3 March 2010 0 Comments

And the beat goes on

Drama GCSE consultancy underway. Very productive session last Friday, in spite of the fire alarm interruption and having to change the schedule following issues with coursework. It is particularly encouraging and refreshing to work with senior teachers who are accommodating but realistic. I identified a problem, we discussed it, we came to a mutually beneficial [...]

10 February 2010 1 Comment

Excellent Meeting, now for another

The Monday meeting with Pepita Hanna went really well – a wealth of information, advice and support. I’ve already acted on some of her advice and taken advantage of the opportunity to meet with the co-ordinator for the Selly Oak Extended Schools Cluster via LB at DECTC. Have just finished preparing for that.
The consultancy prep [...]

7 February 2010 0 Comments

Preparing for the week ahead

Not much on this week … ahem: Initial consultancy prep at Dame E, then straight to meeting Pepita Hanna (Arts Ed Director at BCC), then off to final session of Post Abortion Counseling course – and that’s just tomorrow.  Schools work, website final touches, meeting and consultancy follow up, completing and updating my profiles on [...]

5 February 2010 0 Comments

Consultancy Underway

After successfully working with St Paul’s Girls school on their GCSE Drama Coursework drafts, I’m now into planning for consultancy training at Dame Elizabeth Cadbury Technology College. I’m working with an NQT (won’t mention names for privacy) doing a maternity cover who has been thrown in at the deep end (like so many of us [...]