Being a professional tutor means being knowledgeable and enthusiastic about one’s materials, creating a supportive and respectful environment, building authentic relationships with and advocating for students, being organized and planning ahead, remaining open to new ideas and continuing to learn, appreciating diversity, and making complicated subject matter engaging and understandable for students.
The idea of being a “professional” tutor reaches into so many different aspects of this diverse career. Here are some things for you to consider in this descriptor.
First, professional tutors maintain the confidence of their students and parents. Legally, tutors are forbidden from disclosing anything related to the performance…
The best preparation for becoming a tutor is becoming a subject-matter expert. Whether one studies business as a banking professional, English as a middle school teacher or foreign languages as a translator, there are numerous ways to prepare to be a tutor. Not all tutors have education degrees, but education is a central pathway to tutoring careers.