Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Initial Teacher Education
Specialism:
Initial Teacher Education, Secondary and Secondary Literacy
Region available:
Midlands and Online
Social media:
@NikkiCopitch
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I have been a subject leader for Secondary English and Drama ITE, an English consultant and an English and Media teacher. I am now NAAE Secretary and Publicity Officer, a foster parent and a visiting university lecturer in ITE.
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Consultancy, Teaching/working with pupils and Training
Specialism:
Secondary and Secondary Literacy
Region available:
Midlands, North and South
Testimonials
"Natalie is an excellent presenter. I’ve found this to be one of the most relevant and informative CPDs I’ve attended."
"Thank you! Most useful course I’ve been on!"
"Natalie has built a very good rapport with some of our most disaffected students and they feel valued. Thank you."
"Many excellent strategies for outstanding practice…perfect pitch and length…a thoroughly rewarding course, thank you!"
"Really great to hear Natalie’s overview – puts it all into context very clearly… Ever-helpful advice and ideas… supportive and creative."
"All the things I’ve come up against and worried about have been discussed today – exactly what I wanted!"
"Extremely useful. One of the best CPD events I have attended in a very long time!"
"An excellent, informative and supportive session – thank you!"
"Thoroughly enjoyable and useful course."
"Thank you for another superb morning of ‘talking literacy’ and being enthused!"
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Natalie has been teaching English in secondary schools for over twenty years. She also has extensive experience of a wide range of school leadership roles including English Subject Leader, Whole School Literacy Lead, Director of Teaching and Assistant Headteacher. Natalie is a Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) with a proven track record in improving student outcomes and she works closely with senior leaders, supporting schools on a wide variety of school improvement projects. Natalie also has a strong reputation in devising and delivering directly relevant professional development training to a wide range of both primary and secondary schools, across the UK. Most recently, Natalie’s CPD training has centred around supporting leaders to develop ‘outstanding’ literacy provision in secondary schools.Natalie maintains that ‘no two schools are the same’ and her professional approach has always been highly regarded by schools.
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Consultancy, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Assessment, Curriculum Design and Writing
Profile
23 years in comprehensive schools, 15 in university and (not consecutively) 40 years in GCSE Assessment
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Personal Information
Specialism:
Assessment, Cross-phase English, Oracy, Primary, Reading, Research and Secondary
Social media:
Twitter: @wendydelf Linkedin: Wendy Delf
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Wendy has a wealth of experience in education having worked as a Secondary school leader, Senior LA Adviser, Ofsted Inspector. She is the Lead UK trainer for Professor John Hattie's Visible Learning programme with Osiris Educational and Corwin, working with schools nationally and internationally. She also provides bespoke training and SIP consultancy working extensively with Head teachers as a School Improvement Partner, training teachers, leaders and ECTs in all phases across the UK and in Europe. Wendy is passionate about supporting all teachers to make a difference in their classrooms and for their learners.
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Initial Teacher Education
Region available:
Midlands
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Assessment, Consultancy, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Assessment, Phonics and Reading
Region available:
London and South
Website:
https://www.dyslexiahq.com
Testimonials
"Thank you for delivering our whole staff INSET - you have raised our awareness and provided us with a bank of practical ideas and resources to use with all our children, not just those with dyslexia."
"I wanted to thank you personally for the workshop you delivered at our school. You were so well informed, flexible and accommodating - rare these days!"
"Can I give this training 11 out of 10? The training was all very inclusive and structured. I really enjoyed it."
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Kath qualified as a primary class teacher in 1995 and worked as a class teacher and SENCO before retraining as a literacy specialist in 2010. She has supported schools in London and the South-East as a phonics and early literacy consultant and trainer, both independently and for an English Hub, training hundreds of teachers. Kath qualified as a dyslexia assessor in 2018 and offers SEND/Literacy consultancy and support to primary and secondary schools and to a number of reading charities.Most recently, Kath was SEND consultant for a DfE validated phonics scheme and co-authored their keep-up programme for children at risk of falling behind in phonics.
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Advisory work for government bodies/organisations, Assessment, Consultancy, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Assessment, Primary and Reading
Profile
I have been a Local Authority adviser for 8 years. Prior to this I was a primary school teacher for 15 years, which included leading literacy and SLT experience. I work with primary schools and academies to improve their reading provision across the key stages. I am the Reading Recovery Teacher Leader for the South West and I am a trainer for many other reading interventions. I am KS1 moderation manager for Bristol and I also moderate KS2 writing.
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Personal Information
Type of work offered:
Consultancy, Initial Teacher Education, Keynotes, Teaching/working with pupils, Training and Writing
Specialism:
Phonics, Primary and Reading
Region available:
Midlands, National, Online and UK
Social media:
@Miss_K_Sunray3
Website:
www.linkedin.com/in/kiran-s-0b886538
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Kiran is an experienced teacher, having taught across the Primary Phase from EYFS to KS2. She is an experienced KS1 Phase Leader and Teacher, specialising in Early Reading, Phonics and Reading whole school. Kiran has written several chapters for different Edu books, including:Reimagining Fairytales for The DiverseEd Manifesto Reader Volition in the Open University's Reading Teacher's BookEnabling girls into leadership for the 3rd WomenEd book. She has also written Early Reading books for the First Steps Rocket Phonics series of books. Rocket Phonics is a DfE validated Phonics Scheme. She is the 2023 UKLA Farshore Double Award Winner - Reading Champion and Author's Choice for her DEI Pupil leadership work around Reader Volition and Agency. Kiran has spoken at several Edu conferences including the Festival of Education, Pedagoo, WomenEd Unconferences, BrewEds and Open University workshops, ranging from enabling and empowering fiction for girls diversity, equity and inclusion to Early Reading Provision, Fluency and Reading for Pleasure Pedagogy. Kiran has taught in Tanzania and recently helped build a school (in Rwanda) in collaboration with Action Aid, to enable young girls to have Equitable access to education. She is passionate about advocating alternative fairy tales and diversifying the representation in children’s literature; empowering fiction for girls #WomenEd and using texts that immerse children into different worlds and lives – specifically stories centred around immigration and the lived experiences of refugees.
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