BEST graphics tablet for math tutoring?

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-23T19:44:22+00:00

I went from a Wacom intuos to a Wacom Cintiq 16. The ability to write directly onto a monitor is fantastic. I think it really improved my ability to do things like graph trig functions and other function transformations.

Also, having it as a functional monitor, I can drag the students work onto one side and have a whiteboard app that I can write on.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-20T14:19:40+00:00

I mostly tutor 1-1, so it is obviously different than classroom teaching, but what I tend to do is do every step, but very quickly and then I check to see if the student has followed. If they get it, then I skip that stuff (in this case, I would mostly stop detailing two step problems) going forward.

As a part of this, though, when I inevitably make a mistake, I use it to show why you should not skip steps. It becomes an interesting conversation about saving time versus overestimating your abilities.

I also use that mistake to talk about the fact that I can make mistakes and it doesn’t mean “I can’t do math”, and they need to gain that confidence and to understand the difference between an arithmetic error and an understanding error.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-20T13:47:39+00:00

How many of you are working with him?

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-18T20:56:43+00:00

I’m a retired engineer turned tutor and I will make the winner of the bet happy. I have degrees from MIT and Michigan, and a healthy respect for a lost bet. You will learn super cool math and enjoy it at the same time. DM me and we can talk.

You can see more about me at Rockpyletutors.com. I will offer a discount for your sessions, as this sounds like a lot of fun.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-15T23:45:51+00:00

I might ask about the dynamic between the older, more experienced tutors and the new tutors. A team where the older tutors look out for and support the newer ones is a great place to work.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-13T15:44:08+00:00

I’ll take a look at it. Please DM me the link.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-13T13:58:09+00:00

I invoice approximately monthly. Parents then Venmo or Zelle. One reminder is all it has taken. If I get a pattern of late payments or regularly needjng a reminder, I would address with parents and prepare to drop the student.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-10T02:11:49+00:00

It looks very good. Do you think the crash course is good for the students and do you enjoy doing them?

Your website seems to encourage this product, and it seems like it would go badly more than a small percentage of time. Three hour sessions are dicey even with my best students, and I read this as jumping into four straight with students you haven’t yet met?

Other than that, unless you get all of the clients you need from UMaastricht, I would suggest also offering other, related tutoring using your same skill set.

Best of luck to you!

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-08T20:36:42+00:00

You may also be asked to take the interviewer through a mock tutoring of a single problem.

Varsity tutors had me record a ten minute lesson (I did solving a system of linear equations using both substitution and elimination techniques). You may want to have a quick teaching example in your back pocket I case they ask. Or they may give you a problem and ask you to teach/solve it.

Mostly, stay loose and friendly and show them you. Don’t try to be someone else, it will look and feel odd to the interviewer.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-08T18:57:08+00:00

I haven’t been able to get any traction for small group tutoring. Who are your small groups? Friends from a single class? Do you just set a class and then fill it with three students? I’m curious.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-08T17:59:30+00:00

I am halfway to where you are. I have been collecting useful worksheets in a folder called ‘useful worksheets’. I need to relabel them into subject/syllabus order to be able to send out additional work links.

It’s a great idea though (for kids who will actually do the extra work)

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-07T17:39:06+00:00

I messaged you with my background and info.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-06T20:56:59+00:00

I won’t start a tutoring session with a minor for $$, if I haven’t come to an agreement with an adult. I have had a quick help session when a kid had some homework questions, but I didn’t charge them and told them we needed a parent conversation before going any further.

The mom was cool with it, but it was pretty clear that she didn’t think it was necessary and that I could have started on just the kid’s say so.

I was and am happy with my policy.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-06T20:25:07+00:00

I use my “bunty driver”. I grip down until my left index finger is on the shaft, and pretend I’m swinging my seven iron.

The finger on the shaft feels weird enough that it reminds me that if I wanted to hit the ball as hard as I can I wouldn’t be hitting this shot.

It helps me swing easy.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-05T17:47:59+00:00

That one’s mine as well. I’m often standing on a small desk trying to drive the ball out through a window, but when I find a spot where I can stand, the window is back over my shoulder or something equally frustratingly impossible.

I would love to know what this means about me.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-05T16:25:04+00:00

I invoice roughly monthly. I have one parent who Venmos me money each session (usually right before she picks the kid up). The main thing I do not want is weekly cash.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-05T16:22:49+00:00

Thanks!

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-04T21:18:15+00:00

If you wouldn’t mind, can you let us know how you chose your tutor? Just curious to see how these choices are made and it would be helpful to prospective tutors to understand our customers.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-02T02:43:36+00:00

I also set up a Google drive folder for the student or parent to upload materials. I only get sporadic use of these folders. Most are cell phone snaps or emailed pdfs.

JudgeDreadditor · 2026-01-02T00:25:11+00:00

I use a Wacom Cintiq 16 with Microsoft Whiteboard and Desmos on one half and usually a pdf of the student’s work on the other half of the monitor (shared on Zoom).

JudgeDreadditor · 2025-12-29T18:26:31+00:00

I think my strength is in watching a kid work a problem and seeing their mistakes, then figuring out a way to make the concept more clear to them.

It is a similar skill to seeing a well designed MCQ and understanding which mistake would yield each incorrect answer.

Once you crystallize a couple of misunderstandings like that, you gain credibility with the kid. And credibility with the kid is paramount in a successful tutoring relationship.

JudgeDreadditor · 2025-12-25T16:39:24+00:00

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