Danielle Smith

As a teacher and learner, it has always been my goal to the transfer my love of learning to my students, as it is my belief that once we love what we are doing, the task at hand will never feel like a chore.

This mindset has led to many successes over my past 5 years of working with students, in that it has allowed me to improve and maximise my students’ performance, while inspiring their interest in mathematics and instil in them a sense of self-worth.

Over the past 5 years, my career has seen me working in Jamaica and now working in the UK. This is quite a unique position to be in as I have first hand experience of how much difference lie between students of the same age, yet different backgrounds.

In a typical lesson, I often use different methods of expressing a point and I am a firm believer in the student being an active participant in sessions. While the format of lessons may differ from session to session, I am a big supporter of using games, online tools [eg, number lines, graphs, fraction pieces, etc.] and written worksheets to ensure a student leaves my class with a clear understanding of what was done.

While a student's background does not affect the quality of teaching they receive, it is important to ensure that lessons are tailored to meet their specific needs. Over time, I anticipate that this will result in a student-tutor-parent relationship, that ensure your child's success.