Stuart Rathe Email & Phone Number

Birkenhead, Gb

Birkenhead, England, United Kingdom

Manchester, England, United Kingdom

Freelance education consultant for BBC Teach, primarily reviewing online KS3 Shakespeare study guides on BBC Bitesize, including material on Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, The Merchant of Venice, The Tempest, Much Ado About Nothing. Provision of expert guidance on content, fact-checking, suggesting alterations and liaising with content producers.

Salford, England, United Kingdom

Commissioned to write a full scheme of work for eight animated episodes of BBC School Radio's Macbeth, A Midsummer Nights Dream and The Tempest with detailed National Curriculum links and accompanying resources. Commissioned to write 'Teacher Notes' for all ten episodes of BBC School Radio series Shakespeare Retold, a collection of stories by leading children's authors read by famous voices. This included play summaries, notes on modern retellings, curriculum links and suggestions for use in class.· Consulted on development of BBC's Shakespeare:Unplugged Live Lesson for Primary Students, including advice on content and structure of lesson, and script contribution.· Chose and categorised child-friendly quotes for CBBC's Totally Shakespeare Week web page. Provided background information and directorial suggestions for each quote as part of online content to encourage children to record themselves speaking a line of verse for the 2016 celebration of Shakespeare's cultural legacy.Contracted to write metadata for BBC Bitesize's How to Be EPIC @Shakespeare class clips, providing title, descriptions, keywords and suggestions for use in class to accompany online content.

Class teacher (Year 4) Responsible for whole school drama, including directing school productions Teaching Secondary English to Years 7 and 8

London, England, United Kingdom

Managing the Education resources and messaging of Education and Cultural Arts Charity SSF, which runs the worlds largest youth drama festival. Shakespeare Schools Foundation is a national cultural and arts education charity, which runs the world’s largest drama festival – the Shakespeare Schools Festival. During my time with them as Education Manager I was responsible for:· Devising and delivering workshops, alongside SSF artistic associates, for school pupils from Key Stage 2 to GCSE based on the works of Shakespeare· Researching and redevising GCSE workshop content for all SSF workshops based on the introduction of the new 9-1 GCSE, specifically linking content to exam board assessment objectives· Providing training to SSF staff on the education landscape from Key Stage 2 to Key Stage 5· Co-devising and delivering teacher CPD training on the teaching of Shakespeare, stagecraft, the use of drama, and specific festival workshop training.· Creating schemes of work for GCSE to accompany Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and the Tempest· Creating Key Stage 2 schemes of work for several of Shakespeare’s plays· Writing SSF ‘story’ versions of several of Shakespeare’s plays for Key Stage 2 audiences· Speaking at Education Conferences including Practical Pedagogies, Toulouse (2017) and the Independent Schools Association (2018)· Writing for publications such as Primary Matters, Teach Primary, Music and Drama Education.· Writing a book chapter for the forthcoming Cambridge University Press academic text Reimagining Shakespeare, edited by Dr Liam Semler

Wirral, England, United Kingdom

Year 4 and Year 6 Class Teacher and Drama CoordinatorOverchurch Junior School － Upton , Wirral· Taught entire KS2 curriculum to Year 4 and Year 6 classes.Appointed to Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's Shakespeare Week Advisory Teacher Panel - meeting regularly to discuss implementation of national Shakespeare Week programme. Contributed to Shakespeare School Festival's Steering Group - discussing the ongoing operations of the festival.Coordinated whole school Shakespeare Week celebrations by developing and implementing schemes of work, focussing on a different Shakespeare play per Year Group.Directed three Shakespeare Schools Festival productions, including outdoor productions of Twelfth Night and A Midsummer Night's Dream at Tatton Park as part of Shakespeare Week 2015 and 2016.Trained staff in requirements of new Computing Curriculum including coding. Delivered Computing Curriculum talks at various 'TeachMeet' events, primarily in conjunction with professional colleagues at the University of Chester.Mentored two groups of postgraduate students as part of the University of Chester's annual ICT project.

Master Of Arts - Ma, Shakespeare And Education, Distinction

Post Graduate Certificate In Education, Primary Education

Master Of Arts - Ma, Victorian Literature

First Class Hons, Law And English Literature, First