Shaheen

I am a secondary school teacher of English and Drama with over ten years of experience since obtaining my PGCE qualification from the Institute of Education.

I have an excellent track record as a classroom teacher and the majority of my students make excellent progress. Throughout my time in teaching, I have taught a variety of learners with a range of abilities and pride myself on being able to adapt to the individual needs of each pupil.

I have extensive experience with the AQA GCSE curriculum and have taught many of the texts studied for English Literature. I have also helped students excel at creative and analytical writing, which are both key skills required for the English Language GCSE.

I am also a qualified boxing coach who has been involved in the coaching of and mentoring of a number of youth and schoolboy national champions. Just as in my teaching career, I empower students with the necessary tools to achieve to the best of their abilities.

I pride myself on being able to foster good relationships with students and encouraging good study habits and discipline. I look forward to helping many other young people achieve to their full potential.

Tutoring Experience

*Qualified teacher with over 10 years of teaching experience

*7 years teaching English and Drama in comprehensive secondary schools at KS3 and KS4
*4 years teaching English in Japan at a private TEFL school
*2 years of primary experience teaching KS2
*Level 2 ABA qualified boxing coach with mentoring experience for Gloves not Gunz - a local charity in Croydon

Tutoring Approach

I will begin by assessing student's previous work and discussing individual needs with them. From here I can establish strengths and weaknesses, and develop a plan of action to meet the needs of the learner.

I make extensive use of modelling and shared writing to highlight a range of linguistic techniques that are necessary for attaining higher grades at GCSE. I will also provide a structure that can be applied to most creative writing questions that ensures a range of structural features are incorporated into writing.

After modelling and shared writing, I will set independent tasks to practice the skills we have worked on and then go over completed work with the student giving feedback on strengths and areas for improvement. The student will then have time to redraft taking feedback into account and levelling up their writing.

After completing a number of tasks with the student and assessing their abilities I will collaborate with them to create a bespoke plan of action with the required resources to work on areas of development. The resources will depend on the needs of the student but may include: past papers, gap fill exercises, extracts to annotate, model answers to assess and other revision resources.