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Jo North Jo was a Director of NTF and AELP for 18 years. Jo has chaired the AELP Health, Social Care and Childcare meetings for 18 years and she has a high profile in the Sector.
As well as having a tremendous passion for her own Sector she prides herself in her total commitment for Education and Training and she strives to make a difference using her 54 years of experience at all times to benefit the clients being cared for by supporting employers, all of her Colleagues and all learners be they within her own Company or externally. Peer review activity is a keen focus of many activities undertaken by Jo to share best practice in a whole range of situations. Jo launched In Touch Care in Sheffield in 1994. She and her husband David own the Company, with the prime focus being to deliver high quality programmes in Health, Social Care and Childcare. Jo obtained her BEd Honours whilst furthering her own studies in Nursing/Nurse Education and she has maintained her commitment to making changes through Education and Training by leading Teacher Training on a national basis for many years. |
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Mike Cooper Mike Cooper has worked in the post-16 sector for 30+ years, including 17 of those in successful providers, after first working in the school and voluntary sectors. He was also a senior examiner and moderator for ten years with several awarding bodies, primarily in English-related subjects. From 1999, he was LSDA’s Regional Director for the South East, working on many programmes and projects across the FE sector, locally, regionally and nationally. Freelance since 2006, Mike now works with a wide range of sector bodies, providers, networks and other organisations on many different topics and needs – both at sector-wide open events and in-house for networks and individual providers. Much of this has focussed on teaching and learning and quality improvement, with particular relevance to developing learners’ skills in English, and staff skills to support that. He founded The Policy Consortium, and writes for the education media. American-born, Mike graduated in 1972 from Stuyvesant High School in New York City, then came to the UK for his higher education, and has lived and worked here ever since. |
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Katharine Davies More details to follow shortly. |
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Fiona Baker My name is Fiona Baker and I have been the Managing Director of Crackerjack Training for nearly 19 years. Crackerjack Training is a Childcare training provider that delivers Level 1 Childcare to the Study Programme, Level 2 and 3 Childcare Apprenticeships and Traineeships. We deliver these qualifications in Birmingham, Solihull, Black Country and Coventry. I began my career as working as a Nursery Nurse and then progressed within the Child Protection Sector. In 1996 I set up Crackerjack Training and we now employ a team of 30. I have a special interest in Maths. |
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Claire Bottomley My name is Claire Bottomley and I have 13 years’ experience of teaching within the FE sector. I have taught Key Skills, Basic Skills and Functional Skills before GCSE. My previous employment has given me vast experience in working with offenders, young moms to be, young parents and the travelling community. These were the ‘hardest to reach’ groups and I have had a lot of learners with emotional, personal and social needs. I have worked with a variety of learners who have displayed challenging behaviour in differing forms. I have worked at Crackerjack Training since March last year. Previously, I worked as a nursery nurse in day nurseries, preschools and schools. I worked specifically with children with additional needs. I also have experience of managing a preschool before deciding to change direction and work with older learners. This is my first year of teaching GSCE English as Crackerjack Training has recently become a GSCE centre. I am looking forward to new challenges that await me. |
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Mike Cox After 13 years in retail purchasing and supply, Mike became an assessor for apprenticeships with TBG Learning in 1999. He soon moved onto various development roles with learndirect, RNID and then LSN where he headed up the bidding and development team, helping design support programmes and research in areas including Train to Gain, Citizenship, Diplomas, Key Skills, Functional Skills and Foundation Learning. He joined AELP in February 2013. Mike is married with 2 children and lives in rural Kent.
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Ann Doyle Adam Warsop Angela Thompson Keith Mogford Deborah Judah Gemma Dunford Adele Williams Karen Lawlor Dominic Binks Victoria Bennett More details to follow shortly. |
