Chris Thomson Email & Phone Number

Home-Based

Main responsibilities:Design and facilitation of online and face to face development programmes to senior leaders and practitioners in higher and further education institutions.Direct support for communities of education staff in areas such as organisational change, pedagogy and staff development.Consultancy on digital practice and organisational development to leaders.Researching and reporting on new developments in digital pedagogies, social inclusion and online safety and wellbeing.Strategic planning of service provisionLine management and pastoral care of team of consultants.Achievements:Coordinated and co-produced a comprehensive set of digital professional standards for the post-16 education sector in WalesDelivering digital leadership training to University of Western AustraliaPresented work on storytelling through 360 video at international digital storytelling conference in Greece, 2019.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Main responsibilitiesVolunteer board member for a small social enterprise working on digital arts projects in the heritage and social care sectors Oversight and governance of organisational finances and processes including safeguarding.Advising on areas of technology and engagementProviding practical project support when required.AchievementsRan successful community digital storytelling workshop on behalf of Sunderland FC’s Foundation of LightCo-hosting organisation's podcast The Geordie guide to Happiness, interviewing author Ann Cleeves.

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

Co host of The Geordie Guide to Happiness, a podcast series funded by the Community Foundation. Role includes interviewing, hosting, planning and editing the series as part of a small team of volunteers and paid staff. I’m doing this as a volunteer and trustee of Curiosity Creative.

Delivering training and working on projects to embed web technologies in teaching and learning. Focusing on the higher education sector.

Helping schools raise attainment by engaging kids in projects using digital media and e-learning. Developing projects with teaching staff, senior leadership teams and school admin staff. Mentoring and supporting children at primary and secondary level.

Developing courses and offering coaching support to all areas of the business. Had special responsibility for company orientation events and customer services training project.

Designed and delivered training courses for the T-Mobile Customer Services team.

Msc, Technology Enhanced Learning, Innovation And Change

My final dissertation was on digital storytelling within organisations. http://cbthomson.net/dissertation

Pgce, Geography (Secondary)

Ma (Hons), Geography

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