My second tutoring observation   

When I walked into the second observation I noticed he looked very sophisticated, and intelligent. He introduced himself to her and explained to her why I was in the room with them. i thought that was a nice gesture because most Students feel uncomfortable with me in the room. He first asked for the assignment, and he read the assignment out loud to her, so that they both were clear on what they were reading. He read her title to see if the title matched the title of her essay, I think it’s always important to pay attention to those things. While he read he made sure to make marks on the paper to go and discuss confusions with her. He also wrote notes to himself about the paper, this is a good strategy because that shows the student that you are there to help them and as a tutor you’re doing your best to do so. He was always specific on things that she needed to work on. One concept I did like was when he brought outside issues to help her with her topic better. There was a point during the session that the student asked for grammar help and eh explained to her that grammar isn't that important when writing a paper, that professor look for the more complex things like structure, organization and a clear thesis. But he gave her a suggestion that by reading out loud she would recognize her own grammatical mistakes.