Many of the Tutoring Do's and Don'ts are behaviors required not only of tutors, but of students, employees and average members of society. Ideas like being on time and knowing your place are respectful guidelines that I take for granted as I was raised to believe they are requirements and not recommendations. Some of these listed do's and don'ts can make or break a relationship between a tutee and a tutor. The most important reasons that I believe we should become aware of these behaviors is because they are strategies and social rules that we can use outside of our tutee/tutor roles and in our everyday lives.
Of all of these recommendations and requirements, the most important item that I see is that of helping to promote your students to successful confidence and competency levels. This will allow them to no longer need tutoring to see themselves as successful. As a tutor I feel that I should not only be an encourager and help my student, I should provide examples of learning that they can implement on their own and in doing so this will allow them to become successful independently.
As a part of my Code of Ethics I would add a component of confidentiality. Often times a tutoring/one-on-one session can open a conversation up to aspects of a person's life that one may not want shared. As a tutor I will use personal examples, but that doesn't mean that I want those examples carried out of the classroom. I can see, too, how a tutee could provide an example or data that they do not want repeated or copied. A tutor/tutee confidentiality agreement could not only make the mutual understandings of the session much more comfortable, it could also allow for much more openness and understanding.
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