When I worked in learning and training in the corporate world, the focus was on blended learning – the combination of the use of face to face and online learning, including learning management systems, to maximise impact on knowledge, skills and capabilities. The tutoring arena for independent tutors like myself has evolved with online […]
I attended two excellent BTEC Business Continuous Professional Development Days in London with tutor2u in February. This focused on BTEC Business Unit 2 Marketing Campaign and Unit 6 Principles of Management. Thanks to tutor2u for excellent guidance with some great resources for my students too. Again this is all part of my CPD to continually […]
I’ve posted adverts in the excellent A-level economics magazine “Economics Today” during this academic year. I currently have 35 students for A-level Economics and A-level Business (online 1:1 tutoring) and I now am starting to have slots available to take on Year 12 students. So my advert in Economics Today is deliberately targeting Year 12 […]
As part of my CPD, during November I did an online Cambridge International (CIE) A-level marking course for both Economics and Business. I am a senior a-level examiner though this was really helpful providing me with greater in-depth knowledge of the nuances and level of CIE. Again this is all part of a range of […]
It was wonderful to visit the Tutors’ Association National Conference and to see circa 350 delegates, from tutors, tutoring companies and tutoring suppliers. Year on year this Conference is growing and it is particularly significant growth this year – I am not sure of the exact numbers but 35% growth is a fair starting point. […]
As tutoring companies and tutors we like to do … and I have met wonderful new friends on the Tutors’ Association trade mission to China who all go beyond the Soundbite … 👍 👏 Part of the Soundbite is promoting our brand, and we use platforms such as Linkedin to do this, and this is […]
I have now successfully completed an Advanced Safeguarding, Child Protection and Prevent Course. This reflects my professional as a tutor and is recommended training by The Tutors’ Association, the professional tutoring body. Please see the below link to my certificate. certificate-advanced-safeguarding-child-protection-and-prevent-kcsie23-64cbb1b0d7b2e221390e1db9
If you scroll down to the bottom of my page on a tutor site, you’ll see 91 testimonials over 12 years, all of which are positive. I focus on consistently high quality tutoring for my families. https://www.firsttutors.com/uk/tutor/david.business-related.economics.maths/ This is the latest positive testimonial from Deborah … “We sought a tutor for our son in Autumn, […]
A-Level Results I now have 27 “A” Level Results in – 2 “A*”s, 9 “A”s, 13 “B”s, 2 “C” grades and 1 “D” grade. These are excellent results with more As and Bs compared to 2023. The students have worked incredibly hard to achieve their potential, and now they move onto the next stage ….. […]
I am really looking forward to attending the National Tutors Conference this tuesday and thanks to Conexus Tuition for organising. As an independent tutor it is great to engage with fellow tutors and continue with my summer of both tutoring A level economics and business students working towards UCAS predicted grades and continuous professional development having […]