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Information About Chetna:

Personal Description:

Fully qualified, experienced secondary school teacher, with a PGCE qualification from the University of Birmingham. I have worked for the exams regulator for 18 months, accrediting national high profile qualifications such as GCSEs and A levels. Currently, I work for an Awarding Organisaing managing a portfolio of vocational qualifications such as ESOL, Foundation Learning, Sports and Active Leisure and Creative and Cultural qualifications.

To complement this, I have completed a Masters degree in Chemistry at the University of Bristol gaining a 2:1. In addition to this, I have worked for GlaxoSmithKline, a large global pharmaceutical company and also a Healthcare company based in Birmingham in a regulatory affairs position.

I have extensive knowledge of the types of schools and colleges based in Birmingham, having taught and worked at some of these in the past involved in the admissions, finance and marketing department. I have now relocated to London.

I am young, enthusiatic, trustworthy, professional and hard working. You will see that I work hard to deliver personalised tuition lessons, enouraging pupils to achieve their very best. I have experience tutoring and teaching a wide range of pupils from different cultures, religions, different locations of Birmingham and of different academic abilities. Due to my young age, students find me very comfortable to work with and are able to easily engage with the learning experience.

I have previously been a mentor for the University of Bristol summer school and also a co-ordinator in previous post 16 careers fairs providing guidance and advice on future career options, such as dentistry and medicine and also providing top tips for preparing personal statements.

Teaching Experience:

Provided one-to-one science tutoring at Key Stage 4/GCSE (3 Years Experience)

Taught Science at Key stage 3 at a grammar School and local inner city school in Birmingham.

Taught A Level Chemistry at an Academy

I have been tutoring students in A level Chemistryl in the area of Bristol and Birmingham for the past 5 years.

I have taught student chemistry with the AQA Chemistry exam board.

Summer 2010: 80% of my students received their target grade. 75% of these students achieved either an A or an A* grade.
Summer 2011: 100% of students attained their target grade; two of my students gained an overall A grade
Summer 2012: 100% of students attained their target grade; one student gained an A grade

Tutoring Approach:

My approach to teaching is strict, focused and enjoyable. Most of the time, I use the examining boards' specification as a checklist to work through all the material that a student should know, understand and can apply in ready for January or June examinations.

A typical lesson would consist of prepared background theory relevant to their examining board, with example questions- demonstrating a set-by-step method of how to work things out, followed by a series of exam style questions and some homework. Students are encouraged to keep their own log recording all topics covered and noting any areas of difficulty, which enables them to take responsibility of their own development. Any areas of difficulty are tackled at the next lesson and discussed with further examples.

Parents are kept informed of what is accomplished each lesson and can be provided with a monitoring record of how well the student has done each lesson.

I provide exam papers for students in their tuition, looking at various different styles of questions to enable them to gain enough practice.

100% of past students that I have taken on for AS Chemistry, have also asked me to tutor them for A2 Chemistry.

Qualifications:

• GCSE Science and Maths
• A Level Chemistry, Biology, Maths
• MSci Chemistry
• Postgraduate Certificate in Educational Studies

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekdays (all times)
Types of Tutoring:	Travels to you / From their home
References Supplied?	Yes
Current DBS/CRB Check?	Yes
Additional Languages Spoken:	Hindi, Gujarati