As part of the Senior Leadership Team at the National Online School, I am proud to say that I have helped to lead our school’s Department for Education accreditation as an online school. NOS is the second school to have received this accolade and the first to be recognised as an online SEN school.‘Just a teacher'? Is there such a thing? I love teaching. I love inspiring learners to learn. To go beyond the limits of what they thought possible; to have pupils marvel at the confidence they have developed and the progress they have made. As teachers, we don't teach subjects, we teach people.My pupils, and their carers, have told me that my strengths lie in reaching others, inspiring them to want to learn, to develop and succeed, to seek new challenges and fall in love with learning. I am passionate about cross-curricular learning and providing young people with experiences that engage and excite, experiences they tell me will be with them forever. I encourage pupils to push boundaries, use them to fuel their own sense of creativity and problem-solving. To understand that trying hard, failing, planning, using strategies are things that make them stronger and more powerful resilient learners.I am very glad to have the opportunity this year to branch out independently, working in partnership with other schools, both primary and secondary, to provide immersive learning experiences inspired by such texts as Othello, The Canterville Ghost, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Frankenstein. I thrive on innovation, blending English, Art, Drama and Digital Learning to craft learning sequences that dramatically impact a learner's love of and progress in storytelling, reading, writing, creativity and performing while building confidence and teamwork to deliver tangible results. I am passionate about what I do, excited by the endless possibilities to inspire, enthuse, nurture and develop future generations. I am motivated by the sparks my lessons ignite and the embers fanned into flames as pupils progress, become more and do more than they previously thought possible. I am regularly rewarded when pupils see themselves in a new light, with a new confidence and resilience that makes them feel able to take on any challenge. Learning might begin, be challenged and developed in the classroom; but its benefits, rewards and the love of it last a lifetime. And at the heart of all this? 'Just a teacher'…
Listed skills include Leadership Development, Public Speaking, Change Management, Event Management, and 17 others.
