Karishma Kumar Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

London, England, United Kingdom

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

• Successfully manage time and competing demands for multiple National Professional Qualifications (Leading Literacy and Early Years Leadership) alongside full-time teaching in Primary School.• Manage and collaborate with a remote team of supporting lecturers to delegate roles within sessions.• Relate strong subject knowledge and evidence-based research from academic sources (e.g. Education Endowment Foundation, Bell Foundation) to aid implementation plans for change and theories of… Show more • Successfully manage time and competing demands for multiple National Professional Qualifications (Leading Literacy and Early Years Leadership) alongside full-time teaching in Primary School.• Manage and collaborate with a remote team of supporting lecturers to delegate roles within sessions.• Relate strong subject knowledge and evidence-based research from academic sources (e.g. Education Endowment Foundation, Bell Foundation) to aid implementation plans for change and theories of change. • Deliver lectures to ensure engagement using different methods which reflect changes in recent research (face-to-face lectures, synchronous online webinars, asynchronous webinars, 1:1 tutorials).• Prepare and supplement resources and content for sessions to meet individual needs of learners.• Manage professional relationships with various stakeholders and develop strong rapport through excellent oral and written communication.• Demonstrate excellent IT skills (Zoom, Microsoft Office, Office 365, SharePoint).• Contributed to conferences and seminars (Continued Professional Development for teachers, training sessions for qualifying teachers and Early Careers Teachers). Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

• Maintain effective working relationships and ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders in multi-disciplinary teams (pupils, colleagues, leaders, social workers, educational welfare officers and other professionals) regarding progress and attainment.• Manage ongoing projects to transform policy, teaching and monitoring of Science to close gaps in attainment, particularly with disadvantaged groups. • Input and analyse data on different platforms (Pupil Asset, Microsoft Excel, EduKey) to… Show more • Maintain effective working relationships and ongoing dialogue with all stakeholders in multi-disciplinary teams (pupils, colleagues, leaders, social workers, educational welfare officers and other professionals) regarding progress and attainment.• Manage ongoing projects to transform policy, teaching and monitoring of Science to close gaps in attainment, particularly with disadvantaged groups. • Input and analyse data on different platforms (Pupil Asset, Microsoft Excel, EduKey) to track progress and ascertain attainment gaps for various leaner groups, including disadvantaged learners to craft relevant intervention content and groupings.• Respond to school improvement priorities for Science and the wider curriculum by supporting the leadership team to devise and enact development plans, policies and schemes of work.• Monitor and quality assure planning, quality of teaching and pupil progress in Science in order to gauge where to provide guidance and support for teachers in Science.• Work collaboratively with senior leadership and other teachers to map out curriculum content intentions and implementation. Show less

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

Wolverhampton, England, United Kingdom

• Successfully led a project to deliver change through English as an Additional Language School Policy to raise attainment through evidence-based research resulting in an increase of learners at expected standard from 35% to 52% in the final Year 6 assessments (SATs).• Developed lasting stakeholder relationships to transform minimal parental engagement with the school and gained a minimum of 90% attendance at Parent and Carer Workshops throughout the academic year, including hard-to-reach… Show more • Successfully led a project to deliver change through English as an Additional Language School Policy to raise attainment through evidence-based research resulting in an increase of learners at expected standard from 35% to 52% in the final Year 6 assessments (SATs).• Developed lasting stakeholder relationships to transform minimal parental engagement with the school and gained a minimum of 90% attendance at Parent and Carer Workshops throughout the academic year, including hard-to-reach parents/carers and parents/carers with English as an Additional Language.• Successfully managed a project to acquire accreditation for the school as a School of Sanctuary within the span of an academic year through creating and maintaining a portfolio showcasing evidence towards required criteria.• Successfully managed a project to acquire Silver Award accreditation for the school as a Rights Respecting School within the span of an academic year by demonstrating the embedding and consolidation of the existing portfolio as well as supplementing the portfolio to show further work achieved.• Regularly maintained records and analysed data of attainment of learners with English as an Additional Language across the school to identify and address gaps in attainment through intervention groups and allocation of resources as necessary.• Amended and reviewed implementation of Global Values Policy and Equality and Diversity Policy.• Held assemblies for learners and workshops for other stakeholders as Equality and Diversity Lead to raise awareness of relevant issues.• Collaborated with a remote team to develop lessons and resources for online learning during bubble closure throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.• Created online learning experiences using various platforms to bridge the gap between remote teaching and the classroom. Show less

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Master Of Education - Med, Education

Bachelor Of Education - Bed, Primary Education, First Class Honours