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S02E02 A day in the life of a Science Specialist with Michelle Gee
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S02E02 A day in the life of: A Science Specialist with Michelle Gee
Welcome to Season 2 of the UK Educators Community Podcast, where you'll get a sneak peek into Educator's diaries, as Syd asks her guests to run through one of their typical days. This episode features Michelle Gee
Michelle teaches Biology to undergraduates at The Open University as well as working as a private tutor. Michelle left her teaching training course after just two months, thinking that she wasn’t cut out to be a teacher. Ten years later she is glad she left her course but that she didn’t give up on teaching.
Here's Michelle's FB page: https://m.facebook.com/MichelleGeeTuition
There are many key take away points from the conversation, including:
- If you're training to be a teacher in a traditional environment and feel you're "not right" for the role, consider private tutoring. The freedom the model provides may reinvigorate your passion for educating
- Social media marketing works best when there's lots of ENGAGEMENT. If you reply and spark conversations on your feed, your posts will be seen by more people.
- Whilst social media is a powerful and FREE way of marketing your tutoring services, leafleting can also still provide a fantastic ROI. Ensure your designs aren't date specific so they can be used as a long term strategy. Consider where you're placing them : Libraries, community centres, schools and through letterboxes are great places to start.
For full show notes and more details about this and other episodes, please check here: https://ukeducators.com/podcasts/
To join in the conversation with other educators, here's the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ukeducators
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More about Syd.
Syd is on a mission to disrupt the Education sector by empowering Education Businesses to think differently, maximising their impact and enabling them to continue doing what they do best – being an awesome Educator!
She recognises there are many great educators out there. UK Educators Community was born to support and empower other amazing teachers and educators to scale their business, to think more about their business development and to understand how small changes in their approaches can give different results.
Serial Entrepreneur and Outstanding Woman in STEM Award Winner, Syd knows a thing or two about the Education sector. Through her business, Femtinos, Syd has worked with over 12,000 children over the last decade. Her vision is to take her skills global, working with remote schools and training staff to instill growth mindset strategies. During lockdown, Syd has grown an online school in 6 months from 0 to 18 staff, which has delivered nearly 2000 online classes within that timeframe.