Daniel Kitson Email & Phone Number

Runcorn, Gb

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

Golborne, England, United Kingdom

I have undertaken extensive CPD through Golborne High School and the TeachFirst ECT Early Career Framework. I have implemented the secondary science UK curriculum by upholding the Teacher’s Standards. These responsibilities included, but were not limited to the following:• Planning, and teaching well-structured lessons with high expectations of students using the latest teaching pedagogies.• Building positive relationships and managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learningenvironment.• Adapting teaching to respond to the strengths and needs of all pupils, in particular, SEND and PP students.• Fulfilling wider professional responsibilities such as leading on HAP learners and scientific current affairs.• Make accurate and productive use of assessment to promote good progress and outcome by pupils.• Set high expectations which inspire, motivate and challenge pupils.

United Kingdom

Molfetta, Italy

English language teacher across various institutions in Italy, Spain and the UK.

Lancaster, United Kingdom

Through the summer of 2015 I completed a research project with a successfully published academic paper with Dr. Vilius Franckevičius and Miles Kenny titled 'Catalytic Chemo- and Regioselective Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyls with N-Heterocyclic Nucleophiles'. With recent trends in expanding drug architecture to become more 3-dimensional, new synthetic catalytic methods were explored and developed by coupling enolates with pyrroles for heterocycle synthesis. Reaction conditions and catalytic coupling were both optimised. This project allowed me to learn and refine a wide array of laboratory techniques, including but not limited to working under inert atmospheres, column chromatography and sample analysis. Analytical and critical thinking methods were employed such as the interpretation and characterisation of 1D NMR, 2D NMR and mass spectrometry spectra.Catalytic Chemo- and Regioselective Coupling of 1,3-Dicarbonyls with N-Heterocyclic Nucleophiles, Miles Kenny, Daniel J. Kitson, and Vilius Franckevičius, J. Org. Chem. 2016, 81(12), pp 5162 – 5172.

Master Of Chemistry, Chemistry, Mchem (Hons) Upper Second Class

Activities and Societies: Sailing Final Year Project: ‘4π Photocyclisation; Synthesis and Functionalisation of Azetidine Derivatives’.

Pgce Secondary Chemistry, Education

Chemistry, Mathematics, Psychology

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