PROFILE
PGCE in Secondary Design and Technology/DATA accredited. DfES: RP 00/35990(01/08/2001).
Higher National Diploma in Architectural Stained Glass.
Diploma in Interior and Exhibition Design.
Competent and experienced Mosaic and Stained Glass Artist.
Experience of teaching individuals with specific needs and a range of ages and abilities.
Therapeutic and counselling skills.
Approachable, friendly and thoughtful manner, displaying sensitivity towards others combined with an ability to recognise individual achievements and identify strengths.
Extensive world travel.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Haberdasher Adams’ Grammar School (09/21- Present) Teacher of Art.
Contributing towards the development of schemes of work and delivering art and design lessons, introducing students to drawing and colour work at KS3, encouraging them to build confidence and develop their own unique styles.
Marking work and giving written and verbal feedback as required.
Contributing to departmental meetings, report writing and parental consultations.
Maintaining good order amongst the students in accordance with the schools policies, adhering to the schools behaviour and rewards policies.
Pastoral work includes supporting Sixth Form students as they prepare for examinations and life after school.
Wolverhampton Girls High School (01/17-03/17 maternity cover) and (09/20-12/20 sickness cover) Art and Design / Technology Teacher
Delivering workshop practise using a variety of resistant materials and covering an approach to planning and problem solving prior to executing ideas in 3 dimensions.
Delivering PSHCE programme supporting students general health and well being.
Currently delivering both Art and Design Technology, part time via Teams lessons during Covid lockdown.
Community Artist/Teacher (04/02 – Present)
Established a career as a Community Artist, facilitating a range of projects for a wide age range of people to engage in; including the teaching the basics of mosaics with a brief historical background, resulting in several large scale mosaic projects in schools. Projects linked to the National Curriculum.
After School Arts and Craft Clubs
Using my teaching skills in planning, delivering and recording an extensive programme of arts activities to KS1 and KS2 children in local primary schools. Termly newsletters are sent out to parents detailing the projects covered and skills acquired.
Valley Park Community School (01/01 – 03/02) Design and Technology Teacher
Working as part of a team, I delivered material up to Key Stage 4, G.C.S.E. level.
Developed schemes of work and ensured all lessons are differentiated, so catering for pupils of all abilities.
Developed strategies in classroom management and built positive relationships with both pupils and staff. Kept records, assessed and evaluated both pupils and my own work as e a key factor in my teaching.
Provided up to date records and comments to parents at open evenings.
Pastoral responsibilities included supporting a Year 7 group in their transition to secondary school.
Kent Autistic Trust (09/96 – 01/99) Art Therapist
Coordinated arts events for the organization, increasing an awareness of autism through art on both a national and European level – liaised with associate groups, staging opening events, regional press and radio coverage.
Facilitated Great Britain’s representation in the first International Exhibition of Art by People with Autism. The exhibition, which opened in Spain, travelled Europe for a six month period, raising an awareness of autism.
Drafted detailed reports on the organization’s art activities, including visual and written material.
Counselled people in both a one-to-one situation and through group sessions. Maintained confidential records and assessed progress.
Developed knowledge of the implementation of behavioural strategies in relation to autism and undertook relevant training.
Negotiated with art suppliers for my department, identified new suppliers and continued negotiations regarding the sale of art works produced.
Kent County Council (12/94 – 09/96) Arts Development
Work in the county resulted in the promotion to Arts Centre manager with overall responsibility for the launch of a new arts centre for young people in rural Kent, including identification and targeting of recruitment areas, needs analysis and activity design.
Initiated and delivered a training programme to youth workers to enable them to implement arts projects in their work and outlining an evaluation process.
Youth Forum Work – recruited new members, planned agendas and organised meetings for young people to have a voice.
Detached youth work – worked in partnership with other agencies to provide a varied, affordable programme of activities for young people who do not attend youth clubs and are on the streets.
Pupil referral projects – delivered an arts programme as a positive opportunity for young people who do not achieve high results academically.
Artability South East (06/94-03/96) Artist
Delivered a range of arts projects sensitive to the needs of young adults who are receiving day care. Involving project reports, evaluations and exhibitions.
Interplay: Creative Training Organisation (08/90-06/94) Youth and Community Worker
Played an active role within this organisation in delivering issue based projects, including:
Circus Eruption- the first integrated youth circus in the U.K. Providing weekly groups and working on productions.
In Tandem- providing cycling opportunities for the blind.
Dynamix- a creative training organization, I was employed to deliver arts workshops.
We were also involved with the training of youth/care workers.
TRAINING
EDUCATIONAL:
03/17 DATA- Health and Safety Training Standards in Design and Technology.
11/16 Child Protection Awareness Training.
06/11 Shropshire Council Return To Teach course.
08/01 QTS Design and Technology
07/01 TEFL Certificate.
03/98 Y.M.C.A. Training certificate for youth workers.
06/97 Certificate in Person- Centred art therapy at Crawley College.
SOUTH EAST ARTS- SHORT COURSES:
11/98 New interventions in the environment.
07/98 Sight specific art.
05/98 Notions and narratives in contemporary craft practice.
03/98 Expanding and developing public art practice.
12/97 Successful craft marketing.
11/97 South East public art forum.
10/97 New developments in glass and architecture.
AUTISM SPECIFIC:
07/98 Incident forms, risk assessments, reviews, principles of sexuality procedure.
06/98 Living and working with autism spectrum disorders.
11/97 Managing challenging behaviour – update.
11/96 T.E.A.C.C.H. principles from University of North Carolina, based in the U.K
09/96 Introduction to autism- Kent Autistic Trust.
EDUCATION
Sept.2000-July 2001: Greenwich University, London.
Qualified Teaching Status: Secondary Design Technology
Sept.1996-June 1997: Crawley College, London (P/T).
Person- Centred Art Therapy.
Sept.1987-July 1990: Swansea College of Art, South Wales.
Higher National Diploma: Architectural Stained Glass.
Sept.1985-July 1987: Medway College of Design, Rochester, Kent.
Ordinary National Diploma: Interior and Exhibition Design.
Sept.1984-July 1985: West Kent College of Further Education, Tonbridge, Kent.
A level: Sociology
O level: Sociology, History of Art
Sept.1980-July 1984: Invicta Grammar School for Girls, Maidstone.
O level: Mathematics, English Literature, Biology, English
Language, French, Art, Physics, History
AWARDS
09/2001 National Lottery Funding, Award for All: Educational stained glass panel.
12/1998 Medway City Council: Community stained glass panel.
10/1998 National Lottery Funding: Community stained glass panel.
10/1996 Richard Mills Fellowship: Awarded to artists to travel in Europe to develop their work.
07/1990 Howard Martin Award Given annually by the Trust for excellence in stain glass.