Emily Listmann, MA

Academic Tutor and Life Coach

Emily Listmann is a Private Tutor and Life Coach in Santa Cruz, California. In 2018, she founded Mindful & Well, a natural healing and wellness coaching service. She has worked as a Social Studies Teacher, Curriculum Coordinator, and an SAT Prep Teacher. She received her MA in Education from the Stanford Graduate School of Education in 2014. Emily also received her Wellness Coach Certificate from Cornell University and completed the Mindfulness Training by Mindful Schools.

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How knowledgeable do you have to be in the given subject? I know this is a somewhat obvious question and I have tutored GCSE students before in maths with good results.
This depends on the subject and your students’ expectations. If there is a large gap in ability between yourself and your student, you may be able to get away with tutoring a subject you are not an expert in. For example, I am not particularly amazing at math but I would feel comfortable tutoring a 4th grader in arithmetic. However, I would not feel comfortable teaching a college student calculus. Just be honest with yourself and your students about how well versed you are in a given subject and let them decide whether they feel you are an appropriately educated tutor.
How do I develop a science curriculum for my students?
Try searching online using different variations of keywords. For example, for a biology class you might try keywords like "biology class curriculum," "biology class syllabus," or "biology course standards."
What is the difference between a curriculum and a lesson plan?
Curriculum is the all-encompassing definition of the material being taught for a segment being referenced -- whether that be an entire course or one lesson. So you could reference today’s class curriculum or the curriculum for the entire course. A lesson plan, on the other hand, is simply one class worth of curriculum (though if you were unable to finish in one class, sometimes you will continue that “lesson” in another class).
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