I believe that through education any and every student can accomplish any task, and it is the student that seeks assistance, is motivated to try and is not perfect at every moment, that will accomplish the most. Learning comes with a requirement to try and to never give up.

I want to get to know my students personally, know their likes and dislikes, and understand what is bothering them about a particular topic.

I encourage independent study skills and prompt students with questions that allow for scaffolding, gaining confidence in their abilities and being able to take what I teach them and apply it to their subject area.

Encouraging them, challenging them and fostering an interest in the subject. Students need to be challenged and interested in order to be motivated.

I would break down the problem, step by step, and approach each part with a prompt, and explanation and a real life example (if applicable).

Often, reading comprehension is hindered by small words or phrases that boggle our minds. I like break down the passages by looking at the simple point students are overlooking, and then looking at the vocabulary to help build a better understanding.

I've found scaffolding, chunking, reading out loud, having them tell me what they studied that week/month, creating graphic organizers to help organize those thoughts, and generally just getting to know my students.

I would find a current event or something interesting about the subject at hand. I think that half of the problem with education now is that students don't get to explore, which is something I love to help them do.

Scaffolding, prompting with questions, varying the level of difficulty, and having them give me real life examples of where they can use a particular subject.

Giving them praise where praise is due and explaining that it's okay to not get every answer right. Instead of asking a question, for example, and receiving a question with no confidence, I will usually follow up with "are you sure?" Most students will say yes, and when they get it right, it gives a real confidence boost.

I gather their needs based on how they answer questions and where/when they seem the most frustrated.

I adapt based on what my students need from me. If they need to be explained something in simpler terms, I break it down as much as needed. If they need to see something written, we write it as many times and is as many different ways as possible until they understand it.

I prefer white boards, textbooks, graphic organizers and any visual models that I can use/create.