Anna M.
Private tutor in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Education
Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree in English Language and Literature (BA HONS) (Oct ’14); NEWMAN UNIVERSITY | Birmingham, UK (News Journalism experience & published article) A Levels: English, Psychology, Media. AS Level: Drama; KIDDERMINSTER COLLEGE | Worcestershire, UK (Government skills workshop, Governor & published poetry & Directed and lead part in end of year Drama play) CPD: Level 3 Award in Home Education and Training; Teaching Strategies for Higher Education; Professional Writing and Editing; Level 4 Award in Advanced Special Educational Needs; Primary School Teaching: Ensuring Excellence in Writing; Teaching Kids English; SEND: Teaching Children with Learning Difficulties
Experience
ENGLISH AND ASSOC. SUBJECTS TUTOR BIRMINGHAM; UK Feb ’14 – Current Private English and assoc. subjects (Psychology, Drama) Tutor for Primary, GCSE, AS/A Level, Adult Learner, SEN and ESOL - Assessed varying student abilities (extending to SEN if needed) and tailored tutoring style to learning style and educational needs. Then administered weekly self-created lessons, monthly assessments and individualised, detailed revision plans in order for students to achieve their full potential. - Instructed students in effective study for academic improvement and worked together with them to answer questions correctly. Set homework every lesson and available outside of lessons to ensure students have extra support with the best chance of success. - Advanced University students, assisting native English students in order to obtain better grades in their assignments and complete their UCAS personal statements. Also edited all kinds of degrees for those who struggle with the English language. Thoroughly prepared GCSE and A Level students for their exams. - Achieved much improved results where Adult and ESOL learners acquired language skills, GCSE students accomplished an 8 from a 4, correct speech was achieved with RP and conversational skills and A Levels reached a grade higher, all within one month. Also assisted in a dyslexic teacher’s 16 full page annual review in 2 weeks. - Created many resources for the students, for example redesigning curriculums to make them easier to comprehend and creating frameworks for precise essay answering which were not available elsewhere. Selected various texts and genres to facilitate English literature and language acquisition. - Very familiar with curriculums including AQA, Edexcel and OCR, both GCSE and AS/A Level - IT savvy. E-tutoring, using an iPad as a productive external stimulus, especially for ESOL through which 20 international students were taught English as a second language. Adept in Google docs. - Received commendations from all students praising teaching skills and perfect attendance which increased single to double lessons and having to turn away 3 new students/month. - Obtained enhanced DBS and carried out voluntary work including mentoring a tutor, helping edit a book, attaining highest CPD qualifications, writing CVs and job applications and editing video CVs.
Availability
Any day in the morning, Any day after 6PM
Can Meet
Up to 5 minutes away for no additional charge
Hobbies
Healthy living: I take great interest in nutrition and cooking and I attend my local gym regularly I like to widen my horizons: learn about topics which interest me by researching and reading both online and hard copy books e.g. investment and business studies, body language, psychology and more recently athletic performance Reading: Classics, sci-fi, flash fiction or rom coms as long as they are well written
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