Tutors · Before the lesson
Meeting a new student cold
The first lesson starts with a name and a grade level. Tutors spend it finding out what the student knows, needs and enjoys.
Free for 2 weeks on any paid plan. No credit card required.
How Pencil Spaces solves it
With the family’s consent, Luna shares what a new student has been working on across the web before the first lesson. The tutor sees last week’s fractions homework and starts there. Soon, Sparky AI Tutor will add a short diagnostic.
- Sparky AI TutorComing soonSparky AI Tutor will run a diagnostic before the lesson and help students between lessons whenever they need it.
- LunaAvailableLuna, our Chrome extension, goes with the student across the web and, with consent, shares what they’re doing and learning with the tutor.
- Accommodation ProfilesComing soonAccommodation Profiles, in development, will let your team record each student’s accommodations once and apply them automatically in every lesson, with every tutor.
Also helps: Lesson Summaries, Role-play Practice
The usual way
Tutors run an informal check and ask a lot of questions.
A tip you can use today
Ask the student to teach you something they know well; you learn their level and their confidence at once.
See it in a live Space.
We’ll walk you through it, shaped around how you teach.
