Encourage/Support – I feel that I could use a little bit of help in this department. Sometimes I feel like my personality becomes as dry as the subject I am tutoring for. It is very easy for me to look at tutoring as me and a good friend talking about school. Sometimes I forget that the people that come in for tutoring do not know me and could be offended by the way I explain things. I am very black and white with everything and am not afraid to tell someone that they are wrong. I feel that I could use some more encouraging mannerisms and vocabulary.
Approchability – I feel than I am pretty good about this one. Anyone that comes to me has no problem asking me anything that is on their mind. I feel that this is true because of my black and white style of tutoring. If I wasn’t so straightforward, I feel that my clcients would not want to be straightforward either.
attitude – I feel that I do not need very much work in this department either. I tend to have a great attitude toward the classes that I tutor mainly because I actually like the course material and therefore find it easy to have a good attitude towards it. I think that as long as you like what you are doing, you will have a good attitude.
processing time – This is another thing that I need to work on. A lot of times I will find myself giving the client only a few seconds to grasp hard concepts or try problems. I feel that this is almost a necessity in chemistry however with all of the course material that must be covered. A lot of clients that come to see me have a lot of things on the to do list and in order to make it to every point, sacrifices have to be made. It does make the learning experience a lot more interesting, warm, and beneficial however with the extra processing time. This is a key thing for me to work on.
Overall, tutoring has been an interesting ride and I look forward to tutoring again next year. I feel that this assessment guide could be useful as well.
