Consultancy

As an education consultant, I have worked in both UK and international contexts and my specialisms include: 

• Designing and leading professional development programmes for school leaders, coaching and mentoring leaders and acting as a school improvement partner;

• Supporting innovation cultures in schools including using design thinking methodologies, developing a school culture in which innovation can thrive, implementation science and change management theories and practice;

• Supporting teachers to develop creative and more effective pedagogies through professional development coaching and enquiry projects, including social construction and oracy, problem solving and metacognition, play-based learning, project-based learning and real world learning.

Recent projects include:

• Supporting Hong Kong state school English language teachers to implement oracy teaching into their curriculum, via the Ednovators project

• Developing a leadership development framework and associated professional development programmes for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with  the Centre for Education Leadership at UCL Institute of Education

• Developing material for an online platform to offer professional development for the Playoneering® Reggio-Emilia inspired pedagogical approach for Hayley Peacock Education

• Leading a research project to narrow the gap for Pupil Premium pupils in Bath and North East Somerset. 

• Designing a set of tools and resources for teachers hoping to develop thinking skills in their pupils through the Assessment Companion for Thinking Skills project, an Erasmus+ funded project with UK, Lavtia and Finland.