ABOUT US
What we do...
Our primary focus is to support the continued development of Teaching, Learning and Assessment in Further Education. We have adopted a coaching ethos and utilise the CLEAR model for staff development. Offering a range of bespoke CPD both in-person and online we aim to empower teachers to be innovative and take risks in the classroom.
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The team is dedicated and focused on driving and improving the standards of Teaching, Learning and Assessment (TLA) in Further Education. Our goal is to support teaching staff through a coaching ethos.
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Some of the ways we support this is by delivering bespoke, customised Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions.
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These include: CPD Discovery & Innovation Pathways on a variety of TLA Themes, Group training sessions which can be requested by your Head of Department, recorded CPD sessions on our Stream channel, e-Learning modules and 121 Coaching sessions. All of which can be delivered online or in-person.
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We pride ourselves on delivering a tailored, coaching focused pathway to self-discovery for our staff. The teams ethos and principles are centred around the CLEAR coaching model.
Get to know the team...
Melanie started her career as the Director of her own Theatre Arts Company supporting students to develop their confidence, articulation and team work skills. From there she gained Qualified Teacher Status in 2011 and progressed to Head of Department in a Performing Arts Specialist Secondary School.
In 2016 Melanie had the priviledge of working with a London based Education Consultancy firm which allowed her to travel around the country experiencing multiple types of education institutions, supporting key marginal students with 'how you learn' to improve engagement and outcomes.
Having mentored many staff through QTS / NQT / SCITT / QTLS / DET & ATS she discovered her new passion: Staff Development.
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"We must see people in terms of their future potential, not their past performance" - John Whitmore
Paul has a decorated background in sporting achievement that developed a passion for coaching from a young age.
He channelled this passion into his degree in Sport and Exercise Science and then a Post Graduate Certificate in Education. Paul is also a qualified personal trainer.
He starting his career teaching Osprey Rugby and Swansea City FC academy players then progressed on to teaching across all sport programmes and levels at Neath Port Talbot College.
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Paul moved to Kent in 2013 with the intention of setting up a skills training provider in Deal. He started working in Further Education in 2014 primarily teaching on sport based programmes.
Paul was appointed to Advanced Practitioner in 2018 and still teaches on Sport and Exercise Science level 3 programmes in Further Education.
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"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us". - Marianne Williamson
Having worked in Further Education for over 11 years as well as volunteered as a coach in a variety of sports Nathan's roles at the College include; being an Advanced Practitioner, a member of the observation team and a teacher.
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Nathan started as a teacher very young and the Further Education sector has provided him with the opportunities to gain qualifications throughout his professional career.
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Outside of the organisation Nathan has had a couple of businesses and is currently a director of a Garden Centre.
He loves sports (Chelsea Fan) and animals, hence why he describes his life as similar to Doctor Do Little.
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His favourite quote is:
“No man is your enemy, no man is your friend, every man is your teacher”. - Florence Scovel Shinn.
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After serving an apprenticeship with the Ministry of Defence, Jack qualified as a mechanical engineer before leaving to pursue a thirty-year career in the Metropolitan Police. Whilst a serving officer, Jack discovered his passion for training, teaching both new recruits and longer serving officers in all aspects of policing.
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Whilst still serving, Jack retrained as an electrician taking evening classes at MidKent college at both Maidstone and Medway campuses and became a member of the Institute of Engineering and Technology. He retired from the police service as an Operations Manager in the Public Order branch to start his own electrical business and joined the staff at MidKent in 2020.
“Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today”. Malcolm X
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