This document outlines the attributes of a positive tutor from a student's perspective in 3 sections. According to students, a good tutor is present and organized, builds relationships with students and parents through communication and support, and cares about students' wellbeing and progress. In contrast, a bad tutor is disorganized, does not build relationships or provide support, and focuses only on punishment. The document emphasizes that a good relationship between tutor and student is fundamental to positive tutoring.

1. The role of the tutor
Attributes of positive tutoring

2. What do students say?
A good tutor:
• Is at the classroom when I get there
• Treats registration like a normal class
• Has class rules
• Makes sure no-one messes about
• Always has the same routines
• Gives us notices
• Has a notice board for our things
• Makes the classroom feel like it is ours

3. A good tutor:
• Reads letters with us when they are given out
• Knows my parents
• Tells my parents when I do well
• Listens to me
• Doesn’t tell us all off when someone is
naughty
• Reads the notes in my planner
• Doesn’t lose things like letters
• Lends me a pen if I need one
• Sorts out my locker when it gets stuck

4. A good tutor:
• Cares about us
• Asks me how I am doing around school
• Speaks to other teachers if I have a problem
• Talks about interesting things in registration
• Explains why we have to do things around
school
• Tells us when we do well
• Smiles
• Likes me
• Gives us sweets

5. What do students say?
A bad tutor:
• Tells us off all the time
• Arrives late
• Doesn’t get us to do anything in registration
• Moans at us all the time
• Tells all of us off for something when I didn’t
do it
• Doesn’t know how I am doing
• Is not interested in me

6. A bad tutor:
• Doesn’t tell us things that we should know
• Never says well done
• Only tells my parents something bad
• Does not trust me

7. A good relationship is
fundamental to
positve tutoring

8. How does the tutor support
colleagues?
• Complaint at breaktime or cause for concern
form?
• Counselling student or punishment?
• Monitor situation or wait for the next time?
• Advice for teacher or no advice?
• Communication with parents or within
school?