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S02E03 A day in the life of an English Group Tutor with Charlotte Watson

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S02E03 - A day in the life of an English Group Tutor with Charlotte Watson

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.  On this episode, you'll meet Charlotte Watson.

After many years of teaching in schools, Charlotte is now a private English tutor, running a variety of sessions, both in the classroom and online  through her company Wonderlearn: https://wonderlearn.co.uk/

During the chat, Charlotte talks about the professional development she'll get from the UKED Marakesh Retreat in 2022.  If it sounds of interest to you, please visit: https://ukeducators.com/retreat/

Charlotte and Syd share many core values, and during the chat we get some really useful insights, including:

  • The role of a private tutor is much more fulfilling than working within a traditional school environment.  Charlotte gets to choose how she teaches, and no longer has to "toe the party line", when she doesn't believe in the policies.

  • Marking work can be a time consuming task, but Charlotte would never outsource it, because it helps her understand more about the student, and their progress.

  • Life experience and learning about culture is of massive importance to educators.  It helps us pass our knowledge on, use stories and personal experiences to teach students, which assists in instilling important values. (Note to self: Travel more often 😊)


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.