About me
Hi! I am a friendly, down to earth person who really wants to make a difference in the quality of education Australia wide and possibly beyond. I am 100% devoted to all the students that I teach and really want them to achieve their academic dreams! I do not only teach my students – but I develop a friendship with them, this ensures that they are not petrified of asking me questions and always feel like they can approach me with any type of problem. I have a vast amount of interests these including travelling, philosophy, psychology, reading, writing, teaching, business as well as personal development. I am very curious about how things work and integrate this into my teaching style – to ensure that students see the big picture.
Within private sessions, I progress through the entire curriculum with the student with a close focus on question answering techniques. This enables students to understand how to convert their knowledge of their topic, and translate it into practical use. Quite often, a student knows the theory, but can’t connect how it needs to be used when answering a question! This is very frustrating for many students, because the practical side of their studies are not developed well. In addition to this I have a passion about teaching students to build self-confidence, a healthy self-image, their ability to tap into self-motivate – skills that I personally believe are important for a lifetime! These factors, most of the time, determine the level of educational success obtained by individuals and therefore I find it absolutely imperative to integrate it into the tutoring sessions.
Within classes, my students and I progress through the entire VCAA syllabus at an accelerated rate. Our aim is to finish all of the theory approximately a month before the official VCAA exams – this gives students adequate amount of time to practice trail-exams, which is vital for success in the real exams. In addition to this I incorporate the teaching of study skills, proper time management, managing stress and building self-confidence as part of the classes.
I started tutoring in 2005. I worked in Kumon prior to this – I found that teaching tapped into my sense of creativity. I enjoyed being able to use different techniques on my “students” and found it fascinating how their learning was completely depandent on their character. I realised that each individual required a “personalized” style of teaching – I found myself having to adapt to the student being taught. After I started university, I stopped working at Kumon – I did not enjoy the work environment because it felt like I needed to use creativity elsewhere. My aim between 2005-2007 was to gain as much teaching experience as I possibly could, so I only tutored for a low rate, taking up as many hours as I could handle with my university workload.
By the end of 2007, Academy Plus was registered as a business. In 2008, I was leading classes from a classroom in Berwick. I spent an entire year making well over 200 powerpoint presentations, notes, questions and other resources for the business. I was also involved in tutoring privately and small classes. In 2009, I spent the first half of the year teaching classes from Berwick and teaching privately, in particular the Berwick/Beaconsfield region. On the 14th August 2009, the first Academy Plus centre was opened in Glen Waverley.
It is not an easy task to balance tutoring privately, leading classes, managing a business, coping with business responsibilities, studying chemical engineering, working on videos/website/articles and much more – but my passion is to deliver a high quality of education for all of my students – no matter what!
I encourage my VCE students to see that they have unlimited potential/power within and that if they develop a help self-image as a student, they can really transform their marks. I am very interested in NLP and the learning psychology – which I intergrate into my teaching so that students don’t only learn the material, but they learn how to learn effectively, minimise stress, increase confidence, improve self-image, increasing motivation and coping with exam anxiety. It is important to understand that “school performance” isn’t simply about what theory you know, a large part of it has to do with mindset!
At the present moment, I am looking for tutors/teachers that share a passion for improving the quality of education delivered to students within Australia. It is very important for our future generations to not only “know” their English, Maths and Science but to have leadership qualities and a high level of emotional intelligence. Perhaps we can all begin to recognise the importance of educating our youth, not only about “facts” but also how they can develop and grow into leaders.
Past Experience
8 years of VCE tutoring
Specialising in VCE Chemistry (Year 11/12), VCE Methods (Year 11/12)
I also teach Biology, Physics and Specialist, however I find that over the years I have a fondness for Chemistry and Methods. I am also the founder of Academy Plus. Our Glen Waverley centre was opened in August 2009 after running the business from home for 2 years (Berwick). I have taught a wide range of students including;
> multiple students that have transformed from D’s to B’s (and even A’s)
> high achieving students that entered into competitive courses such as Medicine, Law, Engineering, Pharmacy and many more!
> Students that have achieved perfect study scores ie. 50/50
> Individuals from various selective schools such as Melbourne High, Mac Robertson, John Monash Science School and various of private schools around Melbourne.
I have written notes, study guides and hundreds of practice exam questions related to the current VCE study course.
What I teach;
- VCE Chemistry (Year 11/12)
- VCE Methods (Year 11/12)
- VCE Physics (Year 11/12)
- VCE Biology (Year 12)
- VCE Specialist Maths (Year 12)
- VCE General Maths (Year 12)
Teaching Style;
- Centre Based
- Home Based
- Online
Qualifications;
- Bachelor of Biomedical Science (Monash) 2005-2007
- Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical)/Bachelor of Laws (Monash) – currently undertaking
More importantly I have worked with countless amount of VCE students consistently throughout 7 years of teaching experience.
Availabilities in 2012;
At Academy Plus, we are opening more classes beginning from the week beginning from 31st January 2011. I will be teaching the following classes;
Year 11 Chemistry
Year 12 Chemistry
Year 12 Biology
Year 11 Methods
Year 12 Methods
I am also offering private tutoring, however there is a limit of on my available hours – so if you would like to book for 2011 please let me know in advance!
Tuition Fee;
Private; $55/hour (depending on location)
Group (of 2); $45/hour/person
Classes: Year 11
$40/lesson (1.5 hour lesson)
Classes: Year 12
$50/lesson (2 hour lesson)
Tutoring Location;
Glen Waverley or Berwick
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