Andy Hill Email & Phone Number

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Teaching on both Media and Film Studies A-level in addition to BTEC Creative Media Production

Wakefield, United Kingdom

This role was Maternity cover for a full academic year:In this post I am currently teaching second year A-level students on the legacy WJEC specification for both subjects whilst also devising a new scheme of work, planning and delivering to the A-level provision in Media Studies and Film Studies for first year linear students. Due to the reformed specification this year in both subjects there has been an increased amount of learning, planning and creating new resources to effectively deliver the qualification to which I have relished the challenge. Engaging with the board and networking with professionals around the country has supported the successful delivery of this qualification reform. A focal point of my work this year has been to develop collaborative working, in and outside of lessons, between staff and students utilising digital technologies. Alongside this I also take pride in building positive relationships with parents, whilst also engaging in communications with outside parties to deliver workshops and educational visits as part of widening the student experience.

Sheffield, United Kingdom

In this position I was a member of the Student Achievement Team, Employability and Progression Teacher and Personal Tutor for around 250 students across the Sixth Form College provision in the Creative Media, Visual Arts and Humanities departments. Within this dynamic role I ensured that students were achieving their full academic potential throughout their studies, which was often the result of timely interventions, carefully implemented study plans or through the delivery of specific study skills lessons. Student Achievement and pastoral care was paramount however a large focus of the planning and delivery in this role was based upon Personal and Professional Development with employability and progression at the core. This was a crucial segment of a students personal and academic journey so effective supporting was provided to students in choosing the correct Higher Education option, completing UCAS applications and preparing individuals for interviews. In addition to creating and delivering a bespoke scheme of work I was also the lead co-ordinator for the Students Union; being a (LVP) Learner Voice Practitioner it was my responsibility to ensure that the voice of the student body was heard and the Union were working effectively to action developments throughout the college. As pastoral care was a large element of this position, in such a diverse college, I was also delighted to be part of the Equality and Diversity steering group which enabled a greater insight and influence into college wide priorities and initiatives. During my final year here I also coordinated the Extended Project Qualification managing a range of supervising staff including the Principal and members of the Senior Leadership Team. This incredibly exciting and diverse addition to my role enabled me to implement trips and organise guest lecturers to support students throughout their qualification.

The primary responsibility I had in this position was to provide training sessions to national and international schools and teachers surrounding the use of mobile learning technologies. There were two main areas to the training that I delivered, one focused on using the iPad as a learning tool for engagement, inclusion and assessment, and the second was to provide specific software training. The focus of the work was to promote a positive workflow for learning, although emphasis was placed on the learning technologies, the ideology surrounded promoting learning through tailored processes and improving the way learning takes place whether this was through a selection of applications on a device or through considered classroom activities.

This post was held during my PGCE studies:The main duties I had in this position were to deliver to Higher Education Dance Practice students surrounding the integration of digital technologies with choreography in an interdisciplinary, inter-media context.This position included devising and implementing a scheme of work that engaged the learners, with specific focus to meaningful summative assessment that prepared the individual for life outside of Higher Education as they progressed into their industry. Alongside this I also delivered and assessed on the National Diploma Music Technology/Practice course, specifically Music in the Freelance World and Performance Technology.

Pgce, Education, Ofsted 1 Outstanding

Activities and Societies: Institutional Training: Health and Safety, Equality and Diversity, Data Protection and Safeguarding. Ofsted.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Creative Music Technology, 1:1

Activities and Societies: Installation design, composition and live performanceDegree focus was how audio interacts with visuals in film.

Btec National Diploma, Music Technology, Distinction, Distinction, Merit