Jennifer Devaney Email & Phone Number

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

Smethwick

Member of the Primary Strategic Development team led by Kirsty Tonks (Principal Designate) and set up by founder school Shireland Collegiate Academy, part of the Collegiate Academy Trust in Smethwick, West Midlands. The team is developing the Educational Vision across the four Technology Primaries in the West Midlands.Our purpose is to develop the Smart Creatives of the Future by enabling pupils to achieve beyond their expectations by providing the best technology-enabled education opportunities.Any teachers interested in joining a small group of SMART CREATIVE teachers who will help shape the new school over the next 18 months, please make contact.

“Flipped” or “blended” learning is where pupils undertake some of their learning outside of the classroom (e.g. watching videos the night before that explain a new concept). This frees up the teacher’s time to focus on more useful classroom activities, such as providing formative feedback and giving more personalised support to pupils who are struggling. It also gives pupils more control over their own learning, leading to the development of better general learning skills. It is generating substantial interest, particularly in the United States.Shireland Collegiate Academy has been using technology and flipped learning in its classrooms for several years, and believes that it is able to take the model to other schools. This will involve helping schools to set up the online learning environment for flipped learning, providing training and resources on how to get the most out of the flipped learning approach. It will also involve supporting teachers to use widely available resources and activities and sharing/developing some of its staff’s own materials. These are usually activities for pupils to complete and feedback on ahead of the lesson, allowing the teacher to enter the class with a good understanding of the pupils’ areas of strength and weakness.The project also looks at how a secondary school can support primary schools to raise the performance of Year 5 and 6 pupils in Maths, particularly at the upper levels of ability.(Taken from Education Endowment Website http://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects/flipped-learning-shireland-collegiate-academy/ )

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Assistant Headteacher for KS2.Teaching and Learning leadNumeracy Co-ordinatorYear 6 teacher.NQT mentor

Bearwood Primary

Pgce, General Primary

Bsc, Psychology, 2:1