Experience

CHRISTOPHER WHITEHEAD LANGUAGE COLLEGE

• United Kingdom
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Internal Lead Expert

  • Sep 2019 - Present

  Working with peers to help and support them in their teaching practice. Coaching and mentoring of staff across the school and charged with leading CPD opportunities.

• Head of KS5 history and politics

  • Aug 2018 - Present

  Lead KS5 for both History and Politics. Budgetary responsibility. Continual review and development of the specification. Successfully introduced new specifications to the school with Excellent average grades so far for all students who have studied both history and politics.

• Teacher of History and Politics

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  Responsible for the design and development of KS5 Politics, KS4 history and KS3 history.Pastoral responsibility for a vertical tutor group.Focused on developing teaching and learning strategies to support all learners including SEN, EAL and G and T.

• Acting Head of History and Politics

  • May 2016 - Aug 2018

  Designing and developing new GCSE specification, Politics A-Level and KS3 aimed at mastering core skills in history. The programme is focused on enhancing vital skills in essay writing, discussion, debate and analysis from year 7 to mould students into highly analytical students who can question, evaluate and explain their judgements.Management, coaching and leadership of a successful 11-18 history and politics department.Responsibility for the development of a seven year programme of study for KS5 with a strong focus on literacy across all key stages.Pastoral responsibility for vertical tutor group.Budget responsibility for history and politics.

• Mentor

  • Jul 2017 - May 2018

  Support and coaching of trainee teachers from Haybridge School and the University of Worcester.Will be aiming to establish a PGCE/SCITT teach meet for Worcestershire as well as support trainees to complete their PGCE year successfully.Aiming to embark on NPQML with the objective to become a SLE for Worcestershire.In addition, lead teacher for KS5 Politics and have successfully created and resourced course for new Edexcel specification for 2017 onwards.


Travelling
• Vietnam
• Human Resources Services
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Non

  • Nov 2013 - Aug 2014


Skipton Girls High School

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher of History

  • Sep 2012 - Sep 2013

  Responsibility for KS4 and KS5 History exam classes with a shared responsibility for KS5 Politics. Pupils achieved higher results than previous year. Responsible for redesigning and developing KS3 curriculum to ensure that literacy skills are embedded. Pastoral form tutor role within vertical form system. Responsible for creating open-day material for prospective sixth formers and Year 6 pupils and parents. Internal inspection team awarded me outstanding in regards to Ofsted terminology.


Brigshaw High School
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Teacher of History

  • Sep 2011 - Aug 2012

St Joseph's Catholic College
• Australia
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Teacher of History

  • Dec 2010 - Aug 2011