Experience

PARK HOUSE SCHOOL NEWBURY

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

• Assistant Headteacher

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  Direct Instruction and Literacy Direct Instruction and Literacy



National Institute for Direct Instruction

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• NIFDI UK Publicity Specialist

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  • NIFDI UK Representative. • Contact email: nifdi-uk@nifdi.org • First point of call for UK Schools. • Communicate to UK school leaders how expert training and support are necessary for schools to be successful with Direct Instruction. • Implement the Direct Instruction (DI) instructional model and increase the knowledge base of UK schools regarding the benefits of DI when fully implemented with NIFDI support. • Meet with representatives of schools to explain DI, it's rationale and the benefits of working with NIFDI. • Arrange for discussions between potential partners and NIFDI Implementation Managers supporting DI in the UK or other NIFDI experts. • Identify model classrooms in schools that are already implementing DI. • Accompany candidates to model schools. • Submit articles and opinion pieces to media in the UK. • Publicise NIFDI-sponsored outreach events and hosting fora of Direct Instruction. • Public educational speaker to large audiences at teacher conferences to promote NIFDI and Direct Instruction. Show less



Direct Instruction Hub UK

• United Kingdom

• Founder Owner & Education Consultant

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  • UK's leading Direct Instruction expert. • Partnership with the National Institute for Direct Instruction (NIFDI) Eugene, Oregon US. • Explicit Teaching and Instruction. • Providing national support, coaching and introductory set-up on the theory and practice of Siegfried Engelmann's Direct Instruction. • Supporting MATs, schools and leaders in areas of school improvement for KS3 and KS4 learners. • Networking and liaising across a range of external trusts, schools and providers, to ensure a consistent approach in standards, teaching through the efficiency of the program. • Providing quality assurance and advice that contribute to the self-evaluation in schools. • Providing CPD, Webinars and INSET sessions to trusts and schools. • Public educational speaker to large audiences. Show less



United Learning

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• Director of Direct Instruction for English & Maths (Trust Lead)

  • Jan 2020 - Sep 2022

  • Trust lead overseeing Direct Instruction (DI) across forty-five United Learning (UL) secondary schools nationally. • Provide and implement an outstanding provision to improve and raise student outcomes, behaviour, confidence, and skills to prepare students for KS4. • Supporting KS3 learners in numeracy and literacy working below expected levels. • Monitor and evaluate raising standards in KS3 across the trust. • Promote explicit and efficient and effective learning. • Coach and support teachers, enhancing their professional development and offering them the tools to be experts in their field. • Provide a range of QA processes, improving and reviewing T&L, assessments, drop-ins, formal observations, and competency developments. • Provide strategies to promote high standards of behaviour. Show less



Aspirations Academies Trust

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Direct Instruction Lead (English) | Teacher of English and Media

  • Sep 2018 - Dec 2019

• Teacher of Media Studies

  • Mar 2019 - Jul 2019

  Teaching KS4 Media Studies across two schools.

• Teacher of English and Media

  • Apr 2012 - Sep 2018



United Learning

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 700 & Above Employee

• English Teacher (Alternative Curriculum Centre)

  • Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

  Behaviour and Inclusion Behaviour and Inclusion