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Joe
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- English
- Creative writing
- 11+ School Exam Preparation
- Essay Writing
- Proofreading
- 13 Plus
SEN Specialist, goal-focussed, fun-focussed, online English and maths tuition. 12+ years of experience. FREE FIRST LESSON
- English
- Creative writing
- 11+ School Exam Preparation
- Essay Writing
- Proofreading
- 13 Plus
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Recommended
Joe is a respected tutor in our community. He is highly recommended for his commitment and the quality of his lessons. An excellent choice to progress with confidence.
About Joe
Since 2007, I have worked as a professional private tutor, amassing thousands of hours of teaching experience with students across all primary and secondary year groups. I have predominately taught one-to-one in students’ homes (including home-schooling), but also as a specialist literacy and numeracy tutor at the Dyslexia Teaching Centre in Kensington, on various ‘revision booster’ programmes and, increasingly, to students online in the UK and around the world. I have travelled to many different countries with several different families, teaching multiple siblings during school holidays over several years. I co-developed and ran a tutor-training programme for the London Academy of Tutors, including mentoring tutors and providing client support where unique or difficult circumstances arose for our tutors.
In addition to revitalising the confidence and academic success of students struggling with low confidence, or battling SEN, I have successfully assisted students with entry to most of the top independent schools in the UK.
I am currently living in Bali, studying online towards an MA in Dyslexia and Literacy.
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- Primary
- High School
- NCEA Level 1
- +7
levels :
Primary
High School
NCEA Level 1
NCEA Level 2
NCEA Level 3
Adult education
Undergraduate
Masters
Diploma
Doctorate
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I have co-created and run tutor-training programmes, and so have been forced to hone my teaching methods. To summarise, the first important step is assessment. Without knowing a student's level, it is impossible to target the lesson appropriately; if our lesson objectives are too basic then the lesson can be boring, too expert and the lesson is stressful. To get the 'goldilocks' lesson, I need to know what my student knows, and what they find difficult, as well as obviously what the overall aim is. Incremental Learning is a technique I taught to my tutor-students, which described the importance of teaching in increments that are at that perfect level, adding to the student's knowledge, but not confusing or stressing them with too much new information.
Secondly, creating short-, medium- and long-term learning objectives. We will have a learning objective for each session, and it is important that they are manageable - to ensure the satisfying sensation of success - and that they are contributing to the medium- and long-term objectives.
Thirdly, the feedback and review process should be constant and intelligent. I have found that simply asking, 'Did you understand that,' is not enough - too many students will answer yes because they either think they do understand it well enough, or they want to hide that they don't. Short tests within a lesson, and follow-up reviews in subsequent lessons are an important part of the process.
Fourthly, enjoyability is key. Learning is satisfying when there is a feeling of progress and success, but it can be genuinely enjoyable when a lesson is taught with a sense of humour, and a flexibility of approach that ensures a student's specific interests and personality are taken into consideration. There are many fantastic online resources, and I have developed many of my own personal tricks, that help to break up the monotony of book-learning, and make a lesson fun.
I think that's enough for now - well done if you read this far! Please do ask if you're interested in hearing more about the tutor-training course contents.
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Joe is a fantastic tutor, teacher and mentor and I recommend him completely as a tutor and teacher. He is extremely knowledgable, patient and an excellent communicator of ideas. He is able to explain the most complicated of problems in a way that is easily understandable and is a dedicated and compassionate educator. In the time that I have known Joe I have seen him help scores of students develop confidence in Mathematics and English where they had previously struggled and recommend him without reservation as a tutor who has amassed over 1000 contact hours with clients and has always received fantastic feedback.
Joe is quite simply the best tutor you could ever hope to find. He has completely changed the way my son works and has instilled in my son a work ethic that he never had previously. He is fantastic at explaining clearly and simply concepts that your child did not previously understand and is the sole reason that my son got into the school that he wanted to go to. And my son had a series of tutors before Joe none of whom managed to teach him anything or really engage with him. I would recommend Joe 100%
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- $69
Pack prices
- 5h: $345
- 10h: $690
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- $69/h
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