Economics And Business Education Teacher
William Morris Sixth Form
London, United Kingdom
I taught across a range of academic and vocational economics, business studies and accounting courses at Level 3 (A Level and BTEC National) and Level 1 and 2 (Foundation Learning, GCSE and BTEC First) and the AQA Extended Project Qualification (EPQ). I ensure I keep up-to-date with developments in teaching techniques and educational policy. I am particularly interested in how new technology can be used in classrooms and how to ensure students develop the skills needed for employment and higher education. I helped coach cricket as an enrichment activity and worked with budding journalists writing for the Young Guardian. I organised a visit by Angel Adoree (Angela Newman), who successfully pitched her business, the Vintage Patisserie, on Dragon’s Den. I pitched and wrote an article about her visit which was published in a local newspaper.External CPD courses attended: Two courses run by Lighthouse Training: Effective Coaching and Mentoring and Being an Effective Sixth-Form Tutor. Attended Festival of Education 2012 at Wellington College, where I focused on events and seminars on how to implement new technologies and social media in education, and the skills which employers need students to be equipped with for employment.Internal CPD courses attended: using SIMs, how Moodle and collaborative virtual learning environments can further student progress, safeguarding and child protection, working with vulnerable students, differentiation strategies and techniques, effective assessment for learning, Every Child Matters and its implications in schools, writing effective reports, helping students make the transition from Level 2 to Level 3, fostering independent learning, improving student’s behaviour for learning, how to design and assess BTEC assignments, how to manage difficult conversations, how to be an effective EPQ supervisor, improving students’ literacy and numeracy. I was also a member of the school’s ‘Behaviour for Learning’ Learning Focus Group