Experienced Primary School teacher in Borehamwood offering KS1 and 2 tuition and extra support for children with additional needs

Valerie's CV

Experience

Private Tutor January 2000 – present
• Part-time tutoring across Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2
• Tutoring for SATS in both English and Maths
• General tuition to increase standards of children
• Working with different levels of ability
• Following the National Curriculum at all times

Interventions Tutor Lordship Lane Primary, Wood Green January 2012 – July 2013
• Worked with Year 5 and Year 6 children in a mainstream school
• Prepared children for SATS examinations
• Worked with children who needed specific help with the curriculum
• Targeted specific children on the autistic spectrum and used my knowledge in order for them to access the curriculum. Also targeted children across both key stages with varying needs and abilities

LST St. Michael’s CE Primary School, Camden October 2011 – December 2011
• Worked with child with ASD in Year 3 –mainstream school
• Fully responsible for curriculum
• Worked 1-1 within a classroom setting

Special Needs Teacher Islington Council January 2009 – July 2011
• Working as a Special Needs Teacher for a child with EBD/ODD both in school and out of school
• Being fully responsible for the child’s day-to-day educational needs
• Specifically tailoring the curriculum, so that the pupil can successfully access the curriculum at his particular level
• Writing schemes of work, IEP’s and reports, referring to QCA objectives at all times
• Acting not only as the child’s teacher, but also involved in a mentoring capacity
• Successfully overcoming barriers to learning as presented by challenging behaviours, thus enabling the pupil to achieve to the best of his ability

Case Work Officer Private Educational Company September 2008 – December 2008
• Supporting Learning Mentors with teaching and mentoring pupils with Special Educational Needs
• Writing IEP’s for pupils with SEN – these pupils are mostly statemented and have EBD problems, have ASD, ADHD or other Special Educational Needs
• Writing Schemes of Work for children in Key Stages 1,2 and 3, referring to QCA objectives at all times.
• Acting in an advisory role, in order for pupils to access the best education, in order for their needs to be met
• Teaching and mentoring pupils, when Mentors were unavailable to work with particular children

Learning Support Mentor/Tutor Private Educational Company March 2008 – September 2008
• Teaching and mentoring a child with Asperger’s Syndrome
• Teaching the National Curriculum KS2 and KS3
• Following the National Curriculum at all times

Tutor Kip Mcgraph Tutorial Agency January 2008 – July 2008
• Teaching across KS 1, 2, 3 and 4
• Teaching a wide range of abilities, including SEN
• Following the National Curriculum at all times

Voluntary Tutor Barnet College, London January 2005 – July 2005
• Working closely with adults from different cultures
• Working closely with the teacher within a classroom setting and sometimes taking a class when the teacher was absent for a while
• Teaching English as a foreign language in a college setting

Teacher Hasmonean Primary School, London 1998 – 1999
• Whole class teaching
• Teaching small groups of children with specific special needs

Teaching Assisstant Hasmonean Primary School, London 1995 – 1996
• Helping the teacher during class time
• Concentrating on helping specific pupils –including a pupil with specific learning difficulties


Education

Level 2 City and Guilds Teaching Assistant Course, Barnet College 1996 – 1997
Specifically aimed at assisting in an Adult Literacy/Numeracy Class

PGCE Primary, Institute of Education 1996 – 1997
Related to the Primary Stage as a whole and to specific age phase of the 7-11 age range

BSc Psychology with Sociology, University of Westminster 1991 – 1995


Skills
• Good communication skills
• Can teach across the Primary age ranges and Key Stages 1 and 2
• Competent in teaching special needs pupils. I have experience teaching pupils with dyslexia, dyspraxia and specific learning difficulties


Interests
Films, theatre, reading, writing, socialising, travelling and buying/selling ephemera