Alison Halford Email & Phone Number

Bromsgrove, GB

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

I 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.

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Manor 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.

Halesowen, West Midlands, United Kingdom

I 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.

Halesowen

Alison 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.

Loved working on my Masters in Leadership and Innovation. My project focusing on the conditions for, and benefits of, Peer Review was fascinating!

As 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.

• £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.
• 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

Alison 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.

I 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.

Alison 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.

• Alison 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.
• 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.

• Alison 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.
• Created and managed a User Group to define an MIS tool which became implemented in around 60 local authorities.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Activities and Societies: Karate

Masters In Strategy And Innovation, Education, Distinction

Part-time study in addition to full time role.

Education record