I worked In Wolverhampton schools as a teacher, ICT subject specialist and senior leader for 18 years. Whilst I was Assistant Headteacher, our school won the BECTA ICT Excellence award for Teaching and Learning with ICT and we were one of the first in the country to be awarded the NAACE and ICT Mark and led pioneering work in 1:1 device programmes.
Following a secondment to support school improvement, I managed the Learning Technologies Team of consultants in Wolverhampton, supporting schools in their adoption and implementation of education technology and associated pedagogies. The Learning Technologies Team were awarded the BETT Award in 2010 and 2013 for Services to Schools and were shortlisted again in 2016.
Since leaving Wolverhampton City Council in 2018, I formed Squirrel Learning with colleagues. Our company focuses on school improvement, offering support in, Education Technology, Strategic Support and Online Safety. Recently we have developed the BoomReader and BoomWriter applications, designed to support young people with literacy. BoomReader was awarded the BETT Award for Best Education Application in 2021.
I joined Naace as I firmly believe in the role that NAACE can make to the Education Technology landscape, in terms of raising awareness, developing and embedding the EdTech Review Framework, encouraging schools to undertake NaaceMark and sharing their good practice. Naace is uniquely positioned as a charity representing the voice of the UK education technology community.