Tutor Stories

Tutor Stories

Sometimes, the key to unlocking a student's ability to learn can be found in unconventional approaches.

Tutor Stories

Read Write Now tutors have the opportunity to bring about incredible changes in a person's life, just by listening and working slowly towards a goal. These are true success stories.

 

How AI and Tutoring Transformed Learning for Student and Tutor
Swan Coordinator and tutor Sandra shares her fascinating journey using AI to
support a student learning Graded Motor Imagery (GMI) — a rehabilitation process
for managing chronic pain. Her article explores how AI helped the student improve
comprehension, grammar, spelling, and sentence structure, while also guiding
her to track progress with the PROTECTOMETER to identify DIMs & SIMs
(“Danger in Me” & “Safety in Me”).

Read Sandra's Full Story 

Tutors Speak: The Joy of Supporting Learning Journeys
In this video, our tutors share what it’s like to support someone on their learning
journey. From celebrating a student’s growing confidence to experiencing the
reward of giving back, their stories are heartfelt, inspiring, and real.

 

 

 

 

 

Five Years of Tutoring: Erica’s Read Write Now Journey
Volunteer tutor and coordinator Erica wrote this story about her 5 years tutoring experience at the Read Write Now program. 

"You'd be good at it," my told me. Always looking for a different or unusual things to do, she suggested that we volunteer as tutors at Read Write Now.

Read Erica's Full Story 

Tutoring for Change: Nancy’s Story with Robert
Volunteer Nancy shared her experience tutoring Robert who was referred to the
Read Write Now program by an employment agency.

Robert was 21 years old and had never had a job. He'd left school in Year 10 after
years of being in 'special classes'. Neither his parents nor his grandparents are
literate and he was third generation unemployed in the family.
His mother and younger brother both have an intellectual disability.

Read Nancy's Full Story 

Every Step a Blast: Sean’s Experience as a Tutor
The journey of being a tutor has been a blast for me every step of the way.
Initially I lacked the courage to help others, but I knew I wanted to give back somehow.

RWN Tutor Sean