulties unless they have access to the textbook.
  5. Students are willing to work independently from the tutoring during their sessions.  Tutors are trained to allow students time to try problems on their own.  Tutors must allow students to work along in order to accurately assess what they mastered and what they have not.
  6. Students use the Tutoring Center well before an assignment is due or an exam is to be taken.  It is very difficult for tutors to provide assistance when students come in just before an assignment is due or only hours before an exam.
  7. Students come to the Tutoring Center with realistic expectations.  Tutoring is a process that encourages learning, and as such, requires time and commitment.  Sometimes a student’s difficulty will be resolved in one session and sometimes a student may require regular support from a tutor.