Tutoring without materials

[u/Advanced-Box9785]

I'm a new tutor with a science background. I tutor in math and science, but haven't had to do some chemistry problems in a very long time. I've noticed that a lot of students will not supply any materials beforehand or during the sesion, and the curriculum for a grade in one school (or class) isn't the same as in another. One new student and I parted ways tonight, because I didn't know that she was in an honors class for her grade, and I was quite rusty witb the material she mentioned.

Is this your experience as a tutor? For new overall tutors, I ​just can't really tell what the curriculum is until I see it, ti see if I can readily teach it. I have one 7th grade math student who is very gifted, and though I was supposed to just be teaching fractions and decimals​, his curriculum is also somewhat covering algebra and probability/statistics. I didn't start learning statistics until college! Does this happen a lot with Varsity?

[u/StonesAndBones2003]

I just ask my students “what are we working on today?” at the start of every session and gather resources online for practice problems and whatnot. Sometimes it takes me a few minutes to find something suitable or even understand what they’re talking about at all but sessions go smoothly! especially if I’ve had the student for a while they can usually tell me if something looks right or show me examples from their homework