Nicky Stephenson
Amersham,United Kingdom
Summary
Dedicated learning support teacher with expertise in pupil motivation and rapport building. Committed to fostering an enjoyable learning environment that promotes success and self-belief. Proficient in SEN support techniques and assistive technology, with a strong focus on children's mental health. Effective communicator, establishing positive connections with students, colleagues, and parents to enhance educational outcomes.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Learning support teacher
Davenies School
Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire
2023.01 - Current
- Planning and delivering bespoke, tailored lessons based on the needs and learning styles of individual children
- Teaching creatively, adapting and responding in the moment to child's presentation and abilities
- Prioritising child's wellbeing and confidence
- Ensuring children make progress, and experience success, through achievable yet ambitious targets
- Ensuring ILPs and Provision Maps are written to a high standard and reviewed regularly
- Meeting and communicating regularly with parents of pupils with learning difficulties, in a reassuring and supportive manner
- Writing reports, and contributing to external information gathering requests, for pupils with special educational and/ or behavioural needs
- Invigilating for 1:1/ small group internal and external exams
- Creating and sharing a bank of visuals and resources to support children with barriers to learning
- Ensuring continuous professional development through internal and external training
Assessment Only Lead and Quality Assurance Mentor
Chepping View SCITT
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
2022.08 - 2025.07
- Designing and implementing Assessment Only Route for QTS
- Monitoring and assessing trainee teachers
- Facilitating coaching feedback sessions with candidates and mentors
- Compiling reports following meetings and site visits
- Partaking in panel to approve QTS for trainees
SENDCo and prior to that class PPA teacher
St George's CoE Infant and Pre-School
Amersham, Buckinghamshire
2019.10 - 2022.12
- Leading early identification and assessment of barriers and need throughout school
- Guiding staff towards appropriate intervention, reasonable adjustments, resources and strategies
- Meeting regularly with teachers to discuss progress and revise provision
- Monitoring, tracking and reporting on progress of children with SEND
- Communicating and working closely with parents
- Seeking and implementing advice, guidance and support from external agencies
- Compiling paperwork such as Education Health Care and High Needs Block Funding applications, consultation responses, referrals etc
- Ensuring adherence to SEN Code of Practice and promoting Local Offer
- attending frequent CPD training and arranging training for staff
Education
NASENCo -
Eastern Partnership UK
2021.10 - 2022.10
BAQTS - Education
Worcester College of Higher Education
Worcester, Worcestershire 1993.10 - 1997.06
Skills
- Vocational learning support
- Child-centred approach
- Children's mental health awareness
- Pupil motivation strategies
- Understanding learning styles
- Creativity in teaching methods
- Multi-sensory teaching methods
- Dyslexia support techniques
- Goal setting for students
- Assistive technology integration
- Progress monitoring techniques
- Communication proficiency
- Strong behaviour management, guided by knowledge of whole child
- Encouraging ethos
- IEP design and implementation
- Child safeguarding training
- Enhanced DBS on update service
Affiliations
- Singing in a choir
- Theatre and comedy
- Family activities and days out
- Jigsaws
Timeline
Learning support teacher
Davenies School
2023.01 - Current
Assessment Only Lead and Quality Assurance Mentor
Chepping View SCITT
2022.08 - 2025.07
NASENCo -
Eastern Partnership UK
2021.10 - 2022.10
SENDCo and prior to that class PPA teacher
St George's CoE Infant and Pre-School
2019.10 - 2022.12
BAQTS - Education
Worcester College of Higher Education
1993.10 - 1997.06