Trace

I am an extremely passionate educator having spent the last 17 years honing my craft as a teacher, learning and developing alongside my students. I have won praise (and awards) for my student first approach and have a great track record in helping support lower achievers and challenging stronger ones

I am also a published writer having had two plays produced, one of which was performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2010 receiving 5 star reviews (Letters Home, Ribcaged Productions) and an anthology of poetry; This Panopticon Life (erbacce-press 2007).

Availability: Mon-Fri 10-00-21-00
Sat 10-00-12-00

Willing to travel: 5 miles

Experience: Professional Experience
01/17-Present Skelmersdale Personal Tuition
Company Director
Since leaving my role as Curriculum Manager, I have been running my own private tuition company.

06/14-01/17 City of Liverpool College
Curriculum Leader (English)
The role was accountable for providing subject expertise, course management leadership and effective coordination across the Pillar. Driving a consistent focus on teaching, learning and assessment, ensuring the continued improvement of delivery and effective development of curriculum provision through robust curriculum planning, including ensuring that the curriculum planning was, ‘fit for purpose’ in delivering high quality teaching and learning and that processes which support student learning were in place and operating effectively.

09/12-06/14 Summerhill School
Provide co-ordination for teaching staff in the department, ensuring the team is equipped to deliver; high quality teaching, learning and assessment, effective student support, student retention and relevant course provision. Provide expertise in the most effective delivery techniques for the subject area ensuring achievement of standards of excellence. Drive academic innovation, ensuring curriculum planning is; ‘fit for purpose’ in delivering high quality teaching and learning. Contribute to the School’s Self-Assessment Review process, providing input to the reporting and validation of the relevant subject area and Quality Improvement Process.

10/08-09/12 Edge Hill University
Lecturer in English Language and Literature, Sociology and Initial Teacher Training: lecturing, facilitating, and contributing to Quality Assurance, observation of teaching and learning, marking, validation of modules, team contribution, and pastoral care of students, personal tutor, and academic monitoring.

01/08-10/08 University of Central Lancashire
Project Manager: providing effective co-ordination for the university`s £3.2m cross-university, multi-project (46) research based, urban regeneration programme, monitoring finances, recording progress, liaising with partners, production of reports and delivery of training and presentations.

02/06-12/07 Sefton Adult and Community Learning Service
Project Manager/Lecturer: of a Widening Participation project aimed at traditionally hard to reach groups. As a lecturer with Sefton Adult and Community Learning Service, I was responsible for delivering courses, pastoral care of staff and students, providing information, advice and guidance, through performance reviews and one-to-one tutorials.
05/04-01/0 Wigan & Leigh College
Lecturer: teaching and facilitating the education of young, male offenders. Creating schemes of work, liaising with internal agencies and examination bodies.
Qualifications
2005-2007 MA Writing Studies: Merit
Lancaster University
2004-2005 PGCE: Pass
University of Central Lancashire (UCLan)

2001-2004 BA (Hons) English and Creative Writing: 2:1 Lancaster University