Joseph Burgess

Experience:

I achieved 10 A*s at GCSE. After (and during) this period I tutored siblings, cousins, siblings of friends etc...
I completed work experience as a teaching assistant for year 2s (which are arguably harder to teach than year 11s).

Structure:

1. Initially I will have the tutee complete an exam paper of sorts prior to the lesson.
2. In the first lesson I will identify weaknesses in the paper and structure a plan to tackle these. I will give an overview in the first lesson.
3. I will then discuss potential revision techniques that may benefit the tutee; I am obviously biased towards the ones I personally used.
4. Each lesson from then on will be addressing those weaknesses until they become second nature. Once I am confident in the tutee's ability in these areas, I will again make them sit an exam paper (can be in their own time) and repeat the process until there are no longer any weaknesses.

Nature of the lesson:

I am adaptable to the nature of the tutee; for example, they may be more inclined to learn through mnemonics or simply through enough repetition.
Most lessons will begin with active recall of the previous lesson and I will discuss with the tutee if they have recently learnt anything that they wish for me to go over in further detail in addition to the main body of the lesson.

I think it is useful that I am currently in education in a psychological sense as the tutee can relate to me more than an older tutor. This may help calm any potential nerves and improve confidence in the student.