Experience

Loreto College - Company

• Education Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Teacher of Psychology

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  Teacher of Year 12 and Year 13 AQA Psychology. Monitoring and supporting the overall progress and development of students within the academic A-Level and tutorial structure.Operational and Strategic Planning - Development of resources, schemes of work, marking policies, assessment materials and teaching strategies in the curriculum area.Formulation of aims and objectives for the department and faculty which have coherence and relevance to the needs of students.Working to foster the application of IT in the curriculum, including the development of materials for independent learning.Target Setting, strategic action planning, progress monitoring and report/review writing.Weekly data collection and regular Alps monitoring.Lead teacher for the Futures Teach First programme working to help disadvantaged students gain places at university. Responsible for year 12 and 13 intervention programme for underachieving students.Personal tutor to 27 year 13 students responsible for behaviour, achievement safeguarding and personal welfare.UCAS application writing, employment references, supervisor for trips and visits. Responsible for ensuring effective communication/consultation with parents of students including parents evenings.Involved in the delivery of ‘Master classes’ and taster days to feeder schools.Interviewer of prospective students to ensure that they enrol on the correct courses for them.



The Radclyffe School

• Learning Manager

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2014

  Responsible for creating a supportive and energetic atmosphere for students aged between 11-16. To deliver detailed lesson plans across all areas of the curriculum including GCSE Psychology. Independent learning advocate. Personal Learning Guide. Year 11 Student Council leader. Member of Learning and Teaching action group. Supporter of the active learner. Experience of SEN and EAL. Responsible for behaviour management strategies in the classroom. Experience of teaching Foundation Learning Groups out of mainstream with behaviour problems. Degree level experience of topics such as: emotional and social development of children; individual differences, personality and intelligence; facilitating memory and cognition; personal development strategies and educational psychology.



Cooperative Financial Services

• Insurance Advisor

  • Dec 2007 - Oct 2008

  Responsible for ensuring all claims were processed correctly.Customer service, dealing with complaints, customer care, high levels of empathetic skills, an excellent telephone manner, good liaising skills with partnering business’- negotiation and persuasion, strong knowledge of computer systems, meeting targets and deadlines, experience of making appointments, book keeping, invoicing, filing and other general office skills. Responsible for ensuring all claims were processed correctly.Customer service, dealing with complaints, customer care, high levels of empathetic skills, an excellent telephone manner, good liaising skills with partnering business’- negotiation and persuasion, strong knowledge of computer systems, meeting targets and deadlines, experience of making appointments, book keeping, invoicing, filing and other general office skills.