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Mr John Garner

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I am a qualified teacher with a First Class Honours Degree in Linguistics, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, and a Masters in Transformational Leadership within an Educational Setting.

I have been working as a professional tutor for the last 6 years: working for The Virtual School for Looked After Children as a 1-2-1 tutor in East Sussex, Tavistock Tutors as a 1-2-1 tutor in London and abroad, and as a local, independent tutor in East Sussex.

I am a friendly, patient and passionate individual. I am aware that individuals learn at their own pace and am able to provide intervention, extension or additional support depending on the individual needs of students. I am familiar with taking students in difficult circumstances through the curriculum successfully, while also pushing and extending the potential of engaged students further.

Whether you`re aiming for the top grades, or hoping to achieve a pass, I have the experience, resources, and organisational skills to provide the support necessary.

I believe learning is a life long pursuit and hope to instil positive attitudes towards learning in each and every individual I collaborate with. I endeavour to nurture curiosity and facilitate the passionate pursuit of knowledge and skills by communicating a growth mindset perspective - the idea that intelligence is nurtured through hard work, over time.

Tutoring experience

I am a fully qualified teacher. This means I have worked as a classroom teacher in a mainstream school: I have real hands-on experience of guiding students through a variety of skill-sets for different exam boards. It also entails that I have a wealth of relevant experience in meeting the educational needs of individuals from all walks of life, alongside all relevant resources required to be successful.

I have been tutoring 1-2-1 for the last 5 years. I have real experience working 1-2-1 and over the last 5 years have developed a range of exceptionally practical resources, an exceptional understanding of the needs of individuals through constructive dialogue and communication, a systematic and motivating process for ensuring learning is not only achieved, but enjoyed.

Approach to tutoring

Effective learning arises in situations where strong trust, collaborative communication, aspirational expectations, and increasing self-efficacy are established. These core values underpin my professional approach to tuition, and promote the progression towards higher outcome goals.

I facilitate effective learning by providing: hands-on mastery experiences that challenge current knowledge and facilitate progress; effective modelling to demonstrate performance expectations; formative feedback to support the learning cycle, and self-esteem; and psychological arousal by providing intrinsically motivating, bespoke materials.

I strongly believe that learning arises not just from representations of conceptual material but from critical questioning as learners engage with new, exciting, and unfamiliar material. I strongly advocate an environment in which the learner is analysing and critically evaluating new material within, and without, the contexts within which they are presented: Not only should learning relate to specific subjects and examinations, but also to real-world application with reference to the ‘bigger picture’.

Qualifications

Availability:	Weekdays (daytime and evening) / Weekends
Tuition location:	Your home only (up to 30 miles away)
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