I am a GTCS registered English teacher with experience of delivering the National ESOL curriculum to young people aged 14-16, and have taught English to learners aged 12-18. I have been teaching for 2 years.
I have experience teaching learners across a diverse spectrum of needs including: social and emotional needs, neurodiversity, physical disability, EAL learners, mental health needs and low ability.
My lessons cover reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.
I like to implement the use of digital in my lessons and make learning fun with games. Where possible, I like to incorporate the interests of my learners into lessons to make them more engaging.
I aim to meet my learners where they are at in their learning journey and provide the supports that will allow them to succeed and achieve.
It’s my intention to create an environment where my learners feel safe push themselves out of their comfort zones without the fear of failure.
I promote an inclusive environment for my learners that is respectful of different cultures, ethnicities, sexualities, abilities, religions and genders. Celebrating difference is part of the beauty of humanity!
The format of my lessons can vary depending on the learner, but generally my lessons follow a format of:
-Starter activity. A brain warmup that either relates to prior learning or the lesson content.
-Teaching input. I explain our learning intentions and success criteria, give instructions for the activities.
-Main activity. The learner undertakes the activity that will develop the skill of focus with my guidance and support.
-Plenary. At the end of the lesson, we remind ourselves of the success criteria at the beginning of the lesson and make a determination on how far we’ve met it. The result will form the basis of the next lesson on the skill.