BlueSky Education with Ally Sousa
Ally Sousa has worked in education for more than 16 years and has a longstanding interest in teachers’ CPD and supporting ECTs. She’s a former teacher and currently leads the content creation at BlueSky Education where she works with a wide range of teachers to create professional development resources.
Prior to joining BlueSky, Ally taught in secondary education. While teaching physical education at Gosport and Fareham MAT, she took on the role of Initial Teacher Training manager and professional mentor, supporting primary, secondary and special phase trainees across a range of training pathways, and developing continued professional development programmes for trainees, ECTs and experienced members of the school community.
Ally is keen to help teachers to have more constructive conversations about professional development with those who support them. She would love to discuss how teachers can take more ownership of professional development, how PD can happen throughout the year, the approaches early career teachers take to CPD, and why she is so pleased to see performance-related pay consigned to the education policy bin.
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Deaf Choices UK with Kathy Kenny
Deaf Choices UK support parents of deaf children to make the best CHOICE(S) for Language, Literacy and Communication.
They believe that every deaf child and every family has a unique set of needs and DCUK is here to help you navigate and explore the choices that are available to you, so that you can make an informed choice.
Deaf Choices UK is the only charity in the UK that provide training in Cued Speech.
Kathy Kenny works as a family advisor for Deaf Choices UK. She has a background in education and has a Deaf daughter who is now in her 20s.
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Deaf Choices UK – FB & IG
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Quote ‘Don’t compare…. The only person you should try to beat is the person you were yesterday’
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Past Present & Future – Celebrating 400 episodes
A kind of State of the Union episode with Mark looking back over the last 8 years and plans for the future of Education on Fire.
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Designing innovative, high-performing educational facilities with HED Design
Mary Ruppenthal is a registered architect and an Associate Principal at HED, one of the oldest and largest architecture and engineering firms in the country, with 400+ employees and annual revenues above $100M.
They serve clients nationwide in a broad range of market sectors, including Healthcare, Higher Education, Mission Critical, Housing and Mixed-Use, Pre-K 12, Science, Manufacturing and Product Development, Workplace, Community, and Government.
With nearly 30 years of experience in public and private sector educational, civic, and cultural design, Mary oversees Pre K-12 and community education projects at HED and is a regular speaker at trade and industry events on the best practices of flexible and adaptive learning environments for tomorrow’s pedagogical needs and the needs of tomorrow’s workforce and incorporating wellness into educational space design.
She has devoted her career to collaborating with school districts in the design of innovative, high-performing educational facilities that enhance the user experience, maximize efficiency, and help shape the future for students of all ages.
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400: Hacking School Discipline Together with Jeffrey Benson
Jeffrey Benson has four decades of experience as a teacher, mentor, and administrator. His work and publications focus on conflict resolution, restorative discipline, learning theory, trauma, inclusive classes, and staff and leadership development.
He coaches principals, teachers, provides workshops, and facilitates school-change teams. He supports schools to be more successful with more students, rooted in understanding how people learn, the starting point for all we should do in schools. His latest book is Hacking School Discipline Together.
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LinkedIn: Jeffreybenson61
Resources Mentioned
Jeffrey’s book – Hacking School Discipline Together
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