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Information About Vicki:

Personal Description:

I am a twenty year old Warwick University student, about to go into my final year of a degree in English and Comparative Literature.
I intend to become a teacher after graduating, and have already been offered a graduate teaching scheme placement after I have finished my degree at a Coventry Secondary School.
I am friendly, helpful, considerate and encouraging, and have much experience of working with children of all ages, particularly those with Special Educational Needs.

Teaching Experience:

I have taught in schools in Coventry, Marbella, Spain and Matlock, Derbyshire.

I have completed the Student Associate Scheme through Warwick University, whereby I passed a teaching assessment process which meant that I could take part of my teacher training early and also go into a local Coventry Secondary School one day a week to teach lessons, work in the Special Needs department and to work as a teaching assistant in other lessons. This role taught me a lot about teaching, and in particular about effective lesson delivery to large groups, these skills can obviously be adapted to bring about effective learning on a one-to-one basis.

In the last academic year I also worked one day a week in another Coventry Secondary School in the Special Needs department, working on a one-to-one basis with students who had difficulties such as ADHD, Asperger's syndrome, Dyslexia, Dyspraxia, Dyscalculia, and also those with Behavioural problems. I worked with these students to improve their core English and Mathematics skills, as they were working towards a qualification that demonstrated their key knowledge of both. This role was the same as will be required for tutoring, the one-to-one encouragement and development of a student being key.

I have worked in the Aloha College in Marbella, Spain, developing English as a Foreign Language skills with students that were 13 years old, and also helping in some GCSE equivalent classes. The main thing that this role taught me were the skills needed to effectively teach EFL and bring about effective and lasting understanding of English to non-native speakers.

When I was doing my A' levels in Matlock, Derbyshire, I worked in the Special Needs department of my school for two lessons a week, mainly on a one-to-one basis, but also on a whole class level. In this role I focused on developing the communicational and language skills of the students, but also helped with many subjects. I also specialised in working with students that had ADHD, and developed effective learning programmes for them.

Tutoring Approach:

I would approach tutoring as a very pupil-centred experience, as the student is likely to have specific areas that they want help with developing and understanding as a starting point. This would be the first area that I addressed.

The next stage would be to link this area that needed extra help to the wider context of the subject as a whole, to ensure full understanding of the subject and to help with any further problems that may occur.

Homework would be an aspect of my tutoring, however, I would not want it to get in the way of homework that is set by the school, so if the student had a large amount of coursework and/or homework that the school had set, I would accept that it would not always be possible to do the work that I had set as well.

I would also offer help and guidance on any homework with which the student was stuck, and use this as a starting point for further discussion and development of the student's knowledge and understanding of the subject, as the issues that are raised in homework are often those that are the most difficult to recognise at school, as the student often does not get the opportunity to discuss with the teacher what they found difficult about the homework, they are often just told what they did is wrong, which does not give the student any scope for being able to work through their difficulties and fully understand the subject.

I also do a lot of work with students with special educational needs, and would be more than willing to continue this, if only a level that would teach the student coping techniques and strategies to use in the school environment in order to help them get on better at school.

Qualifications:

• University: I am about to go into my final year of a degree in English and Comparative Literature at the University of Warwick
• A' Level: English Literature (A), English Language (A), Music (B), General Studies (B), Spanish (A' level equivalent taken at University)(B)
• GCSE: English Literature (A*), English Language (A*), Double Science (A*A*), Maths (A*), History (A*), Spanish (A*), Music (A*), German (A), Sociology (A), ICT (B).
• Music (ABRSM): Grade 8 Clarinet, Grade 5 Viola and Grade 5 Piano. I am also a certified First Aider and Lifeguard

Further Information:

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