Ellen: Bergen County tutor

Certified Tutor

Throughout my twenty-year teaching career I have gained extensive skills in training and management, alongside working directly with children within the early years. Through these roles I have seen the impact that my experience within teaching has had on my ability to assess and report on a range of issues. I have also undertaken regular academic study and professional training to ensure that I can offer feedback, allowing me to provide successful mentoring as well as assessment.
My prior role in pre-school management demonstrates my dedication to facilitating learning through training and supervision, requiring awareness of the impact of management level decisions on the quality of education. Decisions related to educational planning, using the Early Years Educational Framework, have to be considered, alongside practical concerns, such as budget restrictions. Implementing this framework through managing a pre-existing team required organizational and diplomatic skill. A dedicated attitude to training and development allowed me to gain the skills necessary to achieve this; while a fair, reasonable approach to feedback allowed me to instill the same in my colleagues, and to incorporate new ideas. This approach to constructive feedback also allowed me to offer structured guidance to students visiting from local colleges.
My passionate and reflective approach to ensuring an excellent education for all children has not only shown in my management and administrative work, however, but has also inspired enthusiasm within the educational environment. Having worked with children of all ages, and having worked extensively with children with special educational needs, including autism, and visual and hearing impairments, it is my commitment to equality, diversity and excellence in education, and in the various challenges that these values present, that has inspired my commitment to my professional development and the development of others.