Jaimes - Roles, Responsibilites, Ethics.

Adherence to these roles, responsibilities, and ethics would promote successful tutoring in many ways.  To begin with, following these simple guidelines will enable the tutor to communicate better with the student. Communication is very important when it comes to tutoring; without that, it is impossible to tutor and do a great job at it. Communication is something I find very important to be a successful tutor. Another reason that following these guidelines allows for success in both the student and tutor would be mutual respect. The tutor should never act like they are “dispenser of all truth and knowledge”. This can make the student feel belittled and/or frustrated. With that being said, a tutee should also understand and respect that a tutor doesn’t know everything, but will do everything in their power to help them.  This allows for a better tutor-student relationship. With a good tutor-student relationship, the student should have a better outcome when it comes to their learning experience.  Another item that I believe is very important that plays a role in successful tutoring would have to be being creative. Sometimes what works for one student will not work for another student, so you might have to be creative and structure another way to help the students. For example, one student just may need to hear you read them directions, whereas another student may need you to go more into detail and paraphrase the directions. Maybe the tutor could make flashcards for one student and draw a picture for another student. Everyone learns in different ways so it is essential for the tutor to be able and willing to be creative.

If I could add to my own personal code of ethics, I would have to say I would never take credit for the success of the student.  This, in my opinion, is very selfish.  I was only there to guide the student, what the student did was what the student did-it’s as simple as that. If I am tutoring the way I should be, then the student should be coming up with their own ideas, not what I told them to “think-up”.