NATALIE Frances FANUS
London
Summary
A dedicated head of year, drawing on 15 years experience with expertise in building trust amongst families, harnessing collaborative team work, encouraging 'at risk' individuals to engage with targets. Further testifying to exceptional student centred energy safeguarding L3 promoted to deputy safeguarding lead in 2024.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Head Of Year
South Bank University Academy
London, South London
09.2024 - Current
- Established high expectations for positive behaviour with full use of praise and reward strategies
- Incorporating families to address barriers to learning through 1-2-1 intervention, parent meetings, following up with reports home where sanctions are given.
- Termly PEP meeting updates in line with looked after children policy
- Collaborate with department staff in order to monitor behaviour strategies requiring intervention
- Swiftly arranging alternative working environment for students removed from classrooms
- Maintaining stimulating appropriate tutoring program across KS4/ KS5
- Monitor attendance and punctuality of each student in the year group, raising notable concerns to Safeguarding Lead for home visit.
- Prepare referrals, signposting individuals for counselling, career advice or external multi agencies during crisis (MASH) logging concerns on CPOMS
- Ensuring safe evacuation of 3rd floor in a timely manner during fire drills
- Join with sports department to deliver weekly KS5 sports curriculum increasing house event participation.
- Lead on engagement of prefects successfully delivering Marie Curie bake sale, valentines event in addition to international day fashion parade.
- Lead assemblies when appropriate
- Spearhead monthly student award increasing daily attendance, appearance along with group activities
Pastoral & Wellbeing Tutor – A Level Students
Education Matters - Havering Sixth Form College
Upminster, Havering
11.2023 - 07.2024
- Deliver weekly tutorial programs across faculty of Humanities to support positive learner character traits and life skills.
- Track student progress through 1-to-1 reviews, exploring areas of disengagement, setting short or long-term plans to raise attainment attaining 12% increase in group tutorial over first four-week period.
- Built upon external organisations delivering successful academic enrichment programs ‘Domestic Violence Against Women’ in October 2023, resulting in 30% increase safeguarding referrals.
- Plan interventions around key pastoral issues arising with targets set on Pro-monitor
- Initiated six-week enrichment meditation program during April 2023 mock examinations, recording significant overall improvement following appropriate supervision of risk assessment management program (RAMPS)
Pastoral & Wellbeing Lead (Sick leave cover)
Exede Recruitment - Carshalton College
South London
04.2023 - 11.2023
- Sharpened citizenship program, whilst holding form tutors to account ensuring weekly tutoring program requirements were met.
- Steered day-to-day tutorial cover as per policy procedures.
- Increased internal early help practitioners, investigating safeguarding concerns
- Analysing data to identify 'at risk' learners encompassing appropriate support plans (ISP, SSPs)
- Manage senior curriculum management expectations of retention below 85% implementing strategies to elevate and improve attendance.
- Group leadership to annual, academic field trip to UK construction exhibition & Women in Engineering 2023 conference.
Attendance Officer (various contracts)
London Teaching Pool
London
10.2020 - 03.2023
- Monitoring attendance records through KS3 - KS5 to ensure academic excellence achievement, whilst identifying areas of concerns in matters of non-attendance or disengagement in line with attendance policy.
- Provide HODs with progress reports to support and guide parents with pastoral plans (PSP)
- Provide first aid, welfare advice and guidance to pupils during distress.
- Examine attendance data, ensuring welfare strategies were implemented for learners presenting as 'at risk' preparing reports for education legal action.
Health & Wellbeing Industry
Teaching
London
07.1995 - 03.2020
Education
Certificate of Higher Education - DipHE
Canterbury Christchurch
Canterbury, Kent 09.2018 - 06.2020
GCSEs - English Re-sit - Distinction
Newham Lifelong Learning
09.2018 - 07.2019
NVQ Level 4 - Psychodynamic Counselling
Chrysalis Not For Profit
09.2013 - 07.2015
NVQ Level 3 - Teacher Training
Tower Hamlets College
09.2001 - 07.2002
Skills
- Eloquent communication
- Student retention strategies
- Classroom behaviour management
- Motivational through praise and reward
- Self starter
- Exceptional listening skills
- Collaborative team member
- IT proficiency
- Inhouse software expertise (SIMS, MySIS, Pro monitor, Pupil Progress BROMCOM, Satchel One, CPOMS)
Certification
First Aid, Enhanced DBS, Fire Marshall, Evacuation Chair, Safeguarding L3
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Head Of Year
South Bank University Academy
09.2024 - Current
Pastoral & Wellbeing Tutor – A Level Students
Education Matters - Havering Sixth Form College
11.2023 - 07.2024
Pastoral & Wellbeing Lead (Sick leave cover)
Exede Recruitment - Carshalton College
04.2023 - 11.2023
Attendance Officer (various contracts)
London Teaching Pool
10.2020 - 03.2023
GCSEs - English Re-sit - Distinction
Newham Lifelong Learning
09.2018 - 07.2019
Certificate of Higher Education - DipHE
Canterbury Christchurch
09.2018 - 06.2020
NVQ Level 4 - Psychodynamic Counselling
Chrysalis Not For Profit
09.2013 - 07.2015
NVQ Level 3 - Teacher Training
Tower Hamlets College
09.2001 - 07.2002
Health & Wellbeing Industry
Teaching
07.1995 - 03.2020
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