Crib Sheet #58: Tutor In A Book’s Alexandra Mayzler.

Easy to follow.  Clear and comprehensive.  Full of suggestions.  And I’m not talking about my 3-year old.  Alexandra has authored a unique combination of parent pointers meets practice worksheets meets common sense in her new guide on tutoring.  By the time my kids reach grade school, there’s no doubt that we’ll be using this resource to avoid those parent-teacher conferences.

What business did you start up?

I am the founder of Thinking Caps Tutoring and the author of Tutor in a Book (Adams 2010.)

What motivated you to do it?

I was inspired by the students I was working with as a tutor.

How long have you been running your business?

Since 2004.

Easiest part of your job?

Working with teens and tweens , figuring out ways to help students recognize their strengths.

Hardest part of your job?

Balancing work and family/friends. If something needs to be done at work, I have a hard time putting it aside.

What skill would you most like to improve?

Letting things go. I am attaching to every student we work with and sometimes that becomes very exhausting.

Favorite part of a typical day?

Meeting with students and tutoring. Although a big part of my day is back-end work, my favorite part of the day is when I am actually meeting with our students.

Last purchase?

Probably a book.

Favorite book or magazine?

One Hundred Years of Solitude.

What is the accomplishment you are most proud of?

Believing in myself and the methods that I created for teaching tweens and teens. In a more tangible sense, I am proud that I was able to have my book, Tutor in a Book, published so that my approaches could be used by more students across the country.