John Bergin Email & Phone Number

London, United Kingdom

♦ Award-winning music hub for Newham, providing high-quality music education and opportunities to children and young people in schools throughout the borough and at Newham Music Academy, our after school and Saturday music centre, working with over 15,000 children and young people each year.♦ Lead a major turnaround and the day-to-day running of the business including, strategic and operational leadership, identifying opportunities, fundraising, grant applications, and delivering on service and user growth plans. ♦ Hold accountability for all aspects of the business and in ensuring a companywide customer-focused approach to deliver targeted and budgeted growth in revenues and profitability.

Western Region

♦ Leading a team of 6 heads of department and 50 teachers, delivering music provision and programmes to approximately 10,000 children & young people in over 170 schools. ♦ I held responsibility for strategic direction, policy development, business needs and planning, budget management & resource allocation, staffing & staff development, external links & partnerships.

Western Region

♦ Led departmental policy development, business planning, teaching and learning, managed and led staffing and staff development programme.♦ Established formal partnership arrangements with a range of service providers to ensure a “joined-up” approach was taken, and better service provided.♦ Led a modernisation approach to embrace new technologies, practices and processes to meet the aspirations and demographic challenges of providing 21st-century learning.

Omagh

♦ Led and motivated a team of 20 music service teachers.♦ Provided input to key strategic developments for the service.♦ Led, managed and developed the music curriculum and manage pupil development through it.

Post Graduate Certificate In Education (Pgce), Music Pedagogy

Agsm

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) In Education Management, Education