I’m Josie and I created Business Home Studies to provide prerecorded Business related GCSE courses for home educated learners.
I am a home educator myself, home educating my 14 year old son. I have a degree in Business Studies so I was very pleased when he said he was interested in doing Business Studies for one of his GCSEs.
This course is the result of my knowledge of business, my experience of educating my son and my passion for learning, both my own and other people’s.
When I finished university I worked with young people as a Careers Advisor and then as a librarian. After I had my children I wanted more flexible work so took voluntary redundancy and started my own business. I’ve now been running my events based business for more than 10 years as well as several online businesses.
While the traditional school teacher role never appealed to me, I was really interested in education. I completed a level 3 course in education and training, and this, along with my experience of running my own businesses, eventually led me to a role working as a freelance distance learning tutor and assessor for NCFE courses, which I did for 4 years.
I’ve absolutely loved developing this course. All the way from researching how we learning to inform the course development to putting together the website and making sure its user friendly. I really believe I’ve built something that can support young people who are completing GCSEs in business from home and I so hope you agree!
My Qualifications
Below is a list of my relevant qualifications:
- BA (Hons) Business Studies with Human Resource Management and Tourism
- Level 3 Award in Education and Training (PTLLS)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Careers Guidance
- MA Library and Information Management
I am also DBS checked as part of my volunteering work with Scouts.