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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Initial Teacher Education, Training and Writing

Specialism: Initial Teacher Education, Reading, Secondary and Secondary Literacy

Region available: London, Midlands, North and Online

Social media: @stevewillshaw

Website: www.swillshawconsulting.co.uk

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"Functional Fluency and TIFF have been very positive for my school, enabling me and my colleagues to grow as teachers, leaders and people. It has clarified what I feel, helped me to see the bigger picture and given me things to work on but it has also helped me to have belief and certainty in my "

" approach. As a result, I am going to try and stop taking things too personally and, instead, provide good structure to help colleagues solve their own problems."

"Steve’s coaching was superb. He used a range of techniques as well as intuitive chats to help me explore how I could create the books I want to and to get them into the hands of people who might read – and buy – them. I have come away with a new focus and a new way of structuring my days and weeks and months. Simple things that have had a massive impact. As a slight cynic about coaching, I was delighted with the outcome and the process."

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Head of English in two schools over 10 years. Senior English Consultant for Lincolnshire for 7 years. Wrote all the Rooted in Reading passports. Education Officer in Guernsey for 2 years. For the last 6 years Senior Leader of English with a MAT and on senior leadership team of large secondary teaching school alliance. SCITT subject lead for English and Programme Tutor. Have written on English for NATE and Longman. Now running Secondary English Networks for Myatt and Co.

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Training and Writing

Specialism: Cross-phase English and Oracy

Region available: International and UK

Social media: Twitter @think_talk_org

Website: www.leahcrawford.com

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"'I am more confident now to ‘facilitate’ when questioning and I feel more able to reinforce the ‘ease’ in which grammatical knowledge can be applied to complex tasks through talk.' Primary English Subject Leader"

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Leah had 15 years experience as a Local Authority English Inspector/Adviser, working across the primary and secondary phases before becoming an independent consultant. In her school career, she held pastoral and subject leader roles. She now leads Thinktalk consultancy, is a Tutor for the King’s College Let’s Think in English Cognitive Acceleration programme and is a consultant and writer for Bob Cox’s Opening Doors publications and consultancy. She has completed a Masters in Education Degree on teacher learning and development and has supported a European Erasmus project on the Assessment of Thinking Skills. Leah has led extended professional learning courses through Teaching Schools and MATS on Mastery of Reading at primary, Writing Design and Process, Grammar for Purpose and Viewpoint, and Word Study – combining the teaching of spelling and vocabulary. She is delivering the new NPQ in Leading Literacy through the University of Winchester.

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Type of work offered: Assessment, Consultancy, Training and Writing

Specialism: Oracy and Primary

Region available: Midlands

Social media: @rebeccakennedy39

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Training and Writing

Specialism: Phonics, Primary, Reading and Secondary Literacy

Region available: London

Social media: @phonicsandbooks

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"Thank you so much for a great session. Our teachers thoroughly enjoyed the session. It was very informative and gave everyone a good understanding of the structure for teaching the different phases. "

"Thank you so much for the staff training yesterday, it was pitched perfectly and really useful. Interestingly, staff who have been using MLS already said that it was helpful doing the training as they could relate to what you were talking about and it gave them some ideas to try out. "

"Thank you so much and once again, the training was excellent "

"The course was fantastic and we are already starting to implement ideas I got from it into our teaching. "

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Passionate advocate of high-quality teaching and learning for all children, raising standards in phonics, reading and writing and other curriculum subjects in schools. Phonics expertise, working for several validated schemes and publishers.Improving leadership and teaching in schools. Expertise in delivering high quality training to a wide range of audiences. Comprehensive knowledge of teaching and developing literacy skills in all pupils from preschool to Year 8 . Author and trainer.

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Type of work offered: Consultancy, Teaching/working with pupils and Training

Specialism: Secondary and Secondary Literacy

Region available: Midlands, North and South

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"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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