1. “Teaching Outside the Classroom”
Tutoring conference with Athena Tuition
Tausend Room, Surgeons’ Hall, Nicolson Street
Saturday 4th June, 2016
1.00 – 1.10 Welcome and Introduction – Fiona Barnett
1.10 – 1.40 Panel: Practical Techniques for Tutors – Moderator: Taym Saleh.
Panellists: Kate Chapman, Benedict Douglas-Scott, Ami Duncan, David Ribó Perez
1.40 – 2.30 Teaching Students with Dyslexia and ADHD – Aicha Reid, Chartered
Psychologist
2.30 – 2.50 Teaching Students with Autism – Dr Ruth Glynne-Owen, Blue Sky Autism
Project
2.50 – 3.15 BREAK – refreshments and networking opportunity
3.15 – 4.05 Workshop: Tutoring Online via Skype and Scribblar – Eli Keren, Insight
Education
4.05 – 4.20 An Introduction to the Tutors’ Association – Adam Muckle, Tutors’
Association
4.20 – 4.50 Tutoring in the London and International Markets – Wesley Sanders and
Nelson Lo, Athena Tuition
4.50 – 5.00 Conclusion – Fiona Barnett, Helena Roots, Taym Saleh
5.00 – Please join us for a drink after the event!

2. Thank you to today’s tutor panel:
- Kate Chapman: A graduate of Trinity University (Texas) and the University of York, and
a French, English and Latin tutor.
- Benedict Douglas-Scott: A tutor with vast amounts of experience with Athena Tuition
and group-teaching experience with the Youth Group at Westminster Chapel.
- David Ribo Perez: A MSc Sustainable Energy Systems student at the University of
Edinburgh and a graduate of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.
- Ami Duncan: A qualified Secondary English teacher who has worked in schools in
Edinburgh and Glasgow. Ami has also taught at King’s College, Cambridge.
Aicha Reid (Chartered Psychologist): Aicha Reid is a Chartered Psychologist with over 12
years experience supporting schools, children and families as an Educational Psychologist.
Aicha provides the full range of educational psychology services including individual
assessment, consultancy, training and research. She is registered with the Health and Care
Professions Council and Chartered with the British Psychological Society. Aicha can be
contacted on email mrsaichareid@gmail.com or telephone 07717083710.
Dr Ruth Glynne-Owen, EdD: Ruth was a teacher for 15 years in a range of mainstream and
specialist schools. She undertook a variety of roles including principal teacher and deputy head.
After completing her masters in suits and education studies in 2006 Ruth chose to specialise in
working with individuals with autism spectrum conditions. In 2008 Ruth set up a private
consultancy service providing home based educational and communication support for young
children with autism and their families. In 2010 she founded the Blue Sky Autism project, a
charity providing early support to toddlers with ASD and other developmental conditions. Her
work takes her across the UK and the world but she is most at home in Scotland.
Eli Keren (Insight Education): Eli spent four years at Oxford before figuring out that Chemistry
was not his calling after all, and threw a promising career in the sciences to the wind in order to
pursue a masters degree in Creative Writing at Cambridge. His parents were thrilled. Since
then, his six plays have been performed nine times between them in venues across the country.
Eli has been tutoring for many years and now works with Insight Education, tutoring A-level
Chemistry and Oxbridge preparation as well as regularly teaching a class in Nigeria online. Eli
also works with SEN students, and helps recently immigrated students adjust to UK curricula.
Adam Muckle (The Tutors’ Association President): Trained as a Barrister and an award-
winning Private Tutor, Adam has tutored over two hundred students over the past seven years
in London and abroad. The Tutors' Association aims to provide recognition for tutors,
reassurance for parents and a responsible, representative voice for the tutoring profession in
the UK. To join the Association and for more information go to www.thetutorsassociation.org.uk
To join our tutoring team, please visit the following and sign up via Tutorcruncher:
http://www.athenatuition.scot/joinus
Once you have filled out all fields and attached a CV, we can review your profile and meet you
for an interview. We look forward to working with you!