How to spend the first lesson. Tips for tutoring work plan for a tutor in the Russian language

No one is insured against mistakes. Novice specialists - especially. But in some professions: engineer, doctor, teachers and others - errors can cost much. This article is an attempt to give a few tips that may allow you to avoid these errors.

1. Insecurity

As they say, "You will never have a second chance to make the first impression." Coming to the lesson for the first time, any tutor should make a positive impression, and beginner - three times. Excessive excitement of a novice tutor (trembling hands and voice, obsessive movements) can make a strange impression, smoothed that he has not yet been smoothed, unlike the teacher with experience, for some features of which, in principle, you can close your eyes.

Insecurity and fear do not like the student can force the tutor to incorrectly build a line of behavior with it - with "flirting" and erasing the necessary distance in relations, which, in turn, will weaken his authority and will allow the student to work in prison. It is impossible to fall into another extreme, putting the mask of an evil teacher prohibiting and threatening. The mask flies sooner or later, exposing your true face, and this will allow the disciple to behave with you without any respect. Before going to the lesson, make a small charging, breathe deeply, lift your head and smile in your reflection in the mirror. You have enough knowledge to transmit them to others, charm to enjoy people, and confidence to remain yourself when you try to confuse.

Do not be late for a lesson, but if you feel that they will not have time to do it on time, be sure to call: no one will kill you for the fact of being late, and you will learn your call at least a polite person. Do not mind all the offers in a row: while your bet is low, in the roads from one end of the city to another you spend on transport half earned money, the time during which you could spend another lesson, and the strength that you, of course, are still Need.

2. Cleaning lessons, lack of pronounced requirements

Even before the start of classes, you must form a certain set of rules common to all, and later add it to it, constant for a particular student. For example, many students, I strongly recommend at the first lesson to start several notebooks: to record a different kind of theory, for verification works and for homework. Moreover, if you start them, you will behave with a student at each lesson, and not when you accidentally remember this. The student also needs to teach to order: he should always know where his notebooks and books lie, prepare them in advance and not lose. The loss of assignment, from the point of view of a negligent student, is a very valid reason for his non-fulfillment. Therefore, if you do not engage in textbooks, but for various handouts, recommend the student to make a special folder for them. Get ready for myself a diary or some kind of magazine: it will be convenient to record passed material, homework and mistakes of each student, in mind, you should work next time, because to keep all this information in your head, especially when Pupils will have a lot, not so easy.

Parents of students you must clearly and clearly inform the cost of classes, days and time that suggest you, the requirements for the child, your position about the cancellation and transfer of occupations, and also subsequently promptly inform parents about the poor behavior of children or the non-fulfillment of homework, do not allow They live on themselves and without regrets to say goodbye to them when it starts to occur.

3. No lesson plan

It is mistaken to assume that good knowledge of the subject allows you not to prepare for the lesson. Especially if you are still at the very beginning of the path. It is necessary to make a plan in which to indicate what you will do in the lesson and how much time you will take the execution of each item. But it is impossible to treat the plan formally. Whatever the material seemed to you, it needs to be very carefully shifted, noting his explanation methods (the more, the better: one is always not enough), the possible difficulties of students and the ways to overcome them, the possible answers of students on oral and written tasks. In addition, you should always be prepared for the fact that your homework may not be done or done completely, so instead to quickly check it and start a new topic, you will have to do something else. Thus, there must be several options for the development of the lesson. The time to execute the points of the plan must be calculated in advance and distribute evenly, without deepening in some one task to the detriment of the rest. It is completely unacceptable to interrupt the student in the midst of the task execution simply because you yourself did not calculate how much time it takes it.

4. Unified approach to different students

If you are a novice teacher, then you most likely not yet formed an extensive methodical library, and it is important for you now not to be afraid to develop a new one. Different students have different problems and different goals, so textbooks you must use different, and not one or two most well-known. Spend time for the search and pre-assessment of materials so that in the future it is not necessary to spend it that the student is completely required. Subsequently, to facilitate the search for the desired material on a particular topic, it will be possible to make a directory of available resources.

5. Unable to answer questions

Active, stakeholders are a real gift for any tutor, but a headache for a beginner. The surprises lie at every step: for example, if you teach a foreign language and, studying the topic of "professions", ask the student who his parents work, do not expect that everyone will find teachers, engineers or doctors. A foreign language teacher can face the problem of the specific interests of the student lying outside his language competence, and in connection with this difficulty in translating one or another term (parts of aircraft, dance figures). In this case, you will not hurt to get acquainted with one or another category of vocabulary, but inform the disciple that you cannot know everything and push it to independent discoveries. In turn, at the lesson of physics, the student can be his alternative look at the cause of some phenomena of nature, and you must put yourself in his place to understand his point of view and explain any questions.

