Professional Info
PUBLICATIONS
Thesis Project: Written Dissertation, Career trajectories of Deputy and Assistant Headteachers and their perceptions of secondary Headship, (March 2018) http://etheses.bham.ac.uk/8486/
Career Trajectories of Deputy and Assistant Headteachers and Their Perceptions of Secondary Headship (April 2019) Journal of Education https://doi.org/10.1177/0022057419834923
Black Female Leaders in Education, Role, Reflections, and Experiences
RESEARCH FOCUS
Career trajectories of senior leaders, Race and Education, Education and leadership, Special education, Suicidology, Urban Studies
CONFERENCES
First place in the College of Social Sciences in the Research Poster Conference (2013)
Runner up prize in the Birmingham Brief competition at the Research Poster Conference (2013)
Presented at the BELMAS Annual conference as part of the Ignite Session (2014)
Reviewer for the Journal of Education August 2018 - Current date
Common Ground Research Networks September 2018 – Current date
WORK EXPERIENCE
Research Fellow (p/t) - Life Sciences - Epilepsy Surgery Pathway: The Lived Experiences of Children with Epilepsy
May 2018 - Current
SEND Teacher/Youth MHFA Instructor/Suicide First Aid Associate Tutor
City of Birmingham School - Computing Lead for the Centre
September 2010 - April 2018
Supply Teacher - Part-time - SENCO/Assistant SENCO
January 2018 - present
Education Consultant - St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic School
September 2015 - July 2016
Hillcrest Girls School - Computing Teacher
September 2007 - December 2009
Barclays Bank - Student Business Manager
October 1999 - August 2004
EDUCATION
University of Bangor MA Education Studies (SpLD)
2018
National Professional Qualification in Senior Leadership
2018
The University of Birmingham Doctorate in Education and Leadership
2018
Awarded Doctorate in Education and Leadership - The Career Trajectories of Deputy and Assistant Headteachers in Secondary Education
University of Worcester Coaching Module
2016
University of Worcester National Award for SEN Co-ordination
2016
Awarded NASENCO Certification
Real Training Certificate in Psychometric Testing, Assessment and Access Arrangements (CPT3A)
2015
Awarded BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use - CPT3A and Access Arrangements.
Keele University Masters in Information Technology
2008
Awarded Master of Science in Information Technology
Keele University Post Graduate Certificate in Education
2006
Awarded Post Graduate Certificate in Secondary Education
VOLUNTARY WORK & INTERESTS
Online Crisis Counsellor
British Sign Language Level 2 Completed (2020)
Currently training for the British Sigh Language Level 3 Qualification