My teaching journey has been a varied journey leading me from the USA to Germany, South Korea, the United Kingdom and to Thailand. Over the past 18 years, I have worked as a class teacher developing English and language skills through a variety of methods, settings and strategies. Through these experiences I also learned a love of Mathematics and deepened my subject knowledge across Key Stage 1, 2 and a bit of Key Stage 3 in the core subjects within the National Curriculum.
After working with very talented teachers and administrators in some wonderful international schools abroad, I have refined my teaching strategies to individualise learning experiences for my students, taking into account all the little steps they need to feel confident, creative and knowledgeable in the skills that they learn. My style of teaching and tutoring is to ensure children can make links across the curriculum and in real-life contexts. My lessons vary from lively games to practical learning activities, to focussed activities for practising a new skill, and opportunities to show off and display what we have learnt.
I am an open, curious and flexible teacher/tutor who finds ways to connect with every child. Getting to know a child’s interests, likes, dislikes and goals, helps me to find ways to inspire a love of learning.
I have an MSc in psychology and training and experience in teaching SEND pupils. Working with SEND pupils is very close to my heart. Many of my students through Hyde Tutoring have additional needs ranging form dyslexia, to ASD to dyscalculia and ADHD.
When I was young, I was not the best reader, which made my school life difficult. I felt my confidence drop and my lust for learning ebb. It wasn’t until I started learning foreign languages with a teacher that believed in me that I began developing a love of learning and the confidence to try new things. In my experience as an educator, helping students to develop their confidence and self-esteem, has proven to ignite interests and improve skills in order to tackle critical thinking, foster language development and develop reasoning skills for problem solving. I believe in every student’s capacity to learn by creating challenges that stimulate excellence.