6. Lack of exposure with slow disciples

On the other hand, the disciples, not so quickly concerned, require a large self-control from the tutor, because it is impossible to shout on them, even if it really wants very much. Creek and Rugan scare children, block their mental processes and generate complexes. Even if you have to explain the material twenty-five in many ways before the student understands what they want from him, try to treat it with a positive. You are a supergrade if you know twenty-five ways to explain one topic, and Indian yoga would envy your patience! In addition, in the end, you still achieve your own, and the gratitude of such a student will be much higher.

A novice teacher, a student or yesterday's student can stay in some euphoria from obtaining new professional knowledge or new status and from the soul to desire to teach the student to everything immediately. With such a generosity, he can bring harm, and not benefit, violates the picture of the student's world and make doubt in the learning system used on this subject at this stage, especially if we are talking about elementary school. A second-grader, as his name, learns that it is impossible to share for zero, but if the tutor between the case informs him that it is not entirely so, then misunderstanding with the school teacher and the decline in the assessments is guaranteed. Another extreme is generally avoiding any difficulties and terminology, even the one that the student knows that the "Advanced", "Diffusion", "catalyst"), and use descriptive turnover instead, so as not to overload its brain instead. It is necessary to firmly know the program of each class and adhere to it, making an amendment to the depth of knowledge and the ability of each particular student.

When you think about part-time tutor (or begin to consider it as the main type of earnings), you faces a question - how to find students?!

How to start working with a tutor: Let us announce

I do not advise you to use Dedov methods - glue ads or throw newsletter in mailboxes. Even in our age of new technologies, advertising services of a tutor hangs almost every fence. What do you think comes to the mind of a potential student who sees ads? The teacher does not know how to use the Internet? Does he lack money to post ads on the site or not computer? He does not appreciate the work of janitors, which then all are broken?

On the Internet there are many free specialized sites (This, this or this one), helping to advertise advertising your services (but you will have to pay a certain amount after receiving a new student), there are forums of residents of microdistrict, where, most likely not for free, you can also file your ad to find students.

The site registered, the next stage – presentation of services. In addition to the standard description of your data and download the appropriate photo you need:

designate the price of classes and their format
to tell what language you teach (common or for special purposes) and what exams are preparing (if you cook)
do in yourself or on the road, and also do remotely
indicate the desired age of students, their level of training and learning goals
tell about yourself

How to start working a tutor: tell about your services

Priceclasses are made up of several parameters:

popularity Language that you teach (teachers of rare languages \u200b\u200blike Korean or Polish have the full right to ask more, because there are few people who know them, compared to the same English)
your professional experience (and sometimes education - if you have completed a prestigious university, for example, MSU or MGIMO, you can slightly raise the price)
a place conducting (if the teacher leaves for the student, the price of classes will be higher)
reputation and reviews. They scored the students, prepared for the exams, they successfully passed them - joined the diplomas on the site, published reviews - and you can raise the price of classes. A good tutor is usually worth it.

Based on these factors, and viewing how many tutors are with similar parameters in your city, you need to determine the duration of your occupations. Up to 7 years are usually engaged in 45 minutes, from 7 - 14/15 to 60 minutes, from 15 years old for greater efficiency it is better to deal with about 90 minutes.

You can teach common language (for example, GENERAL ENGLISH) or language for special purposes(Business English, Law English, etc.). The latter, as a rule, is more expensive.

More expensive and preparation for exams. An exception to the rule can be, except for, the exam - a lot of schoolchildren is being prepared for him, and the student often deals with 2-3 tutoring in several subjects at the same time, and the purse of parents is not rubber - that is also paid by this exam as well as other classes. But preparation for international exams, type TOEFL or IELTS, costs more ordinary classes.

A strange situation looks like a tutor (especially almost without work experience) writes that he is preparing to everything - EGE, international certificates, business English ... It seems that he is enough for everything, and nothing knows enough. Tutors with work experience, as a rule, specialize in something one - training to the business language, preparation for the exam or a international certificate, and become experts in their business.

Place of classes.Ideal I think the option when the tutor has its own office in which it can create a working atmosphere, where he has everything at hand. After all, it is necessary to carry a bunch of things - books (sometimes there are several of them to one student), additional materials (thank God we have tablets - there is a significant part of the materials for classes), for younger students - the ball, visual benefits, toys, and t ..

