What Avid Tutor actually means
Most explanations of Avid Tutor start with a definition and stop there. A definition is the least useful part, so this starts with what it looks like in practice instead.
Two words, two jobs: Avid names the approach and Tutor names who or what it is for. Most confusion comes from treating them as one idea.
For students and the families supporting them, this matters at the kitchen table on a school night, where the difference between knowing a term and being able to use it becomes obvious quickly.
The questions worth asking
Start where the understanding actually is rather than where the syllabus says it should be: What part of this already makes sense to you?
Then test the reasoning rather than the recall: What would have to be true for your answer to be wrong? Two questions, asked in that order, do more here than a page of explanation.
Where people go wrong
The trap is that a finished worksheet means the work was understood. It shows up as a student who can finish the problem but cannot say why the method works.
Putting it into practice
In practice this means working a problem aloud, then explaining the reasoning to someone else without notes.
You will know it is working when the student starts asking their own next question before being prompted.
Where to go next
If this is the thing you are stuck on, start with the beginner guide, then a first guided session on a topic that is currently frustrating.