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Laina
- Hourly rate £75
- Response Time 24h
- Number of students 19
£75/hr
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- Geography
- Humanities General
Qualified Geography teacher graded 'Outstanding' with +15 years experience. Teaches most exam boards.
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About Laina
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I am a qualified former teacher with 15 years of teaching experience. I have been graded Outstanding in lesson observations and have Head of Department experience. I have extensive knowledge of the Geography curriculum and have a focused approach to exam skills. I absolutely love Geography and am passionate about inspiring young people to recognise and reach their true potential. I have a Masters Masters in Social Justice and Education. I also work as a senior leader for a reputable education start-up and work with young people from all backgrounds, abilities and contexts.
The best successes of my tutoring experience include supporting a young person to go from U grades to an A* in her A-Level, and equally a student getting D/E grades to an A. The last decade of teaching has confirmed my belief that long-term tutoring support is best - there is often no quick fix, so I work to really improve grades and develop skills and confidence over time.
My experience of qualified teaching practice has meant that I have delivered teacher training to teachers in countries that are developing and unable to access quality teacher training otherwise.
Having taught in a range of schools, I adapt easily to different syllabuses and curriculum. I am passionate about Geography and aim to not only achieve results but teach pupils the value of the subject.
University :
- University of Southampton - BA(Hons) Geography [2:1]
- Institute of Education, University of London - Post Graduate Certificate of Education (PGCE) in Secondary Geography [Pass]
- Institute of Education, University College London - Masters (MA) Social Justice and Education [Merit]
School :
St Albans High School for Girls
A Levels
- Geography [A]
Other Qualifications :
MindGym Certified Coach
Designated Safeguarding Lead
About the lesson
- All Levels
- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
My creativity and flexible approach means that I have a range of adaptable teaching techniques, suited to all abilities, and I have worked with a number of students with SEN.
I have a love of learning and believe that learning should not just be able meeting the syllabus requirements for the exam board. I am patient with all my pupils and will adapt lessons to meet the needs of the learner. I am flexible in terms of the content that the learner would like to go through and I am able to bring resources to each session, if required.
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Perfect! Subject : Geography
Perfect! GCSE Outcome
Further to my previous review my son received an A in Geography. Laina certainly deserves a lot of credit for helping my son to reach this level in such a short time.
Subject : Geography
Outcome : Geography APerfect! Excellent Tutor
Laina recently tutored my son at home in Geography at GCSE level. I've found her to be punctual, professional and extremely supportive. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend her and have already passed on her details to other parents. My son confessed that he learnt more in one hour of private tutoring than a half term of lessons at school!
Subject : Geography
Outcome : Awaiting resultsPerfect! Subject : Geography
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Laina has tutored my son and more recently my daughter for her geography GCSE.
I consider ourselves incredibly lucky to have found her and indeed I 'reserved her' for my daughter 6 months before tutoring started to ensure she was available. She really is a brilliant tutor; she really knows her way around the geography course and exam technique, she is motivating, able to breakdown questions in a way that allowed my daughter to fully understand the breath of the question and as importantly my daughter enjoyed the lessons with her. Can't recommend highly enough!Laina is an excellent Geography teacher. Her initial brief was to help our son with essay writing which she did well and she extended her teaching to ensuring that he had a sound grounding of the curriculum. She knew the course extremely well, was kind, caring and made sure the she was available right up until the exam. She provided very helpful feedback to us and was great to have around. Thank you Laina for all of your help and support.
Laina tutored my daughter throughout her A level Geography and I can’t recommend her more highly. She took a girl who was lacking in confidence and skill and helped her to learn how to structure arguments, how to approach essays, how to enrich short answers and generally gave her the building blocks to achieve an outstanding result at A-level. Laina is calm, engaging and very motivating and she holds a wealth of knowledge of subject and exam approach and technique. A fabulous tutor.
Laina tutored my daughter for about 3 months before her A Level after the Geography department at her school left her feeling unprepared. Laina's guidance helped her achieve an A at A Level which was vital as that is what she wanted to study at university. Having got the required grades she was able to secure her place and is starting at a Russell Group uni in September. My daughter enjoyed working with Laina as she explained things very well and was supportive and easy to get on with. We would recommend her without reservation. Thank you Laina.
I believe we were extremely fortunate to have found Laina to tutor our severely dyslexic son through a Geography AS retake and A2 exams. She was able to combine structure which he struggles with, with the content in a way he had not been able to grasp before, which was beneficial for his other A2 subjects too. Laina also went above and beyond to attend sessions to ensure our son was tutored just prior to exams, which was essential due to poor memory retention. She is highly professional combined with being genuinely caring and optimistic- a fantastic combination- Thanks Laina, we could not be more grateful!
Laina has helped my daughter to secure an A* in Geography (IGCSE). She is extremely professional and a pleasant lady. Laina always has plenty of resources to cover relevant topics. She taught my daughter only for a very short period of time within that she managed to bring her standard very high. I have absolutely no hesitation in recommending her to others.
I contacted Laina pretty late around March 2016 to tutor my son for his A Level Geography . In the 3 months she tutored him through the whole course advising him on revision skills as well as practice exam papers . She was completely reliable and available at short notice when my son had panic episodes just prior to his exams. He would not have achieved his grade to access university without Lainas tutoring skills , for which i have to thank Laina for . As a parent it is difficult when you are trying to find a good tutor and some of the time tutors are pot luck ! For any parent looking for a tutor in geography I could not recommend Laina highly enough who also travelled to our home which was over an hour away !
Laina tutored my daughter for A-Level Geography for 8 sessions between December and February. My daughter has benefited from the `kick-start` this has given her in identifying topics she needed extra support on, and also to plan her time for revision. She really enjoyed and took on board Laina`s advice on an approach to working that fit well with her other activities. Laina also helped my daughter with exam technique, specifically with advice on breaking down exam questions to ensure all aspects are answered.
Laina is a dedicated tutor and is completely thorough in her knowledge of geography..She has also been extremely supportive to my daughter in the run up and during her AS geography exams.My daughter looked forward and enjoyed her lessons and Laina really prepared her well for the exam in practise and mentally.Thank you so much.
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Rates
Hourly rate
- £75
Pack prices
- 5h: £375
- 10h: £750
online
- £75/h
Details
1st free lesson is a 30 minute exploratory call
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