LoginEleanor - Plymouth tutor
Information About Eleanor:
Personal Description:
Although trained in English, I am qualified to teach a variety of subjects. I relish helping children to enjoy literature but at the same time I want to support them to get involved in activities such as art, history, music, and the environment. As a teacher I want to encourage children to cherish their heritage and culture, and to grow in awareness and knowledge about their environment. I would help them grow up to respect themselves and their education, their past and their future. I am very passionate about encouraging students to respect their environment and their cultural backgrounds whilst developing an appreciation for the beauty of their surroundings. I feel that teaching is not just about giving pupils understanding of a particular subject; it is about giving them the confidence to help themselves and their community.
Teaching Experience:
I have been teaching as a supply teacher in Plymouth; working across the board, teaching pupils of all ages (3-19). Supply teaching has helped me develop a flexible approach to teaching, as I can be teaching Maths one day and History the next.
I have taught classes of all abilities but find the most rewarding work is with low ability classes. During my placement in John Summers High School, I worked closely with the SENCO. I spent much of my time helping out in the SEN department. I occasionally took lessons, and often would work with individual pupils, offering them support with their class work. The work focused on developing pupils' core skills, basic numeracy and literacy. I enjoy helping pupils to understand new concepts. I find the challenge of differentiating work beneficial, not just for pupils, but for myself.
During a primary placement I worked with the SEN group, a class which consisted of ten pupils. The priority was to focus on the pupils' lack of confidence in literacy and numeracy. One particular lesson we took the SEN group down to the reception class, the pupils were paired up and read together. This helped to develop all of the pupils' confidence in reading and communicating with one another. The shared experience made the effort of reading good fun for both classes. I also gave one-to-one support in numeracy lessons.
As a dyslexic teacher, I believe I have an insight to many difficulties that pupils face, and have many different strategies to work around, and with these difficulties. I feel that passing on this insight, and helping pupils with specific learning needs to develop confidence in their learning capacity, is one of my strengths as a new teacher. Teachers observing my lessons have commented on my skill at nurturing shy pupils, ordinarily lacking in confidence.
Tutoring Approach:
I'm a highly flexible teacher and enjoy meeting the needs of children in different contexts. I approach my teaching from the pupils perspective. I aim to develop the pupils confidence in their abilities, and build upon their prior knowledge.
Subjects Taught:
- Reading & Writing skills
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£15 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£15 p.h.)
- Craft and Design
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£15 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£15 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£15 p.h.)
- History
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£15 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£15 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£15 p.h.)
- Art
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£15 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£15 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£15 p.h.)
- English
- Up to 11 years (primary) (£15 p.h.)
- 11+ (secondary) (£15 p.h.)
- GCSE or Standards (£15 p.h.)
- A-Level or Highers (£20 p.h.)
Qualifications:
- PGCE in Secondary English Education- QTS
- BA Hons Degree in English Literature
- 3 A Levels- Art, English, Philosophy
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekdays (evenings) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
