Creating a good friendly relationship with your students is critical when it comes to tutoring. Simply if your student doesn’t like you then they are much less likely to learn from you. The relationship between student and tutor is a fine balance between friend and teacher but once this relationship has been created learning can happen more organically and the student will develop a want to learn.

This friendship allows the student to be much more comfortable with the tutor allowing them to ask questions without any fear or anxiety. This comfortability allows the student to also try harder questions sooner thus learning much faster and mush more effectively. This is one of many reasons why a friendly relaxed relationship is a priority in the first few tutoring sessions with a student.

Another reason why creating a relationship with the student is so important is that it fosters a love of learning as the student becomes excited to attend each session. Rather than learning being associated with a negative, learning becomes a positive experience allowing students to further develop their skills and grow as a student.

Olivia Moustakis