LoginFiona - Faversham tutor
Information About Fiona:
Personal Description:
I came into teaching because I love literature and enjoy teaching work from all genres and eras. Overtime I have become adept at teaching language . It is rewarding to empower students to write to argue and persuade effectively. I have developed an interest in teaching creative writing.
I still believe education can change lives . It is empowering and success can boost self esteem.
Teaching Experience:
My first teaching post was in a large comprehensive school. Here I taught pupils of all ages and abilities. I enjoyed and was successful at teaching lower ability students ,encouraging them to gain good grades. I began to teach A' level which in time has become my specialism. Again the students were of mixed ability. It was rewarding to see first generation pupils go off to university.
My second school was a grammar. Here the challenge was to stretch the more able and encourage the disaffected. I think my subject knowledge was enhanced by this experience.
To inform my exam teaching I have for ten years been an examiner at GCSE and A level.
Tutoring Approach:
I see my role as tutor as that of reinforcing and consolidating classroom work. I focus on areas the pupil feels less confident about and with intensive work and tailored teaching aim to improve knowledge. Since I understand the requirements of each key stage I know the standards a pupil should be working towards and have my own schemes of work based on the curriculum and key stages.
With exam pupils I can focus on course work and nearer the exam provide essay examples and strategies based on my examiner handbook and marking scheme.
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- PGCE English
- BA English Literature
- MA Information Studies
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Travels to you / Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
