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Information About Kainat:

Personal Description:

"I love Romeo and Juliet", and that's down to you." It was this comment, and a young girl, who inspired me to want to teach the 11 plus age group. She was studying for her English GCSE through the method of home schooling, and I regularly tutored her for at least four hours a week. It was hugely inspiring for me to see a young girl who had lost all her confidence through being bullied at school, becoming someone who was beginning to love education and learning again. I began to realize that teaching at that level is not only rewarding, but if you teach well, you could be an inspiration to someone. I was personally inspired to teach by my own experiences at school; in particular by my Math's and Drama teachers. Above all they treated me as an individual, encouraging me to achieve my personal best. In Drama, our teacher's enthusiasm and commitment motivated us to produce A grade presentations. In Math's, a subject that I did not enjoy initially, my tutor used his sense of humour to teach us tricks and mnemonics to make learning interesting. Both were approachable and friendly and their honesty encouraged a sense of openness in the classroom. This is the type pf tutor I feel I am. I want pupils to feel that they can ask me anything, and to know that they will leave thier tutoring session having learnt something new and having felt inspired and to be enthusiastic in returning.

Teaching Experience:

I have experienced the classroom environment myself. For three years, I helped in a school every week, working with children from the ages of 5-11. Although I enjoyed my experience of working with young children, it was enough for me to realize that primary children would not stretch me in the way I wanted. Working with such young children would not allow me to teach what I enjoy the most, literature. I want to teach English or literature to the depth at which it becomes the most interesting and enlightening. I would hope to give my students a sense of the background and history from which literature was produced and lead them to an understanding and appreciation of the English language. English is a subject that teaches you something new everyday, it is also a subject where the pupils can teach you too. Everyone has different interpretations of a text, and this idea of continuously learning whilst I am teaching excites me the most and means that teaching will always be a great career. I experienced this level of excitement when I completed a short course at Rushcroft secondary school, giving presentations about teenage issues to year 9 SEN students.I am now developing my skills even further by working at a secondary girls school, La Sainte Union, where I am working as a learning support assistant. Here I am working with the English department, where I have so far been involved with all the different years(year 7-11), taught, and discussed a range of texts, from pre 20th century novels like 'Great Expectations' and am helping students write GCSE coursework on Shakespeare's Macbeth. My job role requires me to work with SEN students as well as being a general classroom assistant, and this has taught me a lot. For instance,I have enjoyed working with the same students every day as it gives me a chance to get to know each pupil and their needs.

Tutoring Approach:

Due to my enthusiasm, I believe that I will be a dedicated tutor and having observed the heavy workload first hand, I think my efficiency and organisation will help.
Tutoring would give me the opportunity to acquire new skills and develop those I already have, in order to become a good tutor.

I believe being patient and enthusiastic is the key to being a successful tutor. I have learnt from previous expereinces that every child needs to be approached and taugh differently. 'Every child matters', and therefore we should look at all pupils as individual learners and cater tho thier needs in the best possible way that suits them.

Qualifications:

• GCSE-grade C and above-Maths, English, Science, Spanish, Drama, R:E,History
• Alevels Law-(grade A) Sociology-(grade A) English-(grade B)
• BA english and comparative Literature at Goldsmiths college, university of London
• starting PGCE in english September 09

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekends / Weekdays (evenings)
Types of Tutoring:	Travels to you / From their home / Online
References Supplied?	Yes
Current DBS/CRB Check?	Yes
Additional Languages Spoken:	Urdu