SOME bACKGROUND INFO

MY TEACHING EXPERIENCE

  • King’s College School Wimbledon (3 years) where I trained and got my Qualified Teacher Status. I taught Latin and Greek, ages 13 to 18 (IB and A Level) and was supervisor of IB Extended Essays and responsible for university applications in Classics. I co-founded and ran the Beginners Greek Outreach Project and supervised the Beginners Latin Outreach Project.

  • North London Collegiate (a year’s maternity cover) where I taught students between the ages of 11 to 18 (IB, A Level and Pre-U) in Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation.

  • Highgate School (6 years) where I taught students between the ages of 11 and 18 in Latin, Greek, Classical Civilisation. I also taught sixth form History of Art.  I ran a Creative Writing Club for the lower school years that was itself a mentoring space where pupils – through means of a story – could give voice to a struggle and we could discuss characters’ behaviours & aspirations. I supervised the first Warhammer Club (having the lunchtime availability rather than game experience!) where I witnessed, on quite a profound level, the value of a space for young people to feel heard and seen. I co-founded the Random Acts of Kindness Society where again I saw young people be themselves with joyful abandonment.

  • I have worked with young people 1-1 on and off for twelve years as an academic tutor. Many of those sessions doubled up as mentoring.

MY OWN SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Wycombe Abbey

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  • MA Classics, 1st (Edinburgh University)

  • MSt Classics, Distinction (Oxford University, Magdalen College)

  • Qualified Teacher Status, certified ‘Outstanding’

  • Disclosure and Barring Service, enhanced

  • Certified Coach (Pure Coaching Academy)

  • Certified in How To Coach with NLP, C1 (NLP School)

“Subject knowledge development” has long been part of my modus vivendi. I’m committed to my professional development as a coach & mentor. I continue to train in alternative coaching practices and to expand my knowledge of neuroscience, which I find especially interesting and useful.