Mariam

I am a fully qualified Chemistry teacher with a first class honours chemistry degree and over 20 years teaching experience. I currently teach A level Chemistry at a successful sixth form college and as such have full access to excellent resources. Any sessions covered include full notes on the topic and relevant past paper questions and mark schemes. I have experience in teaching the OCR and AQA syllabus and I am also a lead examiner and moderator for OCR.
First and foremost, I believe that building good working relationships with my students is extremely important, I want my students to enjoy learning Chemistry. I have the ability to change my teaching style according to each student`s individual requirements. Mainstream education doesn’t work for all students, some students need more time to understand, some students require a more visual way to understand concepts, some students have perfect knowledge however struggle with application of knowledge especially at A level and for some students the issues lie with language barriers and not being able to comprehend what the exam questions are asking. Once I have assessed what the issues are with the subject I aim to plan individual lessons to overcome the barrier thus achieving academic success.
My approach to teaching is to simplify abstract and complex concepts, once understanding is established I work on exam questions and guide my students towards obtaining correct answers. I also focus on harder exam questions and the Level of Response questions in A level papers that students tend to struggle on. Regular retrieval is also important and this is incorporated into the lessons to ensure topics are not forgotten. I have excellent resources including notes, past paper questions and visual representations for teaching topics.

Availability: 2 slots available.

Willing to travel: Home Only

Experience: 5 years teaching science at KS3 and KS4.
17 years teaching A level chemistry
9 years experience as OCR moderator
8 years experience as OCR examiner

DBS Check: Yes