LoginNick - Dorking tutor
Information About Nick:
Personal Description:
A hard working, versatile enthusiastic and energetic person. He enjoys challenges, inspiring students and passing on skills. Nick has a natural ability to relate and connect with people from all walks of life. His passions are painting, drawing, viewing art and networking/meeting new people. Raised in an alternative home Nick has always looked to innovate rather then follow the mainstream.
Teaching Experience:
Nova Herod Academy - Swindon
TRAINEE ART TEACHER Jan 2017 - Jul 2017
Responsible for creating a vibrant culture of art, craft and design where students can learn and develop into well-rounded adults. Facilitating opportunities for experimentation, expression and understanding of knowledge across the curriculum.
Duties:
• Establish a safe and stimulating environment for pupils where there is a good rapport with all groups promoting a love for art and inspiring students to explore and experiment with a wide range of techniques and media.
• Set challenging schemes of work and support students to achieve good progress, demonstrating a positive attitude to learning.
• Accountable for pupil's attainment, progress and outcomes being aware of pupil's prior knowledge and learning within art.
• Sharing my enthusiasm and rich subject knowledge to engage and inspire students across KS3 and KS4.
• Adapt teaching to fit the needs of pupils finding challenging alternatives when necessary.
• Leader of an after school art club aimed to boost years 9, 10 and 11's skills.
Teaching:
• Develop unique schemes of work that add to the curriculum within the Art department and spend time making thorough resources to aid learning.
• 1:1 coaching in all lessons giving feedback to improve student's work.
• Communicate effectively with students and parents at parents evening and talk professionally with regards to student progress and engagement in lessons.
• High expectations on behavior inline with the schools policies using warnings and rewards as strategy to encourage engagement and good behavior.
• Very resourceful. Able to find cheaper alternatives such as creating paper pulp from recycled paper for sculptures instead of clay.
• Developing reflective learners with pit stop plenaries and use of peer and self feedback to guild future progress.
• Reflective practitioner. Flexible in action, confident to deviate from the plan if necessary.
• Student demonstrations and coaches. Pre-teach to gifted and talented students prior to lesson.
Tutoring Approach:
Nick approaches art as a fun creative process which can be used in a range of different ways. Art work could be used as a means of therapy, self discovery, escape, self development, a release, or to restore passion into one's life.
Nick is a firm believer in choice theory and the idea that students should build decision making skills when making artwork. This also in turn offers the student choices in the content, medium and outcome making the work meaningful to them. Nick also see art as a constructivist process where pupils build on prior knowledge or learn from others new skills.
As a highly qualified teacher and artist Nick is fully capable of delivering a large range of different lessons in different mediums and can build students skills from the basics to expert. With a great attitude to learning all students can progress into whatever they dream.
Nick's only rules are to respect the equipment, complete work to the best of your ability, be creative and have fun!
Subjects Taught:
Qualifications:
- Illustration BA
- PGCE in Art and Design
Further Information:
| Availability: | Weekends / Weekdays (all times) |
| Types of Tutoring: | Online |
| References Supplied? | Yes |
| Current DBS/CRB Check? | Yes |
