With the onset of the Covid pandemic there is a huge need for building students' confidence and competence with tutoring strategies (especially homeless students that may already have been struggling) that spark meaningful, accelerated learning. Done well, tutoring can repair a student's damaged relationship to learning, address unrealized potential, and alter the course of a young person's life. Six essential components of an effective tutoring intervention will be discussed: Establishing relationship; addressing student confidence; setting goals; helping a student learn how to learn; teaching and learning content; and establishing a habit of deliberate practice.
