Ehd87
Private Tutor in Devizes
About Me
I am a qualified primary school teacher with 6 years classroom experience and 2 years of tutoring experience. If you have a specific area you would like your child to receive support with or a particular academic goal in mind for them, I can deliver activities and exercises that can support them.
Most of my families wish me to support with early reading including phonics lessons, maths and English including writing. I also provide support for parents wishing to learn more about how the phonics framework is taught in order to help their children learn to read at home. This has been a popular service, especially with home educating families.
I will need to meet your child initially, in order to carry out a low stress, baseline assessment and better understand their learning style and interests. I will then create lessons to help them progress from their current level. If your child is a school attender and has been given targets to work on by their teacher, I can work on these with your child if you are happy to share them. I find that a consistent and united approach will invariably deliver the best results.
My Experience
I studied at UWE and Bath Spa (twice) and earned in that time a BA (HONS) in Primary Education Studies, my Early Years Professional Status, which is a post graduate level qualification, as well as returning to university to complete my PGCE and qualify as a primary school teacher (QTS).
In amongst my periods of study, I also had a 6 year career in the Royal Navy and so value hard work, organisation and being calm under pressure.
I trained in primary schools for a year and was then taken on full time once I qualified. In my time in the classroom I have taught both KS1 and 2 including SATS years. I now tutor full time as my sole occupation.
My Qualifications
BA (HONS) Education Studies from UWE - Primary based education focussing on delivering the National Curriculum, Learning Theories, Cross Curricular Teaching methods. The degree also involved a large amount of teaching time in schools i.e planning, teaching, marking etc.
Early Years Professional Status from Bath Spa University - An EYP's job is to work with other early years professionals to ensure that standards of best practice are being met. This involves observing and coaching staff, identifying their training needs, implementing and teaching staff about government guidelines. This means I have a thorough knowledge of child development and the early years curriculum.
A PGCE is a 1 year post graduate qualification which I completed as part of a SCITT training programme. This means that you are in a school with an experienced mentor from day 1 of the training and your hands on experience is supplemented with university based lectures, essays and bundles of evidence which show where and how you meet the teaching standards over time. My mentor had over 25 years experience herself and my school was so happy with my performance that they took me on as a teacher when I qualified.
My Availability
I am currently full but am taking clients on to a waiting list after an initial phone call. I then offer slots as they become available to families on the waiting list in the order which they were added. When getting in touch, please leave a contact number and convenient times for your initial phone call, if you are happy to do so.
My Fees
- Tutoring from £30.00 per hour
£30 1:1 per hour
Group fees or split sibling sessions can be discussed.
My Documents
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