Zaima

Hi there! Welcome to my tutoring page. I am a BSc Biochemistry graduate, who is currently training to become a teacher with a local secondary school in Edinburgh. I am very familiar with the Scottish curriculum, as well as university application advice and work closely with many pupils who are currently taking SQA Qualifications or planning for further education.

FIRST 30MIN LESSON IS FREE! This gives you a chance to see if you prefer my teaching style.

✔;;PVG certified ✔;;TEFL certified and can teach English to new speakers ✔;;University graduate ✔;;Continuous career development courses at my work including: child protection, first aid at work as well as bi-weekly teaching methods courses

Career-wise, I am interested in Education Policy and I believe the best way to develop accurate policies in this sector is initially through first hand experience as a teacher! I hope to become an English or Modern Studies teacher. In my free time, I enjoy reading novels (currently reading The Power (fiction) and some essays by Audre Lorde (nonfiction)). I also love to attempt cooking cuisines from different cultures and hiking- so I feel fortunate that lockdown has been rather kind to me...!

Feel free to message if interested and I will get back to you ASAP.

Thanks!

Availability: Due to Covid19, tutoring will temporarily be online until government guidelines change. Thereafter, I can travel to you or we can meet at a common place like a nearby coffee shop, library, university campus etc.

I am available Monday to Friday, afternoons and evenings and Saturday and Sunday, mornings.

Willing to travel: 10 miles

Experience: (Relevant Professional Experience)
Current: Teaching Assistant at a secondary state school, Edinburgh City Council
Oct 2018 - Nov 2019: Human Resources, The Scottish Parliament
Sep 2015 - Oct 2016: Tutor, tuition centre

Education
Current: BSc Politics and International Relations, (Education Policy), Distant Learning
2018: BSc Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Heriot-Watt University
2014: The Royal High School, Edinburgh