Claudine

I am an internationally experienced English, Maths and Drama tutor, and have been teaching students of all ages for over a decade. My varied training and experience allows me work with you to define what you wish to achieve and tailor lessons to help you develop most effectively and efficiently. I believe in helping my students to develop holistically and use my background in Drama to make all my lessons stimulating and engaging, as well as to build your self-confidence.

Tutoring Experience

ENGLISH AND MATHS
2008-PRESENT TUTOR
Worked with students of all ages in the UK, Japan and South Africa to improve their skills and prepare for exams

2014-2015 TEACHING ASSISTANT IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL
Assisted students with Literacy and Numeracy skills, often working one-on-one with students to improve reading, writing and Maths.

2014 EFL LECTURER AT SHEFFIELD COLLEGE
Taught Intermediate English at the college's summer school.

2009-2013 ENGLISH ASSISTANT LANGUAGE TEACHER (ALT) ON THE JAPAN EXCHANGE AND TEACHING (JET) PROGRAMME (Sendai, Japan)
Taught all grades (Grade 1- Grade 9) at two junior high schools and four elementary schools, including special needs classes. Duties included coaching the students for the Sendai City English Speech contest, one of which won the contest and the Miyagi Prefectural English Speech Contest.

2008-2009 TUTOR A+ TUITION (Johannesburg, South Africa)
Tutored primary school and home school students in English, Afrikaans, Geography, Science and general exam skills - including students writing the IEB (Independent Examinations Board) and CIE (Cambridge International Examinations).

DRAMA
2005-PRESENT Trained at the University of Cape Town in Theatre and Performance, and have spent over a decade as a theatre maker, actor, singer, writer and director.

I am a published writer and my theatre writing has been toured throughout the North of England.

2015-2018 ARTIS
Deliver Drama lessons in primary schools, building lessons around the curriculum.

Tutoring Approach

I believe that if you are going to invest in a tutor that the lessons should be tailored to your needs, enjoyable and building your self-confidence in the subject. Before we begin our lessons, I discuss what you hope to achieve by working with a tutor and what our goals are. We also do regular check-ins so that we can give each other feedback on what we think is going well and where we would like to make changes. When working with school children, I also give feedback to the parent after every lesson so that they are aware of the progress that is being made.