Jay Wright Email & Phone Number

Dartford, England, United Kingdom

Dartford, United Kingdom

• As Director of apprenticeships my main responsibilities are for setting up, administrating and running the apprenticeships courses at the Leigh UTC. This has involved engaging with industry, giving advice and giving.
• Speaking at national events, making television appearances and giving talks about apprenticeships and employer engagement
• Mentoring new staff, helping with their specialist training as well as their cycle of lesson observations and feedback
• Recruiting new apprenticeship candidates, liaising with industrial partners and key stakeholders (employers, parents, exam boards and sponsors)
• Recruiting new businesses to work with the trust on apprenticeship programmes
• Working with the COO to advise on the setup of apprenticeships across the trust

• As the head of both Engineering and Construction I responded to the demands of a technical curriculum through focus on quality of teaching and learning across KS4 and KS5 in BTEC, GCSE and A-level courses. I improved.
• Restructuring the teaching and delivery of vocational courses
• Implementing regular cycles of moderation, internal assessment and quality assurance
• Introducing new tracking and assessment strategies which kept staff and pupils up to date with accurate progress and achievement data
• Introducing extracurricular projects including starting up the Greenpower racing team
• Mentoring and training new members of staff, including training my replacement

• Teacher of Engineering, Product Design and Electronics (June 12 – Sept 14)The Leigh Technology Academy, Dartford, KentThis role required teaching several separate technical subjects at GCSE/ level 2 and A-level/ Level.
• Introduced schemes of learning, developed strategies for teaching and learning and contributed to existing marking and assessment policies
• Became Lead Internal Verifier, overseeing and coordinating implementation and assessment
• Trained other staff on course requirements
• Assisted with mentoring of trainee teachers
• Tutored a vertical tutor group fulfilling a range of pastoral requirements

• This varied role within the Design and Technology department involved ensuring conformity to health and safety requirements and working closely with staff and students. Additional responsibilities included:
• Supplying technical advice and practical support to the teaching staff
• Supporting student development
• Assisting with technical training of staff and trainees
• Instructor role - teaching classes in years 7, 8 and 9 developing my own schemes of work.

Devon

• The EF specialise in learning activity holidays for foreign students aged between twelve and twenty-two, with an emphasis on learning English. The responsibilities of this role were within a small, temporary.
• Hiring native speakers as language teachers
• Initial teacher training and guidance as well as day to day organisation of classes, teachers and students
• Adapting to deal with the variety of issues related to the care and organisation of staff and 200+ students.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), University Of Southampton, 2:1

Pgce, Teaching: Design And Technology

PGCE (including 60 MA level credits) Secondary: Design and Technology Numeracy/Literacy skills tests: Pass