S02E08 A day in the life of A Home Ed English & History Tutor with Yvonne Mason. 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 the amazing Yvonne Mason. Yvonne was ahead of the curve, and has been offering online tutorial for the past 15 years! She offered both online and face to face, until a move to North Wales in 2016, meant it made practical sense to go totally online. This is a really interesting chat between two well respected educators, with many take away points, including:

• When families are picking a Home Ed Tutor, they'll always go for one they can TRUST, which grows quickly through referrals from other home ed families.
• Yvonne talks about the importance of home educated kids having time to socialise. She gives her group classes time to chat before the lesson begins, when her camera and mic are turned off.
• Teaching in subjects you're passionate about really helps keep material fresh. Yvonne's a historian, and currently running courses in Medieval and Tudor history, and as well as being a MASSIVE "Tolkien geek", she's teaching her first summer school on his works.
• Collaboration is "exciting". Yvonne often works with other Educators and always learns and builds her skillset during these times, and sometimes she'll have access to new resources she may otherwise not have access to.

To find out more about Yvonne's tutoring business, visit: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057522306678 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.