Demonstrating progress

Your students’ progress can be demonstrated through keeping a portfolio of their work, maintaining journals and holding regular check‐ins with your students.

Portfolios

Keep a file - or portfolio - with samples of the work you have done together to keep a record of your students’ progress. This portfolio can also be used to determine what still needs to be done.

You may choose to keep a group portfolio or a portfolio with each of your students. Keep a variety of work that show different skills your students have learned:

• rough notes, outlines, first drafts and final copies of homework
• completed crossword puzzles and word games
• copies of stories or letters you have written together

Student journal

Some students enjoy keeping a journal of their work with a tutor. Journals can include a description of

• activities completed
• the most enjoyable activities
• plans for the next session

If you are working with more than one student, you may wish to keep a group journal or keep a journal for each student. Your students may initially ask you to write in it and they may write in it later or you may share the responsibility from the beginning. Use a method that is comfortable for everyone. Keep the journal in the portfolio.

Keeping on track

Check in regularly with your students about how you work together. Review some of the things you have done together.

Ask:

• What has worked? What hasn’t worked?
• What would you like to change? Are there other things we should be doing?
• What have you learned?
• How can we make the boring parts better?
• Have you enjoyed our time together? Why?