WNCC Tutoring Services - Tutee Responsibilities
DO:
- Be familiar with the material you are working on before using tutoring. Read all assigned material.
- Come with a list of questions.
- Share with your tutor any preferred way of learning that you may have.
- Get to know your instructor and visit him during office hours. Your teacher is your best resource.
- Recognize this is a drop-in tutoring center. Tutors may need to circulate frequently.
- Ask the tutor to re-state or re-explain anything you did not understand.
- Tell the tutor if he or she is moving too quickly through the material. The goal is to tutor for understanding and not simply to cover all the material.
- Continue to attend all class sessions
- Continue to read, attempt to complete all assignments, and write down questions you want to discuss with the tutor.
Remember: tutoring is not a substitute for class attendance and participation and failure to study on your own.
DON'T:
- Dont ask your tutor to give you all the answers or to do your homework for you. They are here to help you learn how to do the work yourself.
- Dont wait until the day before or day of a quiz to get helpa tutor may not be available.
- Dont come unprepared.
