How To Tutor

Five Tips to Deal with Test Anxiety

by The-Apple on April 25, 2013

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Finals are coming up. I figured we would talk some about how you can help your students overcome testing anxiety. My daughter has a whole lot of test anxiety. We’ve tried many different things, here is what we’ve found works the best for her and other students. – Know the questions – by now you [...]

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Improve your People Skills

by The-Apple on February 26, 2013

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I saw an interesting article this morning (yes my inbox overflows with “junk” mail but many times I will learn something new or a different way to approach a problem). It was 7 signs you have terrible people skills. You can read the article here – http://www.salary.com/7-signs-you-have-terrible-people-skills/?scm=s-n-022613 It’s from salary.com and is a series of [...]

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Your Tutor Business – How to Handle Complaints

by The-Apple on February 19, 2013

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Hope your Tuesday is going wonderfully. I can’t wait for Spring. Today I got an article in my inbox that I thought you would be interested. It is all about taking complaints and using them to build and grow your business. I know that sounds crazy but it is very possible to do it (and [...]

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What’s Happening in October

by The-Apple on October 2, 2012

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Welcome to October, hopefully you have had a wonderful fall so far. We talked a whole lot on the blog and our newsletters last month about tutoring. This month we’re going to talk about some additional ways you can make money this fall and some ways you can get more tutor clients. We have a [...]

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Tips for Tutoring High School Science

by The-Apple on September 25, 2012

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We all know science is important. In High School it is definitely different than grade school. Instead of just one broad subject it is broken down into parts (Chemistry, Biology, Physical Science etc.). Each of those subjects takes different skills and you’ll want to figure out exactly what your students are having the most trouble [...]

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A big welcome to our new subscribers and customers. It seems like we have quite a few new folks, so here is a reminder of where you can find us. Our blog – http://www.cleverapple.com/blog/ Facebook Google Plus Twitter News – One note in these type of issues we’ll include a whole lot of links to [...]

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Tips for tutoring Math

by The-Apple on September 13, 2012

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News –  I think almost everyone is back in school now. Hopefully you’re getting back into the swing of things and your time slots for tutoring are getting filled quickly. Today we’re going to be talking about some tips for tutoring Math in Grade school and Jr. High. Hopefully you’ll find something you can use [...]

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Assessing your Tutor Student

by The-Apple on September 11, 2012

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Assessing your Tutor Student We’ve talked quite a bit about assessing your student previously.  http://www.cleverapple.com/blog/category/how-to-tutor/ After this initial assessment you’ll want to work to continually assess the student. You’ll want to work on building on the student’s strengths and helping them with their weaknesses. We’ve had student’s that were super ‘smart’ but when they started [...]

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During the month of August we’re going to be all about getting you ready to tutor for the next school year. I understand many of you tutor subjects which don’t really have a set yearly schedule. Those without a schedule know the times of year when you get more students than others. If you don’t [...]

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What we’ve been up to… coming soon

by The-Apple on July 18, 2012

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Hope your week is going well. Just wanted to update you on a few things. It’s been a wild couple of weeks here. We’ve had thunderstorms almost every weekend. Not complaining because at least we have been getting some rain. 1. We should have the July issue of our newsletter up tomorrow sometime. 2. In [...]

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