Online Maths Tutor Dean

I have a proven track record in delivering successful teaching and learning to students at Key Stages Three, Four and Five. At Key Stage Three I can provide robust assessment data recorded over the whole academic year that demonstrates the outstanding progress of students, who achieve higher than the expected three sub-levels of progress over the academic year. At Key Stage Four I can demonstrate that my students make excellent progress across the range of abilities: the students in my year 10 class reached their target grades in tests, all students achieving an A or B. All students in my top set year 11 class achieved A* or A in their mock exams. I can show that all of my ‘aiming-for-a-C' class actually achieved a C at GCSE. I have been gaining additional experience in teaching A Level over three years including C1, C2, S1, D1, M1 and M2. At Key Stage Five all my year 12 students achieved their target grades in C1 and C2.

I am continually looking to refine my understanding of current teaching and learning issues. As part of my chosen Continuous Professional Development I have been involved with the Assessment-for-Learning working party and have developed the consistent use of these techniques in the classroom to ensure rapid progress by learners. For example, the embedded use of mini-white boards at key moments of the lesson enables an instant assessment of student's progress. This may be at the beginning of the lesson to assess prior knowledge, or during mini-plenaries throughout the lesson. I am always looking to increase the pace of learning by, for example, using a variety of questioning methods such as open and closed questioning, and time limited and vocabulary limited questioning. I am very keen to continue to broaden my expertise in delivering teaching and learning in Mathematics to students through the use of Assessment-for-Learning techniques and I would be willing to use these interests to contribute to professional development.