Experience

Geneva English School (GES)

• Switzerland
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of English and EAL

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Deira International School

• United Arab Emirates
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Head Of English Department

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2021

  Head of English in outstanding department in a British curriculum and IB diploma program school.•Manage assessment and curriculum at KS3, KS4 and IB.•Reflect and review curriculum based on internal assessment data, the QA cycle and external assessment measures, including examination results.•Quality assure teaching and learning within the department through observations, feedback, coaching and training. •Analyse live internal data: plan, implement and monitor interventions based on data and present to SLT link. •Lead meeting with, and communication with the parent body in order to strengthen understanding and support within subject area.•Maintain consistency across digital teaching platforms within the department.•Strengthen links with Year 6 team to refine transition process.•Teach Years 10, 11, IB1, IB2 and form tutor.



GEMS Wellington International School

• Education Administration Programs
• 100 - 200 Employee

• English Teacher

  • Sep 2017 - Jul 2019

  •Plan/teach/monitor/assess classes (years 7-12).•Ensure full understanding of IGCSE and IB specifications.•Input and analyse SIMS data of classes to plan classroom based intervention.•Analyse CATS data to assist differentiation.•Encourage/track and support classes in active engagement with the accelerated reader programme.•Analyse whole school data to identify students with literacy needs.•Organise timetabling, and staff training to facilitate intervention.•Track and monitor the success of the programme.•Average student progress = reading age increase of 3.7 years.



MACMILLAN ACADEMY

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• KS4 co-ordinator English

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2017

  English teacher, tutor and departmental manager.•Teach all year groups 7 – 12.•Lead on KS4 curriculum, resourcing, strengths and weaknesses of initial course overview, design half-termly assessments as internal measures of progress.•Deliver teaching and learning CPD to staff departmentally and whole school.•Monitor teaching and learning across the department through book sampling and lesson observations.•Plan CPD which targets develops target areas identified in book scrutiny and observations.•Lead planner of Year 9 – design whole year (create a lesson bank), organise assessments, plan GCSE transition, ensure progress and quality differentiation.•Understand new KS2 to support curriculum transition into KS3 (worked on assessment framework).•Support intervention at Year 11 by leading off-timetable days, work with vulnerable groups of students, intervene with high ability.•Contribute to design of new Year 12.•Support HOD with data analysis and tracking students using Sisra.•NQT mentor.•Performance management reviewer.•Moderate departmental marking.•Lead external teaching and learning training.•Organise and implement flipped learning at Year 12.•Design new internal assessment frameworks for KS3 and KS4 linked to new GCSE criteria.