Alan Davies Email & Phone Number

Thetford, England, United Kingdom

Claydon, Ipswich

Back in a real school. Friendly students and staff, but my skills are not being fully utilised as a plain technician. Have a good working relationship with my IT Manager. Helping and advising her and sorting Group Policy, Active Directory, roaming desktops, new wireless implementation. Currently looking at the introduction of Windows 10, and adding appropriate tweaks the Group Policy to accommodate it. Created virtual machine to make online classroom booking. Added a couple of NAS boxes to substantially increase the amount of network storage for staff, and created shared drives so staff can access them. Due to long term absence of colleague in resources, now added running resources office to my list of skills.Really would love to be back advising and running my own network, though. So many ideas and skills at present that I can't put into play.

North Suffolk

Spent the time after leaving Hartismere keeping my skills up to date by running 'ComputerAware' in the village where I live, helping people with all their IT needs.An interesting time in many respects: met many lovely people and learned much from solving their very individual problems.Still get the occasional phone call asking for help!

Eye, Suffolk

• Good at developing close working relationships with my colleagues and all my ‘customers’.• Know the importance of the reliability of IT kit.• Happily share good practice.• Good at instigating, planning and carrying out many major developments and room refurbishments, getting best value.• Keeping up to date with all the relevant aspects of my post, read widely on the internet, am member of the Suffolk Technicians Forum and Spiceworks.• Am self-reliant, but am never afraid to ask if I cannot find the answers myself.• Wide range of experience, partly from the teaching side, in helping people of all IT abilities, and also working out what actually people mean when they say ‘It won’t work’.• Happy to freely volunteer for school plays, outdoor activities and the like.

Eye

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Lowestoft, Suffolk

One of my biggest achievements, working at one of the most difficult schools in Suffolk, now closed.Over 50% of students were on free school means, at least 5 highly disruptive students in each class.There had been no coordinator for over a year when I arrived, (the previous one on long term sick leave), a syllabus and prep room in tatters and with the help of many supportive colleagues and a forward thinking Head at the time the school did marvellous things with these kids.Learned a lot about assertive discipline and the importance of reinforcing for children what they do well, not what they are doing badly.Volunteered for the lighting in the school plays.

Stowmarket, Suffolk

An independent day and boarding school founded to cater for manly forces children.Lead the Science Department for 5 years, moving and updating the syllabus towards modern, exciting Single, Dual and Triple award Science from the more traditional separate sciences which was unsuitable for the majority of the students at the time.Additional role of House Master in the boarding side of things. Big insights into the care and wellbeing of young students away from their parents for the first time.Latterly a big influx of Hong Kong Chinese students gave me the challenge of mixing with students whose first language was other than English. Allowed me to learn some choice expressions for teaching students in class.First time I was able to introduce computing into the classroom. Organised Canoeing activities on the local river.Created a garden for students to grow their own vegetables.

Stowmarket, Suffolk

My first insight into independent education, after moving down from the north east. My northern accent was a big amusement to the mainly forces 'British accent' students

Sunderland, United Kingdom

Teaching and all that goes with it is my first love.Founder member of a joint operation between the school and the local YMCA to rent, renovate cottage in the Scottish Borders for outward bound activities.Chief fundraiser at the school for the above. Organised jumble sales and Christmas raffles.Proficient in outdoor pursuits such as canoeing, rock climbing, fell walking.Obtained grants from local charities to allow needy kids a break from 'city' life.School play 'special' effects/lighting.Photography classes after school and GCE Photography extracurricular.

Post Graduate Certificate In Education, Physical Sciences, Pass

Batchelor In Science (Hons), Chemistry, Physics And Geology, 2:2

Activities and Societies: Computing and Additional French

Education record

Education record