Joe
School
Harris City Academy Crystal Palace
IB Diploma, Harris City Academy Crystal Palace (38 points)
University
Durham University
BA Combined Honours in Arts (History, French, and Classics): First Class Honours
University of Oxford
MSt British and European History, 1700-1850, Merit
Teaching and tutoring experience
January 2021- present, Tutor at EQ Tutors: tutoring children between the ages of 8-13 in English, Maths, French, History, Politics, Geography and Science.
June 2018- September 2018, Delivery Assistant Programme Manager at NCS The Challenge: responsible for teaching a curriculum centred on social action to up to 72 young people (15-17), before supporting them in creating and running their own social action campaigns within their local community
July 2017- August 2017, Assistant Programme Leader at NCS The Challenge: responsible for managing the inclusion needs of up to 60 young people (15-17) within a residential setting and supporting staff in delivering a curriculum centred on identity and society
June 2015- August 2015 and June 2016- August 2016, Senior Mentor at NCS The Challenge: responsible for delivering a curriculum focused on identity and society to up to 12 young people, as well as providing pastoral care
October 2015- May 2016, English Assistant (British Council) at Lycée Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, Cosne-sur-Loire, France: responsible for teaching conversational English to groups of up to 12 students (15-18), as well as educating them about culture within the English speaking world
Teaching style and philosophy
The student comes first! Flexibility is key: Joseph must be able to adapt to the needs of each student if he is to empower them to reach their full potential. He would always prefer to mentor or facilitate a student's learning rather than be an authority figure: however, in some cases, where the student needs discipline, focus, and leadership, Joseph is more than happy to adapt his teaching style to this. He likes to bring creativity and play into his sessions, where appropriate, as these tend to, in his experience, change the way a student might feel about learning. I also have experience working with children with dyslexia, both as a tutor and because my Mum and Sister are both dyslexic.
Additional information
I am an actor, so I really value communication and getting to know individuals on a personal level. I'm a football enthusiast, and am always seeking recommendations for great theatre, TV, film, and video games, and like to incorporate all of these into my lessons where I can. I am also a fluent French speaker. I'm currently based in Loughton, which is on the eastern end of the Central Line. I'm happy to work across London.