Goals for Math Club Tutoring

The tutor sessions have gotten better since they started. The kids are being more attentive now but I would still like them to improve on paying attention. With the last competition success, there is a lot to be done!

Goals for myself as the tutor:
* learn to be patient: Being patient is hard especially when it is the end of Friday and everyone just wants to go home.
* Be productive and effective: I am only able to work with the kids for an hour but I want to be able to help them as much as possible. This must involve everyone's cooperation though.
* grow better as a tutor: This is a pretty broad goal. To break it down more here are some things I want to do:
-  be able to explain problems better so the kids are able to grasp the material and understand more easily
- get everyone involved. I'm trying to get everyone involved in trying to help solve problems to make sure everyone is on the same page.
- be able to give more one on one time. With so many kids in the session, finding time to help everyone with a one-on-one conference is harder than i thought.

These goals are not exactly easy to reach within a day. Over time, I believe I will be closer to achieving these goals once I try different strategies to see which works best in teaching a class like this.

Goals for the Math Club:

* Grasp the material better
*PAY MORE ATTENTION: this definitely is a big one. It is friday and I know everyone can't wait to get to the weekend. But hold on! If youre at the tutor session, then you need to listen up because you need help.
* Learn to work with each other
* be more experienced with math competition problems
* put in the effort to practice, practice, practice. It will help!

Math Competition! Success!!!

Hello everyone,

I'm here to update you on our recent math competition this past Friday on the 18th. It was really fun! It was the Math is Cool competition at Mt. Rainier HS. I am happy to report that the team is going to state!!!! The team received 3rd place in the II division, which guarantees them a spot in the Masters (which is state) to be held at Moses Lake. Rachel P. also received 4th top individual in the II division.

Congratulations to everyone for their hard work!