Teaching is my passion
Teaching is my passion
I am a designated Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) for:
And lead:
So these seem the natural choices for my blog categories.
Why iTeachPri?
Expertise
Previous Roles
Assistant Headteacher: Again, working in an inner city school, this time in Nottingham, with a 65% Pupil Premium eligibility, I was responsible for Personal Development, Behaviour and Welfare, Pupil Premium, KS2 and a Year 6 class teacher.
Key Stage Leader: Same school. Different role.
Curriculum Leader: My passion has always been for teaching and learning development and giving children the best learning experiences possible. In my role as Curriculum Leader, I completed my SLE application and now support schools in developing their curriculum.
Teaching and Learning Leader: This role was the hardest of my career. Having been judged as consistently “outstanding” in the first three years of my career, I found it particularly challenging to be told my teaching “required improvement”. Teaching and learning in the primary phase was different; although I’d done a “converting to primary” Graduate Certificate, I didn’t tell me – a secondary drama teacher – how to teach equivalent fractions to a class of year 4 learners! I had a lot to learn, and quickly. My professional development was rapid.
Head of Drama and Performing Arts: Yes, that’s right, I started my teaching career in the secondary phase. I loved it! Performing Arts is a vehicle for so many different learning outcomes and provides children – of all ages – with some many opportunities. The first three years of my career were fantastic. Working in a small South Wales comprehensive school presented its own challenges: a falling roll and a potential deficit budget meant that cuts needed to be made and where first? Performing Arts. Having only taught for three years, I didn’t want to work part time – so the job hunting began.