Shahnaz Aziz-Faez

Duties include;

• Leading & managing the Art, Design Technology, Food & Vocational studies curriculum.
• As a member of the extended leadership team coordinating with curriculum leaders & SLT to drive school priorities
• Designed & implemented strategies to reduce in-school variation between PP students & their peers in open bucket subjects through NPQSL
• Analysing data across faculty to identify gaps and coordinating with team members to plan intervention strategies
• Delivering CPD for team members & ECT across the borough
• Conducting PM reviews & monitoring T&L across the faculty
• Introduction of Engineering course which has 90% pass rate and keeping abreast of curriculum developments.
• Creating social media presence for Faculty
• Redesign of art/DT classrooms
• Established online programs of study for faculty
• Building links with feeder primary schools and creating transition programs

• Monitoring teaching & Learning through book looks, walkthroughs, use of student voice, moderating, and regular meetings with heads of department
• Using data effectively to monitor student progress and plan for intervention strategies
• Reshaping current curriculum provisions to meet requirements of new GCSEs in both catering & DT
• Delivering whole school CPD sessions on higher-order questioning skills and use of effective feedback through DIRT
• Mentoring of PGCE and NQTs
• Delivered extracurricular STEM projects set by NASA space camp and took students for overseas trips to Space Camp Turkey over a period of 3 years
• Established project-based learning curriculum whilst working in collaboration with other subject areas
• Participating in the Ambition School Leadership Programme

• Fixed-term contract supporting primary school teachers in creating resources that would assist in thedelivery of KS2 Design & Technology curriculum
• Produced KS2-KS3 transition resources
• Developed ongoing programs using good team communication and collaboration.

• Completed NQT year, promoted to Head of Graphics and then to Head of the faculty
• Implemented vocational pathways through D&T, as a result, the department was able to offer alongside traditional GCSE's BETC courses in Hospitality & Catering, Construction, and Art & Textiles
• Led on school-wide initiative ' raising boys achievements'- delivered workshops to support this initiative
• Integrated CAD/ CAM units of work into the textiles & design technology curriculum which had a direct impact on student progress & engagement in lessons
• Supported local schools under special measures through the London challenge immersion program

• Worked in the probation team preparing legal documentation and using internal databases.
• Gained experience of working in the public sector and developed confidence in communicating with a wide range of audiences including inmates, prison governors, and outside agencies.
• Verified social and legal history information of individual probationers.
• Organised client documentation by checking files and verifying the completeness of notes.

• Produced high-quality work to tight deadlines to achieve production targets.
• Shadowed Lead Engineers to learn about routine maintenance procedures.
• Collaborated with teams of cross-functional engineers to advance and execute a diverse range of projects.
• Demonstrated strong practical application of maths to solve real-world problems.
• Explored various engineering principles, including mechanical and electrical, in a theoretical and practical capacity.