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Alison has experience in a number of roles in the leadership of CPD within Education. She has been the Director of a Teaching School Hub and led CPL at a MAT recognised for organisational development in Sir David Carter's book "Leading Academy Trusts". She is passionate about maximising opportunities for everyone in the education workforce to get access to amazing quality, transformative professional development and relishes the opportunity to do this with the National Institute of Teaching across the West Midlands and South-West. Alison has a Masters in Leadership and Innovation and Chartered Institute of Marketing qualifications plus is a SLE for CPD, and NPQ facilitator and assessor.As a member of the senior leadership team in a number of organisations, Alison has a good understanding of strategy as well as a practical attitude to ensuring effective implementation and delivery of targets. Alison has been focused on the Education sector for 25 years and has a passion for the professional development of leaders, teachers and support staff in schools, developing and retaining their talents. She specialises in people development, as a programme lead, course designer, facilitator, coach and assessor. She has experience of on-line learning preparation, delivery and facilitation of asynchronous and virtual/live training. She is a confident influencer and is able to develop business opportunities that extend widely in the education sector. Alison’s competence and ability to establish good working relationships with clients at all levels are demonstrated by her time with a major Management Consultancy where she had 100% client utilisation gaining repeat projects with the Department of Education. She also has hundreds of school contacts having supported leaders from schools and MATs widely in the West and East Midlands and further afield.Her broad base of skills also include project management, conference facilitation, and website design.Specialties: Leadership CPD (National Professional Qualifications NPQLTD, NPQSL), coaching, facilitation and consultancy, training needs analysis and creating bespoke training programmes.
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Independent Educational ConsultantLakeside ConsultingBromsgrove, Gb
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Partnerships Lead For Wm And SwNational Institute Of Teaching Jul 2024 - PresentWest Midlands, England, United Kingdom -
Director Of Lakeside Educational ConsultancyFreelance Nov 2020 - Jul 2024I work with a range of educational institutions on projects that develop teachers and leaders in education. I am passionate about leadership development and also the use of Apprenticeships to effectively support schools. I have worked on long-term projects with MATs to develop their internal and external CPD offers. For example - I have written successful bids for MATs e.g. Archway MAT for their status on the Register of Apprenticeship Providers (RoAP).- I work with the University of Birmingham, mentoring participants on their Apprenticeships for Senior leaders in schools. - I project managed the setup of ECF programme delivery. - I have an on-going commitment to design and deliver marketing programmes for an educational charity. - I coach educationalists on MAT-wide programme via Leadership Edge.
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Director Of Teaching School HubManor Teaching School Hub Jan 2022 - May 2024West Midlands, England, United KingdomManor Teaching School Hub serves schools in Walsall, Wolverhampton & South Staffs, providing the "golden thread" - ITE, ECF and NPQs. In Oct 23 I wrote the successful bid for redesignation, securing Manor TSH’s role for 4 more years. I provided strategic & operational leadership of Manor TSH. I developed relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders including the ECF & NPQ Lead Provider – Ambition Institute, local MATs and school leaders, LAs and Curriculum Hubs plus Research Schools. Through regular planned communications I kept in touch with stakeholders and promoted relevant CPD provision. I managed the annual TSH budget of £660,000 ensuring each operating stream covered delivery costs. I reported to the Manor board & Strategic partners and to the DFE against agreed recruitment/engagement KPIs. Working with Ambition Institute on Early Career Framework I have overseen delivery to between 300 and 350 participants each year. Satisfaction ratings across ECTs & mentors is in excess of 90%. I developed my knowledge of Appropriate Body (AB) in this post and in 2023/24 oversaw the transition of provision of AB services from local authority providers to where Manor TSH provided these services to 436 ECTs across the region. I have led Manor TSH from strength to strength as a provider of NPQs. In the first year of operation, we recruited 226 leaders to NPQs, in 2022-23 this increased to 261 leaders and in 2023-24 we have recruited 313 NPQ participants. I have added new programmes each year of operation, finding new exceptional facilitators from the wider network; all of whom I have personally observed as part of robust quality assurance process. Participant satisfaction levels are high with 93% of respondents saying they are highly satisfied with their programme, and assessment success rates are very high with 99% of the 250 submissions achieving a pass. I deliver as a facilitator for the Leading Teacher Development NPQ programme and I am a trained assessor.
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Strategic Lead - Professional Learning Inc. Early Career Teachers, Npq Contracts And ApprenticeshipsWindsor Academy Trust Sep 2015 - Nov 2020Halesowen, West Midlands, United KingdomI am a SLE (specialist leader for education) with a focus on CPD. I am proud to lead on the professional development for all staff across our family of 9 schools in the Academy Trust (primary and secondary). I am responsible for the School Direct programme and our pipeline of Early career teachers. I ensure world class training and development opportunities are available to all leaders, teachers and support staff and have an increasing focus on the utilisation of the apprenticeship levy and the development of new apprenticeship opportunities for education. I lead on the National Professional qualifications and work with hundreds of middle and senior leaders not just within our Trust but also through relationships with many partners schools in the West Midlands, East Midlands and increasingly widely across the country. I am an NPQ assessor. We use coaching, research, expert input and in-school projects to ensure all professional learning has real impact. I have completed a Masters in Leadership and Innovation with a focus on the development of a MAT-wide school to school peer review process. -
Training ManagerWindsor High School Apr 2011 - Jan 2020HalesowenAlison had a trailblazer role in the school sector, being responsible for the professional development of all staff within Windsor High School and Sixth Form and the emerging Multi-Academy Trust plus developing and delivering a commercial range of training opportunities for other schools in the area. She partnered local Teaching School Alliances and managed the licenced provision of the National Professional Qualifications for Leadership (Senior and Middle Leaders). Alison was the professional mentor for new Trainee Teachers that joined the school and managed the Newly Qualified Teachers to ensure that they fulfilled all the requirements to be successful in the profession. Alison became responsible for the Windsor Business Centre when it opened in 2013. A suite of Training and meeting facilities in the West Midlands providing training and conferences facilities for businesses and educational organisations locally and nationally. She enjoyed other varied responsibilities in school including supporting a range of marketing activities, managing the School Website and International Engagement. Alison also wrote a monthly column for a key CPD publication.
