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Kallista's tutors include experienced classroom teachers with postgraduate education degrees, a secondary school maths and science specialist with eight years' experience, an ATAR 99.5 scholar and former Dux, award-winning student leaders, peer mentors, competitive coaches, and passionate young academics recognised for excellence in maths, science, English and leadership across multiple schools.

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Ayda

English Tutor Ferntree Gully, VIC
I do think it's very important a student never feels judged or stressed from the pressure of learning, as that can taint their experience for a long time before they are comfortable again to engage actively. It's crucial tutors are understanding of how a student is feeling and supports them as much as possible in moments of confusion and…
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Charli

English Tutor Ferntree Gully, VIC
Listen to the students and there needs. Also communicating clearly the topics students want help with and not avoiding or judging the student when they need extra help I\'ve always found it easy to explain in another way a topic that might be considered…
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Sabine

English Tutor Ferntree Gully, VIC
Make sure that their goals are met or worked towards, and that they feel confident about the subject and learn tools and strategies to assist in this subject. I am very patient and understanding, helpful and kind. I aim to meet students goals and help them set realistic expectations on what they can achieve. I am flexible in my approach and try…
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yokelen

English Tutor Ferntree Gully, VIC
The most important thing a tutor can do for a student is to listen. A tutor's job is not to just teach the student, but to bring out the best of the student and a tutor cannot do that unless they listen to the student. A good tutor is not a tutor that had achieved exceedingly well themselves, although that is a part of it- it's about their ability…
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Sethini

English Tutor Ferntree Gully, VIC
It is important to receive feedback from the students regarding areas they need help with and what teaching techniques they prefer. This helps tailor a better session that is helpful for them and ensures they fully understand the content being taught. I am good at breaking down problems into smaller manageable steps, I explain complicated problems…
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Sanjay

English Tutor Boronia, VIC
One of the most important things that a tutor can do for their students is create a safe learning environment for them where they are not judged and can openly ask questions as I believe this will truly allow them to gain deep understanding in the content they are learning which is what I think is crucial in any learning aspect as understanding is…
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Adithya

English Tutor Rowville, VIC
Always being able to coach using multiple methods, and finding out what works best. If the student learns well then the tutor is successful I am able to calm and soothe stressed students who may feel overwhelmed or frustrated with their lack of progress. I went through similar things so I can assist with…
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Munir

English Tutor Rowville, VIC
Encourage and empower the student to continue learning and believe that they can learn the content they are about to learn. This opens the student up to actually learning and without this it is difficult to make significant and consistent progress. I am an empathetic and encouraging personality. I feel these strengths can help open up a student to…
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English Tutor Rowville, VIC
I believe that offering support and further understanding into the subject in question is the most important role of a tutor. As a tutor, ensuring that a student's misunderstandings and queries in an area are explained and clarified is very important. Giving the student a deeper understanding to truly grasp a concept is core as a tutor. To…
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Smitha

English Tutor Kilsyth, VIC
A tutor can help a student get more fluent, confident and clear about concepts and working. When they have someone who makes learning effective, fun and interactive it makes learning fun and worthwhile. I do believe in providing a lot of practice and exposure to many different ways of doing a problem and a tutor has to be that someone who guides…
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Jon

English Tutor Kilsyth, VIC
Throughout my tertiary studies, I have found that the key to learning anything is finding the point of interest for a person and developing that area so that the subject as a whole becomes enjoyable. For any student, progress will naturally vary and giving them that support and encouragement to persevere and overcome hurdles in their learning is,…
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Sienna

English Tutor Lysterfield, VIC
To be fully supportive of the student, to fully listen and understand what they desire to achieve from tutoring, whether that be to excel or for additional support, and to always be patient while they learn. My patience and understanding are strengths, along with being able to explain in alternative ways if an individual does not fully understand…

Local Reviews

Georgia is fantastic. She is lovely, explains things really well, is patient, very knowledgeable. She has already helped my daughter to feel a lot better about maths and helping her to get her confidence back. Brilliant!
Cherie

Inside KallistaTutoring Sessions

Content Covered

Year 5 student Daniel focused on adding and subtracting fractions, practiced interpreting 24-hour time, and continued to consolidate times tables knowledge through active recall and written exercises.

In Year 10, Vien worked on refining essay writing by rewording sentences for clarity and began preparing content for an upcoming SAC assessment.

Meanwhile, Year 11 student Isaac revised algebraic fractions in test preparation sessions and explored linear relations using practice problems from his recent classwork.

Recent Challenges

A Year 8 student often avoided challenging maths problems, instead "prioritising known topics," which limited exposure to new skills and made harder questions in class feel daunting.

In VCE English, one student's essays were hard to follow because ideas weren't planned out, and their handwriting was described as "difficult to read," so teachers struggled to find key arguments.

A Year 10 student sometimes skipped homework or left revision incomplete—this meant valuable time was spent re-learning old material rather than progressing.

During timed tests, slow planning and indecision resulted in unfinished responses and mounting frustration.

Recent Achievements

One Kallista tutoring session saw a Year 10 student who previously hesitated to tackle extended essays now breaking down reading tasks independently and finishing almost every homework question on her own.

Another high schooler, after struggling with applying formulas, began identifying which ones to use without hints—completing his maths revision swiftly and fixing small mistakes himself.

Meanwhile, a Year 4 student who once second-guessed his times tables started answering flash card drills quickly and even volunteered to solve new multiplication problems aloud during the lesson.

Local Spots for Tutoring

If you'd prefer not to have lessons at home, tutoring can also take place at a local library—such as Belgrave Library—or at your child's school (with permission), like Kallista Primary School.