S02E07 A day in the life of A Maths & Finance Educator with Helen Westwood. 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 Helen Westwood. After completing her degree, Helen worked in corporate as a Tax Consultant. After a couple of years, (and a meeting with one of her old teachers), Helen was offered a job on the graduate teacher programme at the school she once studied at. She's now spent several years leading finance courses for post-16 year olds. As well as her work with the school, Helen runs her own private tutoring in Maths and Finance. She's VERY BUSY and booked up until 2025!! This is an engaging chat, with many key points, including:
- Some consider online booking tools, such as Calendly to be a little impersonal. When used well, and at the end of the process they are excellent. You have already built rapport with the client and simply send them a link, where they can book a formal appointment.
- Time management is essential when you have other commitments. Helen works in large "chunks" of time, so she's always fully present when with family, or students (even if it IS on a Friday night at 8pm!)
- Helen's soon to be offering very early tutoring sessions. Some families will take their children to swimming lessons, horse riding lessons, etc before school, so early morning pre-school run lessons are soon to be trialled.
- As mentioned, Helen's booked up until 2025. Every few months, she checks in with her advance bookings to ensure they're still interested.
To find out more about Helen's tutoring business, visit: https://helenwestwoodmaths.com/ 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 _________________________________________ 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.
