First time Tutor and First Lesson.

First time Tutor and 1st Lesson. 
This is 1st tuition job:-
What to bring and show at 1st lesson? 

1. Copy of Qualifications: Show it during all 1st lessons.
2. NRIC: Show it during all 1st lessons.
3. Foolscap Paper: For your scribbling.
4. Calculator: For calculating purposes in Maths, Science and others.
5. Dictionary: Use it as teaching aids.
6. Tools: Red ink pen, pencil, eraser, ruler and others.
7. Attendance Book: Ensure the student signed at each lesson, to avoid future trouble.
8. Communication Book: Progress report and homework for student.
9. Drinking water: for yourself.

Before the lesson:
1. Call the Parent one day ahead, in case they forgotten and ask to speak to student/s.
2. Revise the topics. Refresh it mentally.
3. Plan your trip to arrive 5~10 minutes earlier. Be punctual. 
4. Plan your lesson: Try to avoid using the student's text-book to teach?
5. Ask the student, do you want any homework? If student want, just give 2 and tell if you’ve time, please do more.
6. Buy Assessment Book if parent agreed. Keep the receipt and ask for revetment.
7. Each lesson you prepare 2 model answers and give it to student for refer.
8. Communication Book: Progress report and homework for student.

At 1st lesson:
Introduce yourself:
1. Be friendly and keep a smiling face. Remember, a smile is worth a thousand words.
2. Ask how the student is performing, the weaker subject and school attending now.
3. Set academic target with the student.
4. Praise the student in every opportunity. Refer to: “88 ways to praise a Child”.
5. Remember, to enjoy your experience in teaching and seeing them learning.

After 4 weeks of Tuition:
Regular Test and Revision: 
It is more time-efficient and enjoyable system to Learning. This process of inputting information to the student is the mental energy of understanding. Learning from mistakes, is regular practise and grasping the concepts. Regular Test / Revision increase the understanding and the memory of the individual that retain the knowledge.