LoginLaura - Croy tutor
Information About Laura:
Personal Description:
I am a confident, enthusiastic newly qualified teacher and looking for an exciting opportunity to extend my experience. I am very friendly and dedicate myself to everything I commit myself to. I love teaching and the variety it brings. I am reliable, hardworking and trustworthy. My other interests and hobbies include a dedication to different types of fitness activities, socialising with my friends and family, reading, meeting new people and seeing new places.
Teaching Experience:
During my time of study, I successfully completed six extended teaching practices for a range of stages in the primary sector. I worked with pre-school through to primary seven and received many positive comments from teachers I worked with and my tutors from the university. I also welcomed feedback, which gave me indication of areas I could develop in my teaching to ensure the best learning experience possible for the children in my care. From my experience as a student and now as a probationer I also greatly appreciate the importance in keeping abreast with current literature and school policies. I understand that for me to continue to develop my practice and ensure I use appropriate and effective teaching strategies I must have a continued commitment to this. During the third and fourth year of my degree I undertook my specialist subject of Additional Support Needs, where theory was very much embraced and appreciated, mainly due to the fact the schools I had been placed in had less children who had such a difficulty. As part of my final year of study I completed a dissertation researching the effectiveness of drama as a stimulus for writing, with both drama and writing being an area of interest for me. The result of my study demonstrated higher attainment in those children who participated in the drama part of the lesson compared to those who did not, giving me reason to use this strategy throughout this current year when working on writing with my class.
During my probationary year in August I was responsible for the primary six class in my school. My class has a large proportion of boys (18:6), as well as three Enhanced Provision children in the mainstream setting for most curricular areas. The Enhanced Provision offers support for children in our council area who have Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, ADD and dyslexia, which has meant continued careful planning in my part to ensure they receive the learning at the level they can manage, but also getting the balance correct to ensure the more able children in my class are sufficiently challenged. I have done this through a great deal of active learning, which works well in compliance with a Curriculum for Excellence in Scotland.
Tutoring Approach:
I have not been a tutor before but I would apply the same dedication and focus to this as I do to teaching. I would ensure I am always sufficiently prepared and organised for any tutoring job I have and would adjust my teaching style according to the tutee's preferred learning style. I would not put pressure on any person I tutor and take them at their own pace to reach their goal, whether it be to prepared for an entry exam or to improve reading skills. My personality and teaching approach allows my pupils to feel comfortable and hopefully put in their best effort.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- Bachelor of Education in Primary Education
- with a Merit in Teaching
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (evenings) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
