Tips for tutors

• Be confident.
• Be professional.
• Remember that a good teacher …
• is kind
• is generous
• listens to you
• encourages you
• has faith in you
• keeps confidences
• likes teaching children
• likes teaching their subject
• takes time to explain things
• helps you when you're stuck
• tells you how you are doing
• allows you to have your say
• doesn't give up on you
• cares for your opinion
• makes you feel clever
• treats people equally
• stands up for you
• makes allowances
• tells the truth
• is forgiving.
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• (Descriptions by Year 8 pupils)
• (from Hay McBer 2000, DfEE Research Report No 216)