Matthew Barker Email & Phone Number

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Bahrain

As part of the Senior School Leadership Team (SSLT) I have whole school responsibility for the progress and attainment of all students in the senior school. I designed and implemented a school tracking system for all year groups. I lead the monitoring of student progress and the timely intervention of students who may be under performing.Responsible for the planning of the assessment and reporting cycle within the school which includes overseeing the organisation of parent meetings and parent-intervention meetings (P-IMs), grade card entries and written reports.Responsible for all internal examinations and reporting school successes in external examinations.I lead strategies to improve teaching, learning and assessment within the school including the effective use of quality feedback and dedicated improvement and reflection time (DIRT).I line manage a number of senior school subject departments working closely with Heads of Department on performance management and quality assurance.Co-host of the first ever, and continuing, Bahrain TeachMeet.I bring innovation, creativity, assertiveness and fairness to any position I have the responsibility for.

The Kingdom Of Bahrain

Alongside the obvious roles and responsibilities of leading and managing two departments in the senior school I am spearheading the establishment of iPads in the classroom as a teaching and learning resource. I oversee the school's teaching and learning Twitter account @BSBToolkit and regularly deliver training to teaching staff on the subject of creative teaching and the use of new and emerging technologies. I am currently collaborating with another BSB colleague to launch the first ever Teach Meet in Bahrain. I also find time to coach the Under 13 boys football team.

Bradford, United Kingdom

My role was Senior Curriculum Leader of Humanities. It is a large faculty, respected by colleagues and popular with students. In the time that I was at Parkside my main achievements were to instill togetherness within the faculty where staff collaborated frequently and supported each other to achieve personal and faculty goals. I lead by example and was a visible leader. I built positive, long lasting relationships with all staff through support and, where required, assertiveness. I initiated three whole school projects during my time at Parkside School. The first was to raise the profile of Moodle as a learning tool. This strategy demonstrated Moodle as a tool which can raise student attainment. Usage of Moodle increased by 500%. Secondly, I devised a social media strategy for the Transition of primary students to Parkside which made use of Twitter and Parkside's Moodle site. Thirdly, I completed a project called the ‘Creative Classroom’ on Moodle with our resident Drama expert from C&T which uses a random selector to select a style of drama, such as Freeze Frames, for students to demonstrate their learning. I am motivated by raising and maintaining standards and as such I have developed my skills in strategic leadership and the ability to empower colleagues to take ownership of strategies devised to raise standards. I use my experience and social media to remain at the cutting edge of teaching and learning and I am a regular contributor to 'TES Connect' where my resources have been viewed over 71,000 times. Having been a participant of the NCSL (National College for School Leadership) Tomorrow’s Heads programme (UK Government funded), I have been able to identify my areas of strength and weakness in terms of emotional intelligence and competencies. I am working hard to develop my weaknesses whilst advancing my strengths.

Leader of the Geography department. Managing 4 staff to deliver a quality learning experience to students. 11 to 18 year olds.

Responsible for the planning, teaching, assessment and reporting of geography and geology to 11 to 18 year olds.

Mombasa, Kenya

Managing a team to deliver a quality learning experience to geographers at Mombasa Academy. Managed the introduction of the new IGCSE curriculum and led the school's Presidents Award program (similar to Duke of Edinburgh).

Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Responsible for the planning, delivery, assessment and reporting of geography and PE to 11 to 18 year olds.

Bsc (Hons), Environmental Management, 2:1

Activities and Societies: University Rugby League first XIII

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