Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Assessment, Consultancy, Teaching/working with pupils, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Oracy, Phonics and Writing
Region available:
London, Midlands, Online and South
Social media:
Twitter: @susie_spolander Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susie-spolander-619137b8/
Website:
www.primarysupportteam.co.uk
Testimonials
"I have tried your method for writing for the first time over the last couple of weeks and I am overwhelmed by how well it has turned out. I am excited about feeding back to school and sharing the experience so that they can also move forward. I just wanted to say a massive thank you for your guidance and support."
"The teachers across the school are now much more confident at teaching reading and lessons observed have been much stronger and really focused on delivering key reading skills. We feel that the work with Susie has strengthened the teaching of reading across the school."
"As a group, the Didcot Area Partnership of Schools value the professional development of our staff to enable learners to grow and succeed. Susie has supported this across the year, both responding to schools' individual needs and partnership-wide issues, including supporting writing moderation. Staff have appreciated the level of support and expertise on offer. Due to the success of this professional development, we will be continuing this support in the coming year."
"Susie is clear, has great subject knowledge and speaks with passion and enthusiasm. The project gives practical ideas that can be implemented straight away."
"Thank you! Both my colleague and I really enjoyed your developing comprehension course. Due to my experience and general interest, I know what to teach, but I think with our current set up, I wouldn’t have a clue where to start, so I really found your course useful in knowing how to give my teachers this subject knowledge."
"I would like to thank you for the brilliant UKS2 Greater Depth writing course. It really made me want to get back and make some changes and there were so many fab ideas!"
"Thanks for a really excellent morning yesterday, investigating spelling. It was so interesting to examine the learning processes and you inspired us too with new and stimulating ways of making the process fun."
Profile
As an experienced English consultant, Susie works with schools, academies and partnerships to develop and improve all aspects of English across the primary age range. Using her knowledge of the curriculum, assessment and effective teaching and learning practices, she successfully supports many schools and teachers to improve outcomes for their pupils. During her 20+ year career in Education, Susie has enjoyed classroom teaching, as well as holding a range of senior leadership posts. Prior to establishing her own consultancy business, she worked as an English Consultant for Oxfordshire County Council’s School Improvement Service. Susie has written, developed and led a wide variety of training events, programmes and projects to address current local and national educational priorities and, in recognition of her work, she has been awarded the Gold Quality Mark for Professional Development by the London Institute of Education. Susie is an accredited trainer for several reading intervention programmes and has recently worked with OUP as the writer and presenter of their online PD package for Project X CODE. Susie is passionate about finding innovative ways to inspire teachers and engage learners. Her training is of high quality: rooted in the curriculum, with evidence-based practice alongside creative teaching and learning approaches. Susie believes in a bespoke approach to school support, working alongside school leaders, class teachers and support staff to develop practice through a range of leadership and classroom-based strategies, always precisely tailored to the identified needs of the school. Susie provides training, resources and school support in partnership with local and national organisations, such as Quest for Learning, Oxfordshire County Council, Oxfordshire Teaching Schools Alliance and Oxford University Press.