I will note more classes on skype.which are now extremely popular. For me, for me, their effectiveness is extremely dubious, although such classes are very convenient for the student and teachers - it is not necessary to go anywhere, comfortable furnishings, cookies and coffee at hand ...

Many novice tutors (and there was such a thing too) starting to grab all possible orders, afraid not to find work. Do not worry, it's just a matter of time! If you are responsible and with love treat your business, students will reach out to you. The main thing is to decide what ageyou can work more comfortable. As a rule, it is easier to work either with older schoolchildren or with adults. To work with the children, you should have a soul to this, and you need to understand the psycho-physiological features of different ages, so this is a matter of taste.

Do not take students with whom you will then work uncomfortable, just because of the fear no one does not find!

How to start working a tutor: tell about yourself

Potential students already know all the necessary facts about you, now you need to tell about Me. You can see popular tutors pages and how they advertise themselves. In this questionnate, I briefly describe my methodology, which presents the requirements for students, and what they should be expected in class. This saves and my time, and the time of the student - it becomes clear, it needs such a tutor or not. You can also specify why you chose this particular profession and what she attracts you. Believe me, the student will always notice if you like the subject to which you teach, and even better will be, if you can infect him with your enthusiasm!

So, the announcement is ready, it remains to track new orders and select those that you are suitable (better in all respects) so that the classes brought joy and you, and the disciple!

How to start working a tutor? Personal experience.

Many of us are able to teach other people to something. The desire to transfer knowledge usually encourages people to become teachers and work in schools or universities. But you can go to another way. For example, become a private teacher - a tutor.

The tutor - a person is free enough, he has no warders in the form, say, waking or visor. However, in such a seemingly free and creative work, like a tutoring, there are all sorts of nuances that should be taken into account and to which you need to prepare, deciding to teach someone at home.

If you decide to become a tutor, first of all you need to place an ad.

Take care of the absolute literacy of the text, even if you are going to teach pottery skill, and not even Russian language.

Specify the area - in this way you are sacrificed knowingly unsuitable customers. It is advisable to write your name completely, and not just "Lyal" or "Anya." Add the name and the level of confidence in potential customers will increase. It is also desirable to attach your own photo, and not a picture of a schoolboy who swept away from zeal.

Now we will understand what you need to be prepared when you take to help someone study science, even if this science is mathematics in primary classes. I'll tell you on the example of training schoolchildren.

Immediately explain the parents of the disciples that you are not a wizard and you cannot instantly turn the trophy in excellent. Or maybe for the year they do not scrape the fourth, because much, but not everything depends on the teacher. This must be stated clearly that then there were no complaints. There are such people who sincerely believe: since they paid money, it means that bought knowledge and school.
Far from all students will like you, but you are obliged to like themOtherwise they will simply run away. Therefore, you - the free sculptor of the childhood mind - will have to be sweat to find an approach to each of them without showing negative emotions. Of course, doing the suggestion of the child, if he does not fulfill his homework or late, you need, the main thing is not to overdo it. Do not humiliate students, be friendly, joke, and they will answer the same.
Always keep feedback with parents. Even if, in your opinion, learning flows smoothly, there is progress, parents can be another opinion. In addition, it is not known that the child tells about you at home. Call, communicate, share considerations, praise or cake a child (but discontent express very tactful). In general, let the parents see you or hear. They should know that their money is not in a dumb void.
Digitly get ready for classes, make a plan. No need to count on improvisation and your own pedagogical talent. In each case, the discipline and sequence are important. In perhaps, especially. Do not worry that you can not know something, do not understand the question. Tell the disciple that you specify this moment. Of course, do not forget after understanding the question.
If the student behaves out of her hands badly - whines, does not fulfill tasks, every two minutes looks at the clock, it snars and so on - say goodbye to him. No need to make yourself noticed. As a result, you can break into a child, and then you will arrive from my parents. Why spoil the image? Politely explain to parents that the child may not be ready for individual classes.
Schoolchildren, especially younger age, do not physically sit at the occupationYes, even aunt-a-tete with a teacher. If the child, in general, the responsible and smart, at the end begins to yaws and slow down - reduce the time of the lesson. Be sure to inform the parents, they will most likely not be against. Accordingly, payment will decrease, but for us, the main thing is the result, and, right?
If, after the lesson, the student forgot to pay - do not hesitate to remind him. Do not think that he will bring next time. Suddenly will not bring? Li: I forgot, lost, spent on nuts. And at home they can not know.
Prepare for the fact that The schedule of your classes will constantly change, you will have to adapt to students. Moreover, the pupils will be late or in general to skip classes, often without warning. It is advisable to remind you about the occupation on the eve of the evening call or message.

