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Seeing students develop and grow in their ability and subject knowledge, achieving things they never thought possible. Those ‘lightbulb’ moments when a student finally ‘gets it’ and can move their learning forward. Being a teacher allows me to be creative everyday in communicating my passion for your subject, and from a personal point of view, the unpredictable nature of the classroom means I am always learning, developing my practice and adapting to new situations.
Geography is so relevant. Pick up newspaper and the headlines are rarely far from the subjects we study. Right now, Climate Change, Mass Migration, Urbanisation, Desertification and Defestation are all highly newsworthy topics and studied in depth in the Geography classroom at all levels. These are the issues that young people will need to tackle as they grow up, and Geography gives them a solid grounding for this.
Very. The teacher student relationship is what is important. A passionate, skilled teacher and an enthusiastic student ensure that the online environment is no barrier to learning.
As well as having teenage sons, I coach and manage a Youth football Team. I play snooker, and am very into scale model making. I am also very keen on art, and was recently highly commended for my entries in the SAAs Artist of the Year competition.
I have been teaching maths for 14 years. I trained at University College London.
My favourite subject is maths. I like solving problems. In particular, I enjoy mechanics which is part of the A-level course.
My proudest moments in teaching are on results days. I love seeing students getting their grades, after all their hard work.
Which way is gravity?
Helping students become more confident in maths.
I trained at Southampton University and finished my PGCE in 2005. I taught in secondary school for 2 years and then moved to a maritime academy where I was teaching GCSE level maths and also basic meteorology. Weather forecasting is my first love and combining it with teaching has been a complete joy.
My favourite A level subject was biology but I needed Physics and Maths for the Meteorology degree at Reading University. I will always be a weather geek who is also really good at teaching maths!
When I left my secondary school, only one of my students gave me a gift. I had taught her maths two years and she had also been in my tutor group. The gift was a small teddy bear holding a sign saying “world’s greatest teacher”. I still have that bear 16 years later.
“Is a 90 degree angle pointing to the left called a left angle…?” Turned out the student had never seen a right angle pointing to the left.
I love knowing that I am making a tangible difference to the confidence and mindset of my students. My most recent new tutee said at our second session “I don’t know what you did last week but my brain has definitely got bigger!” Watching their self belief grow as I help them develop their mathematical knowledge and skills is a privilege.
I guess it would have to be Storm from the X Men movies. I get enough flack from family and friends when outdoor events are impacted by the weather so it would be amazing to be able to control it for family BBQs! Keeping the rain away from cricket matches would also be really cool.
I trained in schools, mine was principally at unity college in burnley.
I obviously love maths, but also like drama and art.
I loved the moment where the boy that had sighed when told we were moving on to algebra, said a week later…” it’s not that bad this algebra miss!”
I love it when a child who starts really subdued, with no confidence, is the one who after a time is asking questions and attempting everything you put to them.
I love it when a child who starts really subdued, with no confidence, is the one who after a time is asking questions and attempting everything you put to them.
I’ve been teaching since, 2017 when I started my school direct training with the University of Nottingham where I graduated with distinction.
Maybe a bit too obvious, physics! I had a lot of great Physics teachers when I was young, and I found understanding how the universe works quite interesting.
My first ever results day when a student of mine found out they had a place to study Natural Sciences at Cambridge.
Considering that I’m bald and have a beard, the amount of times I get called “Miss” or even “Mum”.
Helping young people find out who they are and what interests them, particularly when what they love is science!
I’ve always loved Alan Moore’s comics, so perhaps V from V for Vendetta.