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Information About Nick:

Personal Description:

I am a qualified teacher with a 20 year experience in ESOL, foreign languages and most subjects taught at KS1 and KS2 levels within Primary education.
My teaching qualifications include a PGCE (QTS status) from Cambridge University, a TESOL certificate from Trinity College London and a Further Education Certificate from City and Guilds. My degree studies have focused on the teaching and learning of languages and the core curriculum subjects taught at KS1-3 at Primary and Secondary level.
I have taught the full range of the school curriculum in Primary education, delivered language courses and taught one to one private lessons in adult education and an EFL university language school.
Finally, I have worked as an examiner and assessor in the language exams of IOL (Institute of Linguists) and OCR (ASSET languages).

Teaching Experience:

Jul. 2011 - present: Delivering Greek and English language lessons at all language levels (A1 - C2) - Some of the lessons I have delivered include Greek Beginners & Lower intermediate for children aged 8-12, Greek GCSE and General Greek Intermediate for adults.

Sep. 2010 - Jun. 2011: Key Stage 1 Class teacher at Wigmore Primary School, Luton Subjects/Areas Taught: Literacy, Maths, Science, ICT, PSHE, Humanities. Teaching primary school children aged 6-7. Planning and delivering lessons according to the National Curriculum standards; liaising with parents regarding children's individual needs and performance; setting and assessing class and home work catering for all learning styles and needs; providing administrative support for the class including keeping updated assessment and information files, marking and writing progress reports.

Sep. 2009 - Jul. 2010: KS1 Class teacher at Barrington C of E Primary School, Cambridge Subjects/Areas Taught: Literacy, Maths, Science, ICT, PSHE, Humanities. Teaching primary school children aged 5-7. Position and tasks as above.

Mar. 2009 - Jun. 2009: Professional placement teacher at Robert Bloomfield Middle School (Shefford)
Subjects/Areas Taught: KS2 - KS3, English, Maths, Science, Humanities

Nov. 2008 - Feb. 2009: Professional placement teacher at Westfield Middle School - Queens Park Lower School (Bedford)
Subjects/Areas Taught: KS2 - KS3, English, Maths, Science, ICT

Sep 2006 - Jul 2009 (part time): Language Teacher at Ag Char. Primary Language School - Teaching Greek language and culture to children aged 7-11. Developing teaching materials in order to advance the language skills and cultural awareness of pupils who are members of immigrant families learning Greek as a second language.

Feb. 1996 - Jul 2009 (part time): Foreign Language Tutor at North Luton Adult Education, Luton
Teaching in evening courses which aim at providing adult learners with the necessary language for survival as well as giving them a basic knowledge of the Greek language and culture. Teaching in such courses has given me experience on identifying the learners' needs, developing my own course syllabus and materials for learning and has improved my communication skills.

Apr. 1996 - Feb. 1997 (part time): Working as a play-care assistant in 'Schools Out Club' Stopsley Project, Luton
The job included supervising children of ages 6-12 and organising indoor and outdoor activities.

Tutoring Approach:

Teaching methodology
I believe the role of a teacher should be that of facilitator within the learning environment, rather than formal instructor. There should be a constant interaction with the learners, and the use of effective questioning should be employed in order to promote good understanding and mastering of the learning objectives.

Learner-centred and personalised teaching
I believe that all learners must be treated as individuals and should be supplied with a range of teaching materials which are interesting, relevant, stimulating and, most importantly suited to the students' preferences and learning styles. Teachers should always be sufficiently flexible to accommodate the needs of learners, constantly adjusting the learning objectives in order to ensure the learners can access the teaching materials and find them challenging and relevant.

Qualifications:

• PGCE in KS2/3 - English (Post Graduate Certificate of Education) Sep. 2008 - Jun. 2009 University of Cambridge Faculty of Education
• MA in Applied Linguistics (Writing Materials for 2nd Language Teaching)
• City and Guilds Further Education Cerificate Sep. - Dec. 1997 - North Luton Adult Education, Luton
• Trinity College TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) Certificate Jan. - Jun. 1994 - University of Luton

Further Information:

Availability:	Weekends / Weekdays (all times)
Types of Tutoring:	Travels to you / From their home / Online
References Supplied?	Yes
Current DBS/CRB Check?	Yes
Additional Languages Spoken:	Greek, German, French