Tutor Reflection

Currently, I am embarking on a captivating journey through the valley of literacy coaching. Before, enrolling in this program, I was apprehensive and unsure of how I would balance work, school, and home, but somehow I managed. I am roughly, two semesters away from my goal and anxiously awaiting everything to come in to fruition. Over the past two years, I have gained a great deal of knowledge and I have expanded my teacher tool-box. Focusing on adult learning, organizational change, professional development and school culture; I have learned the roles of a literacy coach and reading specialist and how they should contribute to schools.

Last fall semester, Francis was in my MATH 118 course. During that time, I saw that he had potential to do great things. When I met with him this year, I could see his growth, and that he is heading in the right direction. So I am pleased to recommend Francis as a math tutor for the Tutoring Center, for I know that he has the knowledge and skills for this position.

A tutor should know their students and their abilities and plan sessions accordingly. Through personal practice I have demonstrated by using different strategies for individual students’s needs and have set plans accordingly. All students have different learning

Providing a rich and varied context is essential, tutors should utilize a range of different methods to engage all students interests and learning styles. Identifying and meeting the learners needs are important so that tutors can facilitate students learning and ensure that both the students and tutors meet the required goals. Each learner is unique and brings to the learning situation their own different learning style, knowledge set, past experiences and motivational levels. It is important for tutors to consider the level of knowledge and skill development attained by the learners prior to instruction through a variety of different types of assessment, in order to offer a high quality learning experience, delivered and resourced to suit the needs of the learner. Tutors can assess learner needs through numerous means, such as; informal and formal assessment strategies, pre-course interviews and learning style tests. This will allow tutors to tailor lessons and activities to support learners individual needs.

I have also learned there is an answer to the illiteracy problem. Literacy Connections recruits and trains people who love to read, and who understand the importance of reading, to be volunteer tutors. Our tutors and students work together, and together they accomplish the most profound difference one can make: our students become literate. They achieve their goals. They reach their potential.

• Tutor Communication: Coordinates the response to all tutor inquiries regarding recruitment. Maintains and updates a database of standard communications related to tutor recruitment, engagement, and retention. In collaboration with current tutors and fulltime professional staff, coordinates the development and regular updating of the Tutor Handbook.

This tactic is highly effective because the tutor is able to tailor to what the student needs and the more they get to know them the more efficient the tutor is. For example, every Tuesday during the school year, I worked with a fifth grade boy named Kalid and after a few months I knew that he awfully struggled with math and so I started a math regimen for him which we worked consecutively on together. I knew what he remembered and what he liked and what he did not. I knew the best way for him to practice (flash cards) and what did not work for him. I also believe that consistency is key and so I was there every week, out of town vacations or sickness were rare exceptions, and I am sure the familiarity helps. On Mondays I worked with a seventh grade girl named Melika and she enjoyed telling me about her life every week. She told me about school and sports and I was happy to listen. Some students do not have the same constant tutor every week but each student has a daily log where the last tutor fills out what they worked on, what they struggled with, and what they excelled at so the next person can follow off that. This journal method is also great for keeping track of a student's progress and making sure they get the help they need. If the individual tutor truly cares about their student(s) and is willing to have that strong personal connection I think that is

Since my time at Sparks Elementary I have only been able to observe two routines that my mentor teacher has done with the other 3rd grade teacher’s. To start off the morning, Mr.Locklear meets his class in the cafeteria to greet them before the day get’s started. The teachers then instruct the student’s to set their backpack’s in their designated area and take the materials needed for their first rotation of class. When the student’s have set there belonging’s down, the teacher’s line up the students in the middle of the common area, where the student’s will be lead to their special’s classes like Music, P.E and Art. While the student’s part take in special’s, Mr. Locklear takes care of any last minute assignment’s or note’s he need’s before he start’s teaching his first class. He also take’s part in a weekly meeting the 3rd grade teacher’s conduct to go over any announcement’s or strategies. Once the student’s come back from special’s, Mr.Locklear starts off his math lesson with Mrs. Sanchez classroom. As soon as the student’s enter the class, they are instructed to take out their journal’s and engage with what the teacher is teaching for the first 10 minutes of class. In those first few minutes of class Mr. Locklear introduces the topic or objective that the students will be learning and engages them to participate in the examples he places on the permithian board. He then has the student’s break up into group’s to do their daily math station’s. While some student’s do

Since volunteering in various youth organisation in my early teens, I have been drawn to a career in teaching, imparting my knowledge and making a difference in the lives of young people. Positively impacting upon children as they develop in self-awareness, confidence and ability, is an enormous privilege. I completed one week of work experience in a local primary school and have returned there to volunteer for three hours a week and during my study leave. This has provided me with the opportunity to take part in everyday life in a primary school, ranging from learning phonics with Primary 1 to performance rehearsals, to STEM projects with Primary 4. I enjoy leading reading groups and through this I have an appreciation of the pivotal importance of literacy.

At this point, you are new to the tutoring business industry. There is a lot of road ahead of you with twists and turns that will

I was a volunteer tutor at S.U.C.C.E.S.S., a non-profit charitable organization that assists new immigrants to adjust to the Canadian culture and lifestyle by providing various services. I tutored a grade 9 boy in Math, English, and Chemistry, a girl in grade 6 and grade 2 with English. I was also a peer tutor at my high school during my senior year in Pinetree Secondary's Learning Centre where I helped students in grade 9-11 with English and Math. The Learning Centre is a place for students who have learning disabilities, where they can access additional support academically and socially. In particular, I had 1-on-1 tutoring for a student in grade 9 who struggles with English. My goal was to develop lessons to strengthen his weaknesses and

I have tutored in less structured environments, such as helping friends and classmates with, particularly difficult homework assignments. And I have tutored in a volunteering position, particularly with English, French, and Biology. My academics also show that I am a dedicated learner. I have taken several different sciences, math, and writing classes that give me a broader range of topics to pull from. To me, the best way to tutor someone is to determine what they are having trouble with and why. From there, it is about tailoring each experience to each student. Some are visual learners, so graphs and images will work better. Others are auditory learners, so hearing the problems will help them better work out the answer. I will strive to ensure each student improves and make it so that they are not frustrated by the process. Sometimes, learning new things is hard, and it is my job to make the process fun, interesting and pushes the students to be better than

It is undeniable that there is a problem with adult literacy skills essential in today’s competitive society. Without basic computer skills along with reading and writing proficiency there are countless limitations on employment opportunities. Many individuals that do not obtain a basic high school education will be subjected to jobs that pay minimum wages In the united states approximately 2.9 percent of Americans strive to survive on minimum wages. As leaders in our community how can we seek ways to help with adult lilliteracy. Adult lilliteracy don’t only effect the person it also effect society as well.

“Education is that terrain where power and politics are given fundamental expression, since it is where meaning, desire, language. and values engage and respond to the deeper beliefs about every nature of what it means to be human, to dream, and to name and struggle for a particular future and way of life” (Freire, 1985). Education gives people the opportunity to take part in a reflective process and find solutions to existing societal problems. Over the course program, I have developed a deeper understanding of adult education and literacy specifically among the underserved population. My perceptions of adult literacy have changed from merely engaging learners with the text to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a literate adult. Why a focus on adult literacy and education?

At the beginning of my college year I was scared and nervous to go to tutoring, because in high school I would had the chance to asked questions during class. Tutoring it might sound not the perfect plan for the busiest time. Tutoring it help me a lot because it help me refresh my memory in things that I did not remember or things that I did not understood. This strategy helped me