CASE STUDY KAREN CURRY


Karen Curry is an ESOL tutor at Buckinghamshire College Group.


I am aware that SET membership comes with a variety of benefits,


including access to webinars, podcasts, blogs and articles, and a lot more. The main benefit to me is inTuition magazine, which I find really thought-provoking, and there have been a number of articles that have been of interest to me. For example, there was a really interesting one about ESOL recently, which helped to develop my skills and knowledge as an ESOL teacher. I feel very lucky to be a corporate member, especially as it meant my membership was free!


CASE STUDY RONNI MONKCOM


Ronni Monkcom is an English teacher at Miltoncross Academy. She did her training at Essential Teaching UK, which paid for her membership.


I teach Year 7 up to Year 11, covering the entire GCSE curriculum in preparation for GCSEs in Year 11. I also teach EAL refugee children and extra literacy. As a SET member I benefit from inTuition and newsletters, which lead me to many interesting articles, and points of further research and study that contribute to my own continuing professional development. I also value the community network,


support and plethora of information/research and articles at hand for me to develop my own teaching skills and professional development.


CASE STUDY STEPHEN SHAW


Stephen Shaw is a senior education consultant at Essential Teaching UK.


SET membership allows me to


use the professional updating resources, the website, inTuition and inTuition Extra, and to keep up to date with current issues. I also use the Professional Standards in my work with colleagues and promote the access routes to QTLS, which is available through SET. For me the two most important aspects of


SET membership are professional updating and staying current in my teaching practice. I also greatly value QTLS as a standard of professional competence.


SET CORPORATE PARTNER SCOOPS TOP AWARD


Redbridge Institute achieved an impressive double at the 2019 Tes FE Awards, winning both the Adult and Community Learning Provider Award and the overall title of FE Provider of the Year, which was sponsored by the Education and Training Foundation (ETF). It is a huge achievement for the adult learning and skills provider, based


in north east London, and reflects the achievements of staff and the positive difference they make to people’s lives. Judged to be an outstanding provider in all areas by Ofsted in 2018, two out of three of Redbridge’s 4,000 learners are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. A quarter of learners have a learning difficulty or disability and achievement rates among this group are over 90 per cent. Redbridge, which is a Corporate Partner of the Society for Education and Training (SET), bases the professional development support it provides for its teachers and trainers on the Professional Standards for Teachers and Trainers. Staff are encouraged to not only take control of their own professional


development, guided by the standards, but also to try out new approaches to teaching for the benefit of learners. Joni Cunningham, Redbridge’s principal, said: “I am so proud of our outstanding service and what we have all achieved together – our learners, staff and governors. What a journey we have all been on together – it doesn’t get much better than this!” Two more categories were sponsored by the ETF in the Tes awards held


in March: Teacher of the Year and FE Leader of the Year. Sam Jones, an advanced practitioner in teacher development and scholarship at Bedford College, won Teacher of the Year in recognition of her excellent teaching record and her contribution to scholarship and professional development in further education and training. Sam, who already has a Master’s degree in learning and teaching from


Oxford University, has started a PhD at Cambridge University researching vocational updating. As a keen supporter of practitioner research, Sam has organised


research meets around the country and she is closely involved with the British Educational Research Association (BERA) and the Learning and Skills Research Network (LSRN). Paul Phillips, principal of Weston College, won the ETF-sponsored FE Leader of the Year Award after a remarkable 18 years in charge of the college. In this time the institution has grown markedly and gained a national reputation for educational innovation and excellence.


For the full list of winners visit www.tesfeawards.co.uk inUITION ISSUE 36 • SUMMER 2019 29


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