In tutoring, as in any other work, responsibility is important, zeal and focus on a good result. But, above all, the teacher is a creative profession, sometimes devastating even a significant reserve of spiritual and physical forces.

Respect your work and the work of your students. And remember: teach someone sometimes more difficult than learn.

Do you have a tutor experience? Share them in the comments.

If you decide to become a tutor, then you must immediately understand the most important thing: to achieve success on this path, you need not only to have good knowledge, but also be able to explain the educational material. Only in this case can you expect that your work will be in demand and well paid.

A qualified tutor who wants to sell his knowledge should:

navigate to navigate in various learning systems;
know scientifically based criteria for which the knowledge of students is evaluated;
to be able to establish relationships with each trainee, seeking to ensure the maximum learning efficiency.

Thus, given the certain complexity of this type of pedagogical activity, not everyone who has enough knowledge of any school subjects may be at the power of tutoring, as a profession (work, although it is good paid, but also requiring the cost of strength in accordance with the price ).

Answering the question of what psychological qualities should have a successful tutor, you can say with confidence:

responsibility;
punctuality;
competent clear speech;
patience.

It is necessary to clearly define the area in which you are going to carry out your tutoring.

For example, if you are going to teach mathematical disciplines, then you need to consider options not only associated with conducting classes on algebra and geometry, but maybe in mathematical analysis or other subjects of higher mathematics studied in universities. After all, the wider there will be an area in which you can carry out tutoring, the more you will be in demand and authority as a mathematician.

And if you want to be a tutor in geography, then consider that if your students are students of universities, it may be that in some educational institutions they teach "physical geography", and in others - "social geography", and disciplines are little similar .

It is very important to determine for yourself what age of students is most suitable for you. For example, are you going to practice the training of high school schoolchildren or only the initial classes, or and high school students and students of the first courses?

After selecting the subject and group of students, it is necessary to analyze again, do you have the necessary volume of knowledge and the ability to work with this age category of students?

After all, the training of primary school children requires often not so much deep knowledge of the subject, how many ability to understand the child and find an approach to him.

Any lecturer (and tutor, including), working with children, should be able to interest them, deal with problems (very often psychological), preventing training efficiency.

Do you have to decide whether you can be not only a teacher, a carrier of certain knowledge, but also an educator? And such work is more difficult, and therefore it cannot be recommended by novice tutoring.

Determine the specifics of the services you provide. You can do:

help by mastering the school program;
rapid elimination of the backlog on the subject;
preparation for control work;
preparation for passing exams EGE / GIA;
preparation for admission to the university;
help when performing homework;
a targeted improvement in performance;
using students when preparing for credit and exams;
exercises for the study of additional (out-of-school) material, for example, in the preparation of a student to the Olympiads;
the development of interest at the student to study some school discipline.

This list can be continued, but restricted to the listed main directions of tutoring.

Consider in more detail the specifics of the first five items of the list of the list:

Point "A".

As for assistance in learning the school program, it will be effective if classes are conducted from one to three times a week (no less often) and within a month or a longer period of time. The tutor is carried out by "support" of the student in the process of studying at school: he clarifies it incomprehensible and controls its performance.

This type of tutoring is possible if the teacher has enough time, and he is sure that it will not only have it today, but also in the next months.

Student tutors should take into account that they themselves have a session that may require time and complete concentration, which means that regular meetings with students can become problematic.

Item "B".

Help for rapid elimination of the backlog in the study of items. Typically, the need for such a type of service arises if the child acted for some time and missed the lessons on which specific issues related to this educational discipline were considered.

But the situation and the situation, when the lag was growing smoothly, and the study of the subject was, as they say, "launched". This case requires classes from three to seven times during the week. Such an intense mode of operation allows, of course, the teacher more earn more for a small segment of time, but at the same time will require greater returns and more tension from it, and the time in this case will need to be very carefully planning. In addition, it is necessary to be confident in its ability to quickly explain and be able to withstand large mental loads.

Item "B".

If the task of the tutor is to prepare for control work, then the number of classes is limited (as a rule, from one to five). Classes are carried out often, but for a short time. At the same time, payment is often made after the results of the test work becomes known. Therefore, it is necessary to find out the reheeter, which criteria will be an assessment of work.

Point "g".

Assistance in preparing for the passing exams of the EGE / GIA. In this case, it is necessary to learn the options for examination issues, evaluation criteria and typical schoolchildren errors when passing exam data.

Point "D".

