Daniel - Cambridge tutor






Information About Daniel:


Personal Description:

I am a credentialed history teacher from California currently on sabbatical here in the United Kingdom. I have earned a Masters Degree in Teaching and have been teaching since 1999. Teaching and helping students is my passion, and have always found it easy to communicate ideas to others. Tutoring students one on one or in small groups, I find ideal because you can create a stronger learning partnership between the mentor and the student.
Besides teaching I like to travel and have been to parts of Asia, Europe, South America and the United States. Also, I enjoy staying fit, especially running. Last year I participated in two charity running events.



Teaching Experience:

Professional Experience:
2003-2008: History Teacher/AVID Coordinator: National City Middle School, National City, California.
Teacher of United States history, 17th century-early 19th century.
Five consecutive years of improved district and state exam scores.
Three years of managing a faculty advising team that provided support to college bound students.
Three years of managing (AVID) a college preparation program for under-represented populations of students.
Two year member of the Faculty Advising Committee, assisting to make decisions on the overall management of the school site.
Two year active member of the School Site Council, collectively determining the allocation of school funds.
Created weekly and quarterly assessments using Data Director Program that functioned in corralation with school district and state wide standards.
Collected and examined data concerning proficiency levels of each student in order to coordinate academic intervention plans that would support higher levels of achievement.
2001-2002: Supply Humanities Teacher: Soham Village College, Soham
Functioned as a permanent supply teacher.
Communicated with parents during school and at parent's evenings.
Assessed and planned academic intervention programs for various levels of learners.
Covered physical education, history and religious education.




2000-2001: Supply History Teacher: International Turkish Lycee, Cambridge
Covered a maternity leave as the Head of the History Department.
Taught GCSE and International Bachelorette levels of European history, 19th century.
Improved academic levels of proficiency measured by the results of end of year exams.
1999-2000: Initial Teacher Training: Fenway High School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Trained in classroom management and behavior.
Taught to develop lessons and curriculum.
Received support from mentor instructor on how to plan, create and deliver daily instruction to secondary school students.



Tutoring Approach:

The most important part of a tutorial is the question and its preparation. This allows the tutor to understand exactly what the issue or problem might be. Second, asking the student the appropriate questions in order to get them to use their background knowledge or use other skills they may have already aquired is another key. Third, taking good notes and summarizing steps that helped solve the problem or notes to recall or study for an exam is also very important.



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Qualifications:

  • California Certified, Social Science Teacher, Grades 7-12
  • B.A. United States History
  • M.A.T. History

Further Information:

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