Yes, very much. It requires a deep understanding of the material, empathy, and abstract thinking. You need a deep understanding of the material, obviously. You

Yes, very much. It requires a deep understanding of the material, empathy, and abstract thinking. You need a deep understanding of the material, obviously. You need to have a model of the correct thing in your head. The empathy bit comes in from first caring, but also being able to quiz the student's understanding so you can start to understand what the (incorrect) model is in their head. Then you need to figure out how to build a bridge between their model, and the correct one. And you may need to build multiple bridges if the first one doesn't take.