Online Tuition, Bukit Panjang, North West, Bukit Batok, Choa Chu Kang, Jurong East, Lim Chu Kang, Kranji, Yew Tee, Little India
Qualification
A' Levels
Tuition Background
Part-Time
Tuition/Teaching Experience
I am currently working at Meow Tuition Centre as a part-time Teaching Assistant, since the start of the year, for all levels up to Secondary 4, doing English, Mathematics and Science.
Lower secondary level - Art English Mathematics Science
Upper secondary level - A Maths Art Chemistry E Maths English Physics Physics/Chem
Music - Drums - Practical (Leisure) Guitar - Practical (Leisure)
Commitment / Other Details
I can commit until July as I am waiting for University to start, however depending on the schedule I may be able to continue throughout University as well.
Rapport Building
I am friendly, approachable and I have lots of experience with both younger children and parents as I lead a small group in Church. For students I try to be as encouraging as possible, especially when I know that they are struggling with a particular subject, or perhaps lacking motivation to put in the effort in the first place. I find that parents can be easily frustrated with their children when they are not doing well in school, so my goal with students is to identify both their strengths and weaknesses, so that I can easily assure parents that their student does have the potential to do better. Generally I try to create an environment where the parents can also encourage their children in their studies by communicating as clearly as possible how their child can do better, and what I and the parents can both do to help him/her.
Keeping Up with Curriculum
I have many juniors in school, both in secondary school and Junior College whom I often peer tutor (for free) when they need help, and through them I find out how the curriculum has changed. I also check with my previous teachers for the quickest updates on outdated/new curriculum, and the official syllabus website as well. Now that I am also working part-time in a tuition centre, I can easily keep up with what schools are teaching as well.
As a Good Tutor
I believe that a good tutor must not simply deliver content, but create an environment to motivate their tutee to learn as well, by making learning interesting for them. It is this motivation that will help them in their own self-study, such that they will be diligent outside of tuition timings as well. However, there are times where a tutor has to be firm with their tutee, especially when they are ill-disciplined, and must have some degree of control over them as well to make sure that they do their work as you teach. A good tutor must also be able to build trust and rapport with their tutees and their parents, communicate clearly such that parents and tutors can both work together for the child's improvement.
