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Personal Message

Studying can be fun.You will achieve, if you commit to your goals, but it takes tutor guidance and commitment from the student.

Interview

Which subject(s) do you teach?
I teach the following:
Science GCSE and Biology AS A2
11+
TEFL/TESOL

Tell me about your qualifications.
GTP (secondary level Science 11-18) Graduate Teaching Programme converts a teaching qualification to working in schools
PGCEA (college Science) Post Graduate Certificate in Education for Adults
CTEFLA (college level) Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language

also have a GP Practice Management qualification and a Psychotherapy qualification

What kind of experience do you have?
10+years for science in schools
have tutored since 1991 in Science
16 years for TEFL
14 years for college science

How much do you charge?
I charge a fee for parking if needed.
£25 for individual Science subjects for 1 hour up to KS4 and £35 for AS and A2
£30 an hour if I am to teach all three disciplines
13+ 11+ £35 for 1.5 hrs, discounts for 2+ pupils negotiable
:essons that are missed must be made up or the fee must be paid.
If you miss more than two lessons in a row then the contract will be terminated.

Where do you teach?
I teach at students' homes.
If local, I will travel into Surrey up to 5 miles from Kingston Upon Thames.
I have a current CRB which expires in May 2013
I also have testimonials from current clients and previous ones, all GCSE students that I tutored last year attained an A or A*.
I am currently doing a post grad so am not teaching in a school and am on agency books to work part time at a college.

When are you available?
I am available weekends,
holidays, and
during the day.

Which ages and levels do you teach?
I have taught in private schools and state schools 7-18+ since 2001 and also for various agencies doing supply.
I have taught KS2-5 in Science
I have taught at college teaching TESOL TEFL and Science degree foundation to Adults.

Which qualifications do you prepare your students for?
GCSE,AS, ALevel.

Do you have an up-to-date CRB (Criminal Records Bureau) disclosure certificate?
Have a current CRB (May 2010) and a current GTC.
Valid for three years 00-12787546-150 CRB reference

Describe your arrangements for online tutoring.
I would be able to work online through emails and with regular clients on IM
msn or hotmail
Video link is also possible

Do you belong to any professional organisations?
GTC
IFL

Where and with whom did you train?
University of Sussex GTP (Graduate Teaching Programme equivalent to the PGCE) for 11-18 Science
University of Surrey PGCEA (Post Graduate Certificate Education for Adults) FE education
South Thames College CTEFLA (Certificate for Teaching English As a Foriegn Language

Tell me about some of your current students.
Current students are KS3-5 (AS A2 Biology and year 11 and 10 GCSE Science)
and have taught TEFL as well as Science

Do you have a personal message for students?
The more you put into studying the more fun it can be :

The goal is the exam
The way there is through enjoying the journey.