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Alnwick, England, United Kingdom

North Northumberland

Supporting Delivery of ECDL and Entry to Level 2 ICT Functional Skills courses to adult Community Learners. Providing initial CPD support following the introduction of Promethean ActivPanels and ClassFlow within some of our centres.First Clicks With- Android Tablet and Smartphone- iPad and iPhone- Wordpress- Social Media and Job Search- Social Media and Small Businesses- GMail- Google Docs- Rural Digital Workshops

Aln Valley Railway

Class Teacher Year 2 to 4, ICT Teacher Year 6 to Year 11.Managed transition of network and hardware from previous school to new building on new all through school site. Revised Scheme Of Learning to link Primary Phase learning with that of Secondary PhasePlanned and implemented Strand based navigation structure for software deployment, on Network linking SOL with Software tools available for each section. Successful bid for funding to purchase and implement mobile technology project.Development of Student and Parents together ICT and Learning workshops.Implementation of VLE and Google Domain with related CPD sessions.Introduction of after school Coding ClubsMember of BCS Computing At School Network.

Bristol

Classroom Teacher Y1 to Y5, holding a range of roles and responsibilities.Science Faculty Coordinator. Lead team to develop School Curriculum Development Framework and implementation of ARR policyLead teacher BEON Project part of the National Superhighway's Initiative within the school.Design, implementation and management of school website from 1999 to 2009. Expansion of website beyond infopoint to online learning portal. Introduction of Virtual Learning Environment.Developed and lead inhouse CPD programs, School based NOF trainer. Supported and worked on LEA based CPD for ICT subject leaders in the primary phase. ICT consiltant to Success@action Zone.Introduced web 2.0 based learning across the curriculm. Piloted use of blogging and podcasting. Lead Teacher "Creative Partnerships"​ Digital Media projects. Lead intorduction of IWBs.Teacher Researcher UoB based Interactive Project. MSc Education,Technology and Society. Featured in two programmes for Teacher's TV, and made videos with BECTA featuring class work and design for learnng.. Established ICT Inspirations, a Teaching and Learning With ICT Blog at http://twowhizzy.blogspot.com

Withywood, Bristol

My role involved working with staff and students within a local cluster group including 11 Primary, Junior and Infant schools, to develop ICT for learning and web based projects. Liaising and working with the Zone Director, LEA Curriculum Support teams and colleagues to plan, monitor and review project progress. Inherent within the projects was the principal of Classroom based INSET and coaching.

Bristol, United Kingdom

SWift GWiST provided customised INSET services under the New Opportunities ICT Training programme. As a trainer for the organisation I was involved in Planning and delivery of bespoke training sessions for groups of primary school teachers around the use of ICT for Learning.

Teyfant Comunity Primary School, Hartcliffe, Bristol

The BEON project was an ambitious ICT for learning project implemented in conjunction with the Withywood School's IT Network and part of the National Superhighways Initiative. The Project involved 11 Primary schools and a Hub Secondary School in the Hartcliffe and Withywood area of South Bristol England, working in partnership with industry colleagues from British Telecom and ICL. ICL and BT developed and provided the Network Infrastructure, Hardware and Software for the project while the University of Exeter, provided academic support and evaluation for the project. As IT Cordinator and school Lead Teacher, I lead the internal planning and implementation process within my school to fit needs and purposes of our curriculum. I also Planned and implemented support and CPD programmes for colleagues involved in this ambitious and unique project.During the project I worked to Develop and implement topic/theme based SOLs to support cross curricular embedding of IT.Acted as a liaison between colleagues from industry within the project management process.

Hartcliffe Bristol

Graduating in 1989 from Bristol Polytechnic, I taught across Key Stages 1 and 2 during thi time assuming a variety of middle management roles and responsibilities, beginning with PSHE before becoming curriculum lead for Science, DT and IT. I played a lead role in establishing the school's Teaching and Learning Policy and Assessement for Learning Practices following time spent as a seconded Assessment Teacher with the Local Education Authority. These formed the backbone of future subject policy development and a framework for establishing consistency in medium and long term planning and policy frameworks.Role ChronologyPSHE and DT Coordinator 1989-93Assessment Coordinator 1993-95Assessment Support Teacher (Avon LEA) 1993-1994School Based Moderator 1993-95Science Faculty Leader 1993 - 96BEON Project Lead Teacher 1995- 2000

Bristol, United Kingdom

County based support role working alongside schools and colleagues to develop formative and summative assessment processes at Key Stages 1 and 2.

Msc, Education, Technology And Society, Distinction

The MSc Education, Technology and Society offered a broad overview of the growing impact of Information and Communications technology..

Capse Educational Management, Educational Leadership And Administration, General, 3M Grade Units Awarded

This broad course explored the role of managers and leaders in the educational field. The course included change process, people.

Capse Independent Study Unit, Media Education In The Primary School Project, 3M Grade Units Awarded

A Research based CAPSE Independent Study Unit supported by The University of the West of England and carried out in conjunction.

Bed, Biological Sciences, 2:1

A 4 Year Honours Degree working with learners in the 3-13 age range. Course focussed on Education and cross curricular Teaching.