Haley McHaffie

My current role as art tutor is to deliver engaging art lessons by building self-confidence, learning new skills and developing the future aspirations of my learners.

I teach different artistic methods that encourage positive change and personal growth.

I ensure progress trackers, and safety protocols are maintained to a high standard, while delivering meaningful feedback to each learner.

• Created lesson plans in accordance with national curriculum and school-wide curriculum standards.
• Delivered engaging lessons encouraging creativity and artistic thinking in line with the department curriculum.
• Attended a variety of professional development workshops centred on learning goals, classroom management, student motivation and engaging schemes of work.

• Developed and delivered engaging English lessons tailored to meet the diverse needs of students.
• Provided constructive feedback on spoken and written English, helping students refine their language skills.
• Evaluated student progress against goals, providing positive praise and support.

• Created marketing content to raise the intake of new Art GCSE and A Level students. This included making short videos, writing weekly reports, and creating Art competitions for students across all year levels.
• Researching current artistic trends that students could relate to in order to create new and exciting schemes of work.
• creating How- to videos and printed recourses to help students during practical lessons.
• creating and updating social media platforms for the department. This included Instagram and X (formally twitter)
• Liaising with outside agencies to organise community art projects with our students.
• Ordering stock and keeping control of the department budget
• delivering after school workshops on digital and film photography

I was involved in a conservation project called Out of sight out of mind. Duties included

• Collaborating with museum curators to develop and implement preservation strategies for historical collections.
• Analysing and recording detailed condition reports pre-and post-conservation, maintaining accurate records for future reference.