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Masters StudentUniversity Of West London 2015 - 2017Loved working on my Masters in Leadership and Innovation. My project focusing on the conditions for, and benefits of, Peer Review was fascinating! -
Assistant DirectorCuree - Centre For The Use Of Research And Evidence In Education Jun 2008 - Apr 2011As Assistant Director for CUREE (Centre for the Use of Research and Evidence in Education), I was responsible for a broad portfolio including:Business Development. Took a leading role in working with partners and potential clients to identify commercial opportunities. This incorporated bid writing and pricing new projects. I marketed CUREE capabilities throughout the education sector including schools, Local Authorities and national agencies with an approach focused on recommendation and relationship building.Coaching and Mentoring. CUREE has leading expertise in this area and I was responsible for creating products and services which support schools to implement more effective CPD for teaching staff. If you would like to know more about the "Effective mentoring and Coaching" suite of products visit www.curee.co.uk. Managing the infrastructure team. This included management of the Accounts team, the Office Management staff, administrative support, Human Resources and external facing IT (website and e-marketing). Project Direction. I directed a number of CUREE projects and held directorial responsibility for the largest of CUREE’s projects, working with the TDA. I ensured the project met client needs, deadlines and delivered value for CUREE.
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Assistant Director - MarketingHti Leadership Centre Jan 2007 - Apr 2008£5m Educational consultancy which had both charitable and commercial activities including being the regional centre for the National College for School Leadership, delivering NPQH and Leading from the Middle. Managing a direct team of two I was responsible for:• Customer Relationship Management system and its enhancements• Website - both at a strategic level and the operational day-to-day updates• Liaising to generate web advertising income. • e-newsletters and e-mail marketing to 28,000 customer points• Presenting at conferences• PR including national and local media• Brochure design and copy writing including case studies• Campaign design, delivery and monitoring• Business development meetings The portfolio of products was wide including NCSL courses, HTI bespoke training programmes and software products to develop employability skills in youngsters.
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Professional Development ConsultantHeads And Teachers Into Industry (Hti) Jul 2002 - Jul 2006Alison managed a number of product ranges selling into the education market:- Leadership training programmes for senior school leaders. Consisting of a range of established and bespoke training programmes, Alison’s role was to undertake campaigns to reach specific education segments and then to work with them, sometimes undertaking training needs analysis, to create tailored training packages for teams or individuals. The courses included Strategic Planning, Managing Finance, Coaching and Emotional Intelligence. Alison project managed a number of client conferences (for Local Authorities and NCSL) where HTI was engaged to manage all inputs and event logistics. Enterprise Education was an area where Alison gained specific knowledge, undertook research, developed products and delivered events and consultancy directly with schools.
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Senior ConsultantCap Gemini Ernst & Young Sep 2000 - Jun 2002I project managed a number of programmes for the Department of Education and Skills, being fully utilised on fee-earning client work, constantly retained by client recommendation. I project managed a major change campaign implementing the Continuing Professional Development Strategy for Teachers. This involved a ministerial launch event and the creation of a video and written case studies. In phase 2, I designed a programme to establish ownership on a regional basis through the creation and facilitation of regional planning groups. A series of eleven tailored events were held to launch initiatives and share and disseminate local practice. I delivered a series of termly conferences for the Gifted and Talented Unit, project managing the preparation for the events and facilitating the three conferences.I worked for the Innovation Unit in its establishment and launch phase, this included the organisation of a national conference where Tony Blair commended the strategy. -
Marketing ManagerIcl Fujitsu Dec 1999 - Sep 2000Alison was responsible for the development of a new business stream for ICL in Application Outsourcing. She undertook an external audit to understand the market and competitors, plus assessment of the capabilities of the service delivery units nationally and internationally in order to identify uniques and develop service offerings. She created a marketing communications programme for the strategic customers in many marketplaces. Within two years this grew to become an £80m business. -
Marketing Manager - Icl Power Of 4Icl Jan 1996 - Nov 1999Alison was responsible for the management of a number of consultancy and service offerings and also delivered a number of external consultancy roles. These included:• A programme of market research, client interviews and commercial packaging recommendations for the Insurance Services division of Lloyd’s of London, helping them to become increasingly commercial in their outlook and manage their sales opportunities.• Development of an intranet and “One Stop Shop” solution for Local Authorities which required management of the various elements of IPR and the promotion of the resulting products. • Creation of a portfolio of Year 2000 Services which included research into ICL’s capabilities & competitors’ offerings, arrangement of partnerships and development of a range of Year 2000 tools. Alison’s programme of awareness raising lead to a funnel worth £2m.
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Business Development Manager - Anti-Fraud,Icl Jan 1994 - Jan 1996Alison developed a product and service portfolio, including Consultancy Services and a Management Information System which met new market needs following changes in fraud legislation.• Undertook extensive customer research to define the portfolio then generated client demand by extensive customer and channel presentations. She organised a revenue generating, national conference and significantly raised ICL’s profile in this marketplace.• Created and managed a User Group to define an MIS tool which became implemented in around 60 local authorities.
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Solihull College
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