Suzanne C. (her, 39 y)

London, UK

UK-Based Experienced online Physics Tutor and head of science department offer tutoring for GCSE, A-level and IB.

Bio

Hello! I am an experienced Head of Department and Online Tutor based in the UK, specializing in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at GCSE, and Biology and Physics at A-level. I have ... Read more

Hello! I am an experienced Head of Department and Online Tutor based in the UK, specializing in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics at GCSE, and Biology and Physics at A-level. I have a wealth of teaching and exam resources and a solid track record of improving student results. I also tutor General Science and Mathematics at KS3.

After completing A-levels in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics (all grade A), I began my B.Sc in Biology at the Queen’s University of Belfast, graduating with First Class Honours. Prior to teaching, I worked in food disease research and then the food retail sector, in both product quality and safety, as well as procurement.

After several years, I changed career into teaching, completing my PGCE in Physics at King’s College London. In my first teaching post, in a large mixed secondary school outside London, I was immediately given responsibility to develop new schemes of work for Physics at both GCSE and A-level for the new exam syllabi. Despite my lack of teaching experience at the time, my passion for Physics, for inspiring student learning, use of real-life applications, and focus on exam technique showed that I was the right person for the job.

My dedication to raising the profile and attainment of Physics, not only in my own lessons but in the wider department, resulted in my official promotion to Head of Physics. In this capacity, I continued to drive progress throughout the department through the sharing of best practice with non-specialist teachers and the department as a whole.

As well as improving academic progress each year, I developed the school’s STEM opportunities through extracurricular Crest awards and organized a residential trip to CERN in Geneva, where students had the opportunity to see one of the particle accelerators up close.

My success in inspiring students and colleagues alike and my continued improvement in student academic progress saw me promoted to Head of Science the following year. I am also an examiner for a UK exam board. Read less

Teaching methodology

I approach tutoring in such a way that I show the students the basics, and then give them a variety of practice exercises and urge them figure out the answers themselves. If in dou... Read more

I approach tutoring in such a way that I show the students the basics, and then give them a variety of practice exercises and urge them figure out the answers themselves. If in doubt, I would keep prompting them to find the right answers thereby helping them to grasp the right concepts. Read less

• £70

  Local Hourly rate

• $90

  Online Hourly rate

• 2

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