Margaret (Tutor)

 Generalstudies (degree, a-level)

I am pleased to share my expertise and experience with students who are serious about working towards enhancing early years provision and practice.

Having lectured or studied at all levels up to Ph.D., and led on the Foundation Degree in Children’s Services and BA (Hons) Early Childhood Studies modules, for example.

I run ProCEEd Early Years Consultancy and feel that there is a need to offer private tutoring for early years/early childhood studies students in further and higher education.

Availability: Weekdays, evening and Saturdays.

Willing to travel: 20 miles

Experience: My successful career has spanned the Early Years and Education sectors from practitioner to design, delivery and moderation of early years and parenting programmes, research, evaluation and consultancy. I am dedicated to enhancing early years provision and practice and building effective working relationships, collaborating with other professionals, sharing my work through publications and at national and international conferences and on the World Wide Web.

I am a member of TACTYC Executive Committee.

Examples of my published work include:

Nursery World Training Today: Early Years Teachers -Experts needed Wendy Scott and Margaret on behalf of TACTYC June 2010.

EYE Early Years Educator Volume 9 No 5 September 2007: Building Professional Working Relationships. Inter-professional working relationships are formed between people serious about working with colleagues in other professions – more serious than just keeping up appearances.

TACTYC - Recruitment and Retention of Early Years and Childcare Practitioners in Private Day Nurseries (Conclusions drawn from findings of fieldwork carried out as part of a Ph.D. research) www.tactyc.uk/pdfs/.pdf

“Academic and support staff: Images of three working lives in teacher education. ‘That’s what I am here for’ in Self-study & Diversity (2006) Tidwell, D. & Fitzgerald, L. (Eds.) Rotterdam: Sense Publishers Ltd. “Academic and support staff: Images of three working lives in teacher education. ‘That’s what I am here for’ in Fitzgerald, L., Heston, M.L., & Tidwell, D.L. (Eds.) (2006). Collaboration and community; pushing the boundaries through self-study pp. 288-89. (Proceedings of the sixth annual international conference on self-study).

Qualifications: Since becoming a mature student in 1989, I have achieved NVQ 3 Early Years & Childcare, Further & Adult Education Teaching Certificate, Certificate in Continuing Professional Development (Special Needs),Introduction to Line Management, Certificate in Education, Assessor/Verifier Award, Masters Degree in Education - Human Relations and Doctor of Philosophy for my research into 'The Retention of Early Years Practitioners in Day Nurseries'.

CRB Check: Yes

Has References: Yes

Will Tutor Online: Yes