Category: Tutoring 101: Do’s and Don’ts

New Training Videos + Session Analysis

The latest videos in our Tutor Training series are here!

Last week, you all received an email from Raj with special instructions for accessing PlayPosit, a website that allows us to test your knowledge as you watch training videos.

Through PlayPosit, we have released 5 videos that look at adapting probing questions to different levels of student engagement. The videos demonstrate student engagement levels using mock live sessions and explore the following infographic in detail:

The deadline for completing this task is Friday, February 10th. Please be sure to start with “1. How to Probe – Intro”. If you have any questions or are having issues please let us know at tutor.support@yup.com.

SESSION ANALYSIS

What are some different approaches that could have been taken with this student to increase the likelihood of the session reaching “Bridged”?

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

— Team Yup

Discussion:

Dos & Don’ts + SotW + Bonuses

10 Tutoring Dos & Don’ts
Whether you’re a newer member of the Yup Team or you’ve been with us since the beginning, keeping the following ideas in mind while teaching will ensure you’re creating the best possible learning environment:

 

SESSION OF THE WEEK WINNER

Congratulations to Session of the Week winner, Danielle Peskin! You did a wonderful job of using the whiteboard to break down information and fill in the student’s knowledge gap, Danielle— great work! Your bonus will be included with your next paycheck.


Nominate one of your own sessions via the submission form.


PERFORMANCE BONUS RECIPIENTS

Congratulations to the following tutors who achieved Top Ten tutor rankings for two or more consecutive weeks, earning them $25
performance bonuses. Great work!

–  Kanav Sharma
–  Joshua Khalil Candaza
–  Rowena-Renee Xymines
–  Igor Bielopolskyi
–  Sekhar Reddy K

 

Happy Tutoring!

— Team Yup

Discussion:

Concept Spotlight: Common Core Story Problems

In a nutshell: Check out the following story problems relating to fraction estimation to ensure you are prepared to help with similar problems

The following story problems explore a Common Core approach to estimating with fractions. Because Yup’s subject range aligns with the Common Core curriculum, it is important that you are prepared to help students with problems like this going forward.

While they may seem counterintuitive at first glance, these problems are simply asking the student to take less common fractions (like 5/8) and round them to simple fractions or whole numbers (like 1/2) that are easier to add or subtract. They can then estimate the sums or differences to determine if a given answer is reasonable. Note that we are not finding exact values here, but simply estimating.

For example, in #10, we can round  5/8  to  1/2  and  1/8  to  0, to get an estimated sum of  1/2 + 0 = 1/2 . This tells us that the student’s sum, 1/8, would not be a reasonable answer to this problem (see option C).

Problem #16 follows a similar approach. How might you conduct a session if you were faced with #16?

Thanks! We look forward to hearing your thoughts.

— Team Yup

Discussion:

Team Session Analysis

After reading through the following session…

  • What are some aspects of this session that don’t align with Yup’s ideologies?
  • How could this tutor ensure that the student’s learning needs were being met and knowledge gaps fully addressed?

Feel free to use timestamps to refer to a specific interaction.

We look forward to hearing your thoughts!

— Team Yup

Discussion: