Teaching in the lifelong learning sector includes students of different age groups, backgrounds and abilities. As a result, the roles, responsibilities and limitations of the tutor may at first seem incommensurable. This assignment will focus on the role, responsibilities and limitations of a tutor in the context of teaching 16-18 year olds. It will reflect on the needs of students within my role in the curriculum (Learn to Work) at Tyneside Foyer, who have not reached their potential in mainstream education and who attend learning with numerous personal, social and academic barriers. For these particular students, “the experiences associated with learning may have been negative: failure, embarrassment, a sense of not belonging, low self-esteem. Particularly in the FE sector, we often find students, of all ages, who have not been successful in traditional compulsory education. Helping them regain their confidence and motivation to learn is part of what makes FE teaching such a challenging and rewarding profession.” Wallace (2005, p.95) The assignment will focus on the importance of structure within the learning programme, how individual barriers to learning must be overcome and the importance of the tutor/learner relationship. A solid induction process is crucial to enable the tutor to understand what motivated the student to attend the program, what they expect to achieve while learning and to create an individual learning plan. An induction allows for a process of negotiation between the tutor and the student, whereby the tutor is able to set the rules and expectations of the student during the program and the student is able to understand what their own responsibility... half of the document ......, p.11) The role of the tutor within the Life Long Learning sector is to support, inspire and guide the student throughout their journey - from the beginning through a solid assessment, right through to the middle as they learn and use the topic, through to the end when they are ready to move on to the next stage of their learning, be it a job or further education/training. It is the tutor's responsibility to ensure that students feel comfortable in the learning environment and that they understand the importance of calculus as a life and work skill and feel motivated and confident in their abilities to use it. It is the tutor's responsibility to support the student in achieving the goals set in their ILP and inspire them to reach their full potential. It is the tutor's job to prepare the student with the skills necessary for a successful life.