At Tutorpedia, we believe that one size does not fit all. In other words, there is no one best way to teach. Successful teaching depends a lot on the context in which teaching takes place, the personalities of both teacher and student, and the subject matter being taught. Our tutors, all of whom have deep and diverse experience teaching and tutoring, do not follow any single prescribed pedagogical formula. Instead, they have developed a wide range of teaching strategies. And we wouldn't have it any other way; their flexibility and adaptability makes them better prepared to address the individual needs of any student with whom they work.
Tutoring Resources
It is not our intention to force our tutors to use any one method of teaching. We would much rather give our tutors support and training in developing those pedagogical methods that suit them - and their students - best. To that end, we have developed a tutor handbook, which can be downloaded below. This handbook guides tutors through some of the nuts and bolts of Tutorpedia, but also provides them with resources that they can use to refine their own teaching and tutoring practice.
Instead of limiting these resources to only our tutors, we would like to share them with everyone. Please feel free to download, use, reprint, or remix our handbook for free. All we ask is that you attribute credit to Tutorpedia if you do use any part of our handbook.
Workshop Resources
What have you ever wanted to teach?
Teaching groups of students can be quite different from one-on-one tutoring. Managing groups of students, planning effective lessons, and implementing best practice in project-based learning are all skills that need to be developed and practiced. Here you will find some resources that can help you in the process of writing and teaching an authentic, engaging, project-based workshop.
If you are interested in writing a workshop, the first step is to contact David Taus, Tutorpedia's Director of Operations and Education. Below, you'll find several resources that will be integral to the workshop writing process: a checklist of the steps involved in writing a workshop, our Workshop Proposal Form, Workshop Lesson Plan Template, and a handbook that will help you through the workshop writing process. We also encourage you to review the workshops already posted on our website.
Workshop Checklist - A summary of every step you'll need to follow in the workshop writing process- Workshop Planning Handbook - A rich resource that will help you through every step of the workshop writing process.
- Workshop Proposal Form*
- Workshop Lesson Plan Template*
Please note that some of these PDF files utilize fillable forms embedded in an Adobe PDF document. You'll need the latest version of Adobe reader in order to use this document, which you can download using the link above. Mac Users: Please do NOT fill this form out in Mac's Preview. Preview will cause some data to be lost. Use Adobe Reader instead. Thanks!
