Jamie Straw
Nottingham,Nottinghamshire
Summary
Experienced education professional with a focus on supporting children with additional needs through engaging and interactive learning experiences. Builds strong, trusting relationships to facilitate meaningful progress and foster a sense of value and respect among students. Committed to creating an inclusive classroom culture that encourages curiosity and views mistakes as learning opportunities. Proven ability to implement innovative teaching methods and drive staff development to enhance overall academic performance.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Senior Teacher
Springfield Academy
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
2011.09 - Current
- Established positive classroom environment, fostering productive student behaviour.
- Coordinated after-school activities, fostering student creativity and teamwork.
- Led parent-teacher meetings, improving communication and engagement.
- Adapted teaching methods based on data collected from ongoing assessment of pupils' understanding and progress.
- Offered individualised instruction to cater for special needs students.
- Assisted in school administrative duties when required by head teacher.
- Served as mentor to junior teachers, promoting continuous professional growth.
- Kept up-to-date records of student progress and communicated same to parents and guardians regularly.
- Collaborated with parents and teaching staff on strategies to reduce disruptive behavioural incidents.
- Analysed programme trends to identify areas of improvement and recommended corrective actions.
Education
Primary Education Ba (Hons) - Primary Education
Nottingham Trent University
Nottingham 2007.10 - 2011.05
Skills
- Familiarity with Ofsted inspections and writing improvement and action plans to implement progress
- Fifteen years of knowledge of the Key Stage Two curriculum
- Special needs adaptation, to ensure that all learners succeed through personalising learning, breaking down challenge into manageable stages, personalised expectations for students who require additional support with behaviour and making learning accessible through the use of Widgit
- A proven track record of increasing results in Maths, Reading and Writing for end of Key Stage Two assessments
- Student performance data analysis through mark gap analysis and using this inform interventions and future teaching
- Pupil progress tracking or SEND pupils using BSquared
- I have been involved in the recruitment process for new members of staff joining Springfield Academy
- Vast experience of online teaching platforms through the use of Reading Plus and TTRS
- Experienced mentor for ECTs on the PGCE and SCITT programmes
- Placement co-ordinator for Primary Education Ba (Hons) students at Springfield Academy
- Techniques for dyslexic students
Affiliations
- In my spare time I refurbish Adidas trainers and make one off custom pairs by painting and redying them.
Accomplishments
During the last academic year I taught Year 6 children and was moderated for writing. The end of year results with a challenging cohort surpassed expectations and showed an upward trend on the previous year achieving 72% for writing, 69% for Maths, 66% for SPAG and 62% for Reading
Timeline
Senior Teacher
Springfield Academy
2011.09 - Current
Primary Education Ba (Hons) - Primary Education
Nottingham Trent University
2007.10 - 2011.05