In preparation for admission to the university, those who have already passed training in a higher educational institution are on the specialty that are interested in the client, for the rest of the same work, is less suitable for the rest. Before leaving for work, the rehetator needs to be familiar with the ticket lists, which were proposed in this university to applicants over the past few years.

Many beginner tutors are asked: how to organize classes properly, to prepare for the training session, how to competently build work with the student.

For advice, Yulia turned to me, a beginner tutor:

In the past I am a teacher of chemistry and biology, later received additional. Education and I was lucky to work as a practical psychologist. For many years, I have been far from my favorite areas of activity. It happened that I would be to become a tutor in chemistry, moreover, after the New Year holidays, a student will come to me (grade 10). He has the plans for the delivery of the USE and admission to medical equipment. I rushed to make a directory of resources (successfully used yours).

So, if you have never conducted tutoring or other training events (trainings, seminars, group meetings), then you need to fulfill and prepare the following items:

Subsection

To become a more or less decent tutor, you need to possess many knowledge and skills both in the field of teaching and in the championship and universal.

To start tighten all your subject Competences: just read any textbook on the subject. Take advantage of this list. Even if you studied well at school and even finished the university with a red diploma (and even more work as a university teacher), it does not mean that you are a good tutor. Repeat and structuring your knowledge is unambiguous.

I remember how in the first year of tutoring I bought all possible literature on graduation preparation and I read all the topics, discovering every time something new on biology and chemistry, was intelligent cards, abstracts, wrote out the facts in the notebook, although A red diploma diploma dust on the shelf. This is not talking about my incompetence after training, but only about the inconsistency of the school and university program, scattering and nonstructures of knowledge. Galina Yenyutina

Find such textbooks and benefits to their subject, make a selection of material outlines,

There is nothing complicated in this, just "tighten" first yourself on the subject.

Subject test

Thanks to the subject test, it is possible to determine the initial level of knowledge of the student on the subject. The result of the test is important

a) to compile a program of classes (as far as it is necessary),

b) for understanding how much the student grabs and remembers

Take the tasks of the USE / OGE of past years or any collection to prepare for exams, throw a challenge, leave tests for quick check.

In this case, I prepared 5 different types of testing * for each object (including electronically on my blog - here is an example).

* How to prepare trial testing (and why there are 5) if you want, I will tell on a separate material.

Psychological test

Take the test for learning motivation and the development of the hemispheres, the temperamental questionnaire (although it can be determined), memory test and attention.

The main thing is that you can interpret test results and apply them in your practice, otherwise it all loses meaning.

Just do not take questionnaires for 101 questions, its filling will take about 50 minutes, and the result of passing will be 1-2 words. Look for comfortable and visual techniques, for example, Picturesque IQ tests, they will not only give the result, but also entertain the child during their execution.

Program of classes

I do not work with spaces Never, I always pass everything from A to Z, just lingering in each topic depending on the level. For example, if a student in the botanist is generally 0, and I remember anatomy, we look at the plants, and in a person we will pass superficially. This is one of the methods of implementing an individual approach.

You can create a program:

a) Based on the school program for each class if you work with younger or medium schoolchildren;

b) taking into account a special program according to some learning technologies, for example, Elkonina-Davydova or Zaitseva;

c) EGE / OGE codifier data if you work with senior schoolchildren or applicants;

d) develop your learning program (Attention! Copyright programs are a big job, many years of experience and painstaking work. If you rearranged 2 topics and 2 more united, and 2 was thrown out, it's not the author's program!)

Training materials and kima

It does not matter whether you are led by a lesson online or in person, we will use the methodical materials that will help you to conduct a lesson.

That's what you come in handy for classes (especially at first):

Prepare the thematic plan of classes
For each lesson, write the plan-abstract at least in the form of a simple list what is going on and what questions to ask a student
Abstract lessons for a student
Printed Visual Materials (Schemes, Tables, Pictures, IR, Cards, Portraits, Route Sheets, Cards)
Download at least 1 presentations on each topic according to the plan of classes
Find video clips on YouTube for some lessons
Tasks and tests for each topic

Tests can be used online or take thematic tests, not collections of options for the exam, they make sense to use only at the very end of the course.

The tasks of the ege

If you are going to prepare a student to the exam / OGE, first read the codifier and demo tasks to these exams, find out the dates of the preparation. Nothing drastically, the assignment of the USE does not differ from ordinary schools, simply has its own specificity.

Feedback

Sometimes enough to look at the student, and you will become clear how he learned the material, and sometimes (most often) it is necessary to actualize his new knowledge and skills, repeat, consolidate and pay attention.

Successes to you in the difficult work of the tutor!

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