Keep a record

Becoming a popular tutor is a wonderful thing. However, it may play a trick with your memory regarding your students' progress as well as teaching materials and methodology. You will be asking yourself questions like: "Did I give this article to her to read or it was the other Korean students?", "Where did we stop with this grammar exercise last time?"

Well, these are natural doubts and you should not be afraid to have a very simple solution. Keep a record of your students' progress and lessons. Create a file for each student of yours and put short notes right after each lesson to help you remember what you did with them in the lesson. This lesson diary will also help you plan your lessons. It will also demonstrate to your students how dedicated and professional you are. With time you can turn this diary into a collection of your work, called portfolio. I will speak more about portfolios in the next tipcards.