Matthew L.

Head of History at Chase Terrace Academy
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Shifnal, England, United Kingdom, UK

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Credentials

  • SSAT Leadership Fellow
    SSAT
    May, 2022
    - Oct, 2024
  • MA Educational Leadership and Psychology
    University of Chester
    Dec, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • Management Coaching & Mentoring
    Chartered Management Institute
    Dec, 2020
    - Oct, 2024
  • PGCE Secondary History
    University of Chester
    Jul, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • Qualified Teacher Status
    Department for Education
    Jul, 2018
    - Oct, 2024
  • BA (Hons) Modern History & Politics
    University of Wales Trinity Saint David
    Jul, 2017
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • Chase Terrace Academy
    • United Kingdom
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Head of History
      • Apr 2022 - Present

      Leadership and management:• Managing an experienced team of 3 History Teachers• Balancing the wellbeing of the team whilst achieving our ambitious departmental objectives• Deploying staff to tasks that suit their unique strengths• Coaching the team to be the best teachers they can be• Using SISRA data to compare results to national averages - and adjust departmental priorities accordingly with areas of improvement• Setting cover for the team during times of absence and managing supplyQuality Assurance of Teaching & Learning:• Close monitoring of standards via learning walks and student voice panels• Regular communication with SLT link on standards• Adjusting the curriculum in-line with student voice panels• Completing regular book looks and scrutinies in order to identify best practice and causes for concern• Coaching & Mentoring the teamCurriculum:• Leading the development of the KS3, KS4 and KS5 curriculum• Aligning the curriculum with Ofsted’s Framework• Aligning the curriculum with JTMATAdministration:• Organising the timetabling of staff through combing charts• Setting of classes based on class ability and staff expertise• Organising roomings fairlyFinance:• Managing a departmental budget of £4000• Processing ordersWhole school:• Supporting the marketing of the subject during the GCSE & A-Level Options process• Supporting a school wide programme of history trips: Warwick Castle (Y7), Black Country Living Museum (Y8), Normandy & Berlin (Y9), Belgium (Y10), Chester Medicine Museum (Y11), and Krakow Auschwitz (Y12-Y13) Show less

    • Assistant Head of Sixth Form
      • May 2020 - Present

      Leadership and management:• Managing a team of Sixth Form tutors• Creating and imbedding a new tutor programme, covering study skills, PSHE and post-18 optionsPastoral:• Pastoral care of Year 12 and Year 13• Supporting with the management of behaviour, attendance and dress code• Creating and delivering weekly assembliesData and progress:• Monitoring assessment data and student progress, and staging intervention meetings where necessary• Liaising with Head of Departments and KS5 TeachersFutures:• Supporting the university-route UCAS application• Supporting the work-based route of apprenticeship application• Co-ordinating career guidance with CEIAG• Leading the work experience programmeRaising standards:• Enhanced the profile of the Sixth Form since 2019 in all subjects• Created and delivered the EPQ Level 3 course to push our high achievers• Created a more study-orientated Common Room, with new features like “meet the exam” and a wider reading library• Delivered KS5 Teaching & Learning CPD to staff and ITT students throughout the year• Working with student voice to imbed the house system and rewards assemblies• Led the Sixth Form in the absence of the Head of Sixth Form Show less

    • Sixth Form Intervention Lead
      • May 2021 - Apr 2022

      Data:• Leading the creation and implementation of a transition programme of ‘bridging work’ for Year 11 to 12 to minimise disruption from the Pandemic• Leading the creation and implementation of an intervention programme for Year 12 and 13 to minimise the disruption from the Pandemic• Monitoring assessment data and student progress and staging interventions when necessary• Liaising with Head of Departments and KS5 Teachers on student concerns where necessary

    • History Teacher
      • May 2019 - May 2020

      Teaching & Learning:• Teaching KS3 History (ongoing)• Teaching KS3 Geography (2019-2022)• Teaching KS4 History (ongoing)• Teaching KS5 History (ongoing)Departmental:• Coordinating Holocaust Survivor guest speakers (2019-2022)• Leading History Club (2019-2020)• Careers Champion in History (2020-2021)• Leading Year 9 Options Assemblies (2019-2020)• Trainee Teacher Mentor (ongoing)• Redesigning KS3 History Curriculum (2020-2021)Pastoral:• Head of Year support (2019-2020)• Pupil Premium Coach (2019-2020)Wider school:• Coaching and Mentoring (2019-2020)• Extended Project Qualification Coordinator (2020-2022)• ITT support w/SLT (2021-2022)• Trip support (2019-2022)• Supported teaching & learning reading group (2020-2021)Community:• Delivering history CPD for primary schools (2019-2020)• Delivering CPD to staff (2021-2022)• Supported food banks (2020-2021) Show less

  • AQA
    • United Kingdom
    • Education Administration Programs
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Examiner & Moderator
      • May 2022 - May 2022

      • GCSE History (World War I) • GCSE History (World War I)

  • Pearson
    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Expert Examiner
      • Jul 2019 - Jul 2019

      • GCSE History (Elizabethan Era) • GCSE History (Elizabethan Era)

  • Belvidere Secondary School
    • Shrewsbury, United Kingdom
    • History Teacher
      • Apr 2018 - May 2019

      Teaching & Learning: • Teaching KS3 History • Teaching KS4 History Departmental: • History Club (2018-2019) • Arranging Holocaust Survivor guest speaker (2019) Wider school: • Trip Support (2018-2019) • Supporting WWI Centenary event (2018) Teaching & Learning: • Teaching KS3 History • Teaching KS4 History Departmental: • History Club (2018-2019) • Arranging Holocaust Survivor guest speaker (2019) Wider school: • Trip Support (2018-2019) • Supporting WWI Centenary event (2018)

  • Pearson
    • United Kingdom
    • Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Examiner
      • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018

      • GCSE History (Weimar & Nazi Germany) • GCSE History (Weimar & Nazi Germany)

Education

  • The SSAT Network
    Leadership Legacy Project, Pass: Leadership Legacy Fellow
    2021 - 2022
  • University of Chester
    MA Educational Leadership and Psychology, Merit
    2018 - 2020
  • University of Chester
    PGCE Secondary History w/QTS, Outstanding
    2017 - 2018
  • University of Wales Trinity Saint David
    B.A. Modern Historical Studies, Winner of the Reverend F.J.T. David Memorial Prize in History for Outstanding Academic Achievement
    2014 - 2017

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