About Me
My name is Kristin Hamilton. After having a successful early career as a lawyer in the United States, I decided to follow a life-long passion and become a teacher. I teach students who need support in literacy and maths, as well as work with children and teens who need to figure out how they can learn best in a classroom environment. This includes learning how to manage ADHD characteristics.
I have a teaching degree from Durham University, and have just completed and a research dissertation for my Masters in Education, Special Educational Needs from the University of Birmingham. I have deep experience in special learning needs and ADHD. I constantly engage in research on learning differences and the brain, and how children who struggle can best learn. I have attended conferences in Switzerland and abroad with some of the greatest minds today on teaching children who may learn “differently” than others in a classroom. As I’ve told my students many times, “if you’re not understanding it, it’s because I’m not teaching it the way you need to learn it.” I love working one-on-one with students, as this is the way most children who are struggling at school learn best. I can teach them the way they need to learn it – and more importantly, the skills to understand and learn independently.
WHO I AM
An experienced teacher with a Masters in Education focused in special educational needs, who is passionate about helping all children reach their learning potential. I have extensive experience in language and maths learning differences and attention difficulties.
HOW I TEACH
Children learn in many different ways, processing information by hearing, by seeing, and even by touching and manipulating materials. I use diverse teaching methods to convey information to find the right combination for my students to learn.
WHAT I TEACH
I teach English literacy, humanities and maths, as well as organization and self-management skills, to students from reception through year 13. I coach students struggling with ADHD how to embrace their strengths and manage their difficulties. I also am trained in the Orton-Gillingham method, for teaching English to children with dyslexia or those learning English as a second language.