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SEND Series with Jack #4: Truth Seeking
Jack produces his penultimate instalment of this SEND series, with a fabulous piece on understanding, as tutors, our role in the whole education of the child, and the importance of creating a community feel.
The key is understanding what you have to bring in the moment, and accepting that that might not always be what you might consider ‘perfect’. Hopefully, though, it will be (at least) ‘a little better’ than what the student has had before.
Getting Your Tutoring Business Started in 2023: What You Need to Know, with Tutor Business Coach, Sumantha McMahon: Podcast Transcript
Sumantha McMahon is a name known to many of our audience. And this is testament to her skills & expertise in helping small education business leaders set up and scale their operations.
What Being a GCSE English Examiner, Leader of a Large Facebook Group for English Teachers & Former Head of English Has Taught One Tutor about What It Means to Be an Effective Educator, with Meera Vasudeva: Podcast Transcript
Holding all these roles has not been an easy task for Meera Vasudeva. But far from preventing her from flourishing in any of them, the collated learning has allowed Meera to understand, with precise detail, what makes a good educator.
How to Bring Your Unique Flavour to Every Tutoring Session, with Tutor, Author & Content Creator, Roshan Daryanani: Podcast Transcript
Roshan Daryanani. Remember the name. Roshan is an expert content creator in the tutoring and financial education space. Here we get an insight into her industry secrets …
Top Five Reasons to Get a Twinkl Subscription as a Private Tutor
QT Connect Partners Twinkl have a wonderful set of resources and planning docs & sheets that will greatly improve your tutoring … and your time management.
Here, Tutor Manager, Beth Todd, lays out some of the key reasons to sign up for any one of Twinkl’s subscription packages.
SEND Series with Jack #3: Pathologising
“Labels are useful for people with them to access the support they are entitled to.”
One of several informative lines from Jack’s latest piece, on the concept of labels, diagnosis and problem-solving.
What is Tourette Syndrome: Understanding the Condition and Managing Tourette’s in the Learning Environment, with Lucy & Thomas Toghill: Podcast Transcript
One of the most enlightening conversations we’ve ever had here on the Qualified Tutor Podcast, from two individuals who know Tourette’s as well as anyone else.
Creating a Safe and Stimulating Classroom or Outdoor Lesson: Part 2
Anthonia Eddo returns to pen the second part of her series on classroom or outdoor lesson plans – this time, the focus is on building and ensuring a safe and stimulating environment. Packed full of great ideas and helpful insights, enjoy Anthonia’s ideas and let us know which you have made or will make use of …
Small Business Marketing & Making Online Work for You: The Fallacy of Getting Things Right First Time, with Tutor & Business Coach, Helen Dickman: Podcast Transcript
A more suitable guest for you, our audience, there may not be. Helen Dickman is a high-quality, committed tutor who understood that her powers were also in helping small tutoring business owners thrive.
SEND Series with Jack #2: Everybody Knows …
Jack returns for his second instalment with a powerful piece about shared understanding in behaviour. The reaction, and response, to behaviour is rarely anything but totally unique – the way you see it might not be the way it’s seen. Is the phrase “Everybody knows …” really just a cover for ignoring others’ responses and experiences?
SEND Series with Jack #1: The Company of the Unfamiliar
In the first of a new blog series for the Special Education Needs & Disabilities Hub in our Love Tutoring Community, Jack Simmonds takes us through the concept of the ‘company of the unfamiliar’ and what this can tell us about seeking a certain type of wisdom.
Thank you Jack.
Plotting a Clear Path through Recent Legislation Changes and Staying on the Right Side of the Law in Tutoring, with Co-Founder of Law Hound, Steph Barber: Podcast Transcript
Over the past year, here in the UK, there have been some fundamental changes in legislation around tutoring and the structure of agencies. Leading the way in support for the industry has been Law Hound, one half of which is the wonderful Steph Barber.
7 Non-Negotiables of a Lesson to Yield Excellent Results in Lesson Observations
Anthonia Eddo returns to the Qualified Tutor Blog to discuss some key areas to look out for when conducting a session or session observation.
A handy overview of these key techniques, some of which you will no doubt be familiar with. Never a bad thing to go over them again though …
The Level Up Teaching Summit 2022: Creating Community and Providing CPD for Online Tutors & Teachers, with Co-Organisers & ESL Specialists, Crystal Weber and Tim Gascoigne: Podcast Transcript
Welcome to the Level Up Teaching Summit 2022 Co-Organisers, Crystal Weber and Tim Gascoigne. One returning and one debut guest combine to discuss ESL teaching and why it matters for all tutors.
How to Build a Tutoring Platform from Scratch: Perfecting the All-Important Tutor-Student Relationship, with Co-Founder of The Tutor Index, Jason Preece: Podcast Transcript
The story of how one educator and founder developed and built a tutoring platform that has the tutor-student right at its core. This is The Tutor Index and Jason Preece.
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