My Tutoring Experience

This semester, I was a teacher assistant for Dr. Finley’s psychology 101 course. The experience to TA has been a really valuable, and rewarding experience. I’ve definitely gotten the chance to develop skills in the professional context. The variety of tasks and the workload pace was very enjoyable for me. The opportunity of being a TA at times proved to be challenging but I find ways to successfully manage some of these adversities. Overall, there’s a plethora of things that I can take away, and I plan to utilize some of these tactics into my future goals and career aspirations.

It allowed me to see education from a different perspective. Teaching in a poverty stricken place such as this really makes you appreciate the impact you are able to make on these children. If we are not there teaching them, they may never get that extra help they need to succeed from anywhere else. It is a sad world to live in not knowing whether or not you and your family will have to be removed from the country for something as simple as a father’s traffic violation. I feel like the connection between educational psychology and tutoring at Oasis was pretty evident. Almost every week I could come to tutoring and apply the concepts from the chapter to my teachings for that week. From tutoring here, I learned a great deal about how to get students motivated and wanting to learn. It is all about making the activities more than just memorizing information. In order to keep a student’s attention span, one must keep the lesson fun and interesting. This is particularly important with younger children. If you are not creative, I would suggest getting out of the education field because it plays a large role in teaching. My goal as an educator is to have an impression on every student that I come across. I intend to be able to manage an entire classroom without hassle as I was able to learn how to do with these four children and use my time with students adequately enough so that as much time as

A few years ago I began to work extensively with the Nevada Childhood Cancer Foundation (NCCF), first as a tutor, then later as a liaison for my high school. From two years of one-on-one study sessions, alone in a classroom, I could fill a book with memoirs of families rocked by medical expenses that, without NCCF, threatened to bankrupt every person I met—children and adults sacrificing their prom, their college fund, their 401k, to the untrumpable cause of their son’s-daughter’s-brother’s-sister’s-niece’s-nephew’s-grandchild’s health. As a tutor, it was my job to help any student put before me to understand whatever had gone over their head in school; as a person, it was my job to let them cry for the first few minutes after the door of the classroom closed behind them when, for a moment, they didn’t have to bear the weight of so many worlds. It was my job to let them talk

This past fall I had the chance to volunteer at Oasis Tutoring Center. I thought going in that I was going to show up to get my hours done for my class. I didn’t think about how heavy this experience would embark on my heart. The slogan for Oasis is “Healing Hearts.” This is exactly what happened during my experience at Oasis. Not only did I heal hearts during my tutoring experience, my heart was also healed somehow during it too. This experience will stay with me forever as a teacher and in everyday life. I am so thankful that I could be apart of something so empowering.

Tutoring help me by improving my grades . I started going to torturing when I was in second grade. Second grade was hard me because I didn’t do my math ,english,science homework and I was repeating the second grade which was harder because the work was different from my old school. Also,the work was difficult to keep up with , so I told my mom if she can sign me up for tutoring. It took her two - three weeks to find me a tutoring club. which it help me in life.

Response: I remember struggling when it came to knowing anything about college and the whole process. So during summer, I join a college prep camp, it was a week-long camp. I learned a lot more about college and how easy it was to apply. They taught me about financial aid and about scholarships. How to spend your money wisely. Another educational challenge I faced was the SAT, I knew I needed help with that test. I knew nothing about it, I didn't know any strategies to help me. So I went to a month-long tutoring session, for three days out of the week. During the tutoring session, the tutors were showing us stuff like eliminating the wrong answers to get the right answers. At first, I kept scoring 500s on practice tests but when I took the

My experiences with an afterschool tutoring program offered me the opportunity for me to implement theories and concepts in a real world situation. One experience stands out from the rest, due to the progress I made developing resiliency in the child by using Deci and Ryan’s, Self-Determination Theory.

While tutoring at Emporia High School, I got to experience what it was like to be in a classroom. During this opportunity, I found out that there are many challenges for teachers. The most challenging aspect was that sometimes students just do not want to listen to you. They do not want to do their work, put away their phone, or stop playing a game on their computer. I learned that sometimes just asking a student to put away their phone is enough, but sometimes you have to take it away so that they will work. Though getting the students to listen is the most challenging aspect, the most rewarding aspect is when the students listen to you and make progress. It is very rewarding to see a student, who did not want to do their work, start doing

Why did you chose this “place” on campus? Which campus did you visit? What other “place” did you consider? Was it on a different campus? Why?

When I completed high school, I started a tutoring class in which my friend joined me. There are many children from poor background in the slum near where I live who could not afford holiday tutoring offered in other places. As we were just out of high school our memories and knowledge was still fresh. We initially had a class of just five students but the number grew to over twenty in one and a half weeks. We teach them Math, Physics, Biology and Chemistry. I take Physics and Chemistry. This was a success and it gave me inspiration and motivation. I felt happy knowing I was changing someone’s life directly by helping them improve their grades. It inspired me and made me want to help as much people as I could. It also helped me in gaining confidence

Throughout High School I attended tutoring but not as often as I’d like to, especially when I was involved with Cross Country also Track and Field. My coach was stubborn and knew I was capable enough to keep my grades up so I can still run so he would often refrain me from attending tutoring or anything that involved interfering with the sports. I was put in a rough spot I cared about school but running helped me mentally and feel at ease. Which is why I decided to quit my senior year it was a hard choice and was a big part of my life but I knew it was time to do this. Currently I am attending tutoring as often as necessary to try to keep up and try to reach my full potential academic wise

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

Throughout my junior year, I would tutor an eighth grade student who attended the same grade school as me. About once or twice a week, we would go over math homework that he was struggling with. I appreciated this experience because I realized that I enjoy explaining how to do the problems, and seeing the moment that the student finally understood how to do them. Tutoring this student was my first employment

So, when I was at my tutoring job the other day, one of the teachers came up to me offering me a really great job opportunity in following her to a private school to become the teachers assistant. Due to the fact, I need healthcare benefits since I will soon be off my parents, I cannot let this opportunity go. Thus, I feel it is a time to accept a new challenge and is a great shot to pursue my career goals. Indeed, working at your home with your children was an educational experience and the affiliation I have made with your children will be memorable for years to come. That being the case, this is my two week notice, but during the next two weeks I am willing to help you in any way to make the transition as smooth as possible. As a result,

8)The summer between my freshman and sophomore year in high school, I had an internship at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce of New York in Chinatown. It was the first time when I worked outside of a school setting. In CCCNY, I worked with incredibly patient and kind mentors to help the non-profit organization conduct events that would enrich the lives of the people. Other interns in the program were also very intelligent, and we became good friends. What I really enjoyed was when the mentors acknowledged my effort and ability and awarded me the opportunity of planning the award ceremony for the Second Confucius Plaza Cherry Blossom Photography Contest. Although the mentors gave me advises and my friends gladly helped me along the process, I