Tutors
Instruct individual students or small groups of students in academic subjects to support formal class instruction or to prepare students for standardized or admissions tests.
What you’d do
- Provide feedback to students, using positive reinforcement techniques to encourage, motivate, or build confidence in students.
- Review class material with students by discussing text, working solutions to problems, or reviewing worksheets or other assignments.
- Assess students' progress throughout tutoring sessions.
- Teach students study skills, note-taking skills, and test-taking strategies.
- Provide private instruction to individual or small groups of students to improve academic performance, improve occupational skills, or prepare for academic or occupational tests.
- Participate in training and development sessions to improve tutoring practices or learn new tutoring techniques.
- Collaborate with students, parents, teachers, school administrators, or counselors to determine student needs, develop tutoring plans, or assess student progress.
- Monitor student performance or assist students in academic environments, such as classrooms, laboratories, or computing centers.
Skills that matter
- Instructing
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Learning Strategies
- Speaking
- Critical Thinking
How to get there
Medium preparation: usually vocational school, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree
Also called
- Academic Coach
- Academic Guidance Specialist
- Professional Tutor
- Tutor
- Accounting Tutor
- Finance Tutor
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