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Showcasing your department virtually, How can we make sure that those who make important decisions about what we do understand the quality and range of work we are involved in? Ofsted After securing the best possible examination results each year, the most significant driver impacting on teaching and learning in school is achieving a ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ grade as a result of the Ofsted inspection. How we organise, manage and make provision for subjects in the school is scrutinised under a ‘Section 5’ inspection. Although D&T is not considered, or indeed reported upon separately, inspections of...
Our Regional D&T Leaders are here to support teachers across your area. Sponsored by Samsung UK and working with the Design & Technology Association, they offer advice, share resources, connect schools, and highlight CPD and events. Whether you want to develop your curriculum, link up with other teachers, or simply have a conversation about D&T in your school, they’re ready to help., D&T Regional Leads
The Design and Technology Association supports high quality design, engineering and technology education., We are a membership organisation providing advice, support and training for those involved in teaching design, engineering and technology. We work closely with government, awarding bodies, Ofsted and other regulators, advising on the curriculum and lobbying on behalf of the subject. We also work with employers and corporate partners to help promote the value of the subject and the range of careers and opportunities to which it can lead. We specialise in developing links between education and industry to mutual benefit. Design and technology pupils...
Jon Reeves, Jon is currently Head of Design and Technology and Business Enterprise at Les Beaucamps High School on the beautiful island of Guernsey. Jon has experience of being on SLT as an Assistant Headteacher and has worked on curriculum development and setting up and leading a successful and thriving D&T department. He is also involved in leading on Teaching and Learning. Jon is available to work nationally and internationally and is well travelled and competent in some languages including Spanish and Portuguese.
Mick Cathcart, Mick worked as a qualified carpenter in the construction industry before achieving a B Ed(Hons) in Design Technology in 1997. From there he taught DT for 24 years in both mainstream and special educational settings, working his way up to head of department at a specialist provision for young offenders. Now as a Registered Health and Safety Consultant for the Design & Technology Association, Mick offers a broad range of Health and Safety training and Curriculum support to DT teachers nationwide. He also runs a successful woodworking business. The website address is http://www.workshop-training.co.uk...
Felicity Milton, Felicity is the Global Senior Director of Team Sport TECH at adidas. She is a native 'intrapreneur' with a background in Mechanical Engineering (MEng – Durham University) and coming up to two decades of building, scaling, and failing new end-to-end business models - from sports technologies, 3D apparel and footwear creation, Start-Up incubators, to data driven, made to order customization platforms for ‘lot size one’ robotic manufacture. Design and Technology alongside sport has been the red thread running through her career and core to her life pleasures and ambitions. In this role, Felicity...
Naomi Hiscock, I graduated in Mechanical Engineering and worked in industry before training to be a primary teacher. I worked in inner-city London primary schools, before joining a STEM education charity and becoming a local authority education consultant for The Learning Trust in Hackney. I have 20 years’ experience as a local authority and independent education consultant, providing training and consultancy in science and D&T to primary schools who use the National Curriculum in England. In 2011, I set up Primary STEM Education Consultancy which has grown to become one of the most successful specialist primary science...
Design Manager at Black+Blum, Joe, Watch Joe's video here Joe is a design manager at kitchenware design studio Black+Blum, specialising in designing and developing sustainable products, from the initial design phase right up to manufacture, working with suppliers and solving any issues. He enjoys the focus on user needs and his experience of studying D&T at school has helped in understanding the whole process. Play video.
Steven Parry, My name is Steve Parry and I am passionate about Design and Technology and making sure we as Teachers and Leaders of this fantastic subject can be prepared to deliver a curriculum that is exciting, relevant and most of all safe. Importantly, I am a current Teacher of D&T in its many specialisms, Art and Food Technology and have been for over 13 years, including the last 8 years as Curriculum Leader. I am fully aware of the current demands that we face on a daily basis and therefore I am able to give relevant training and
Mark Elwell, Introducing Mark Elwell, BA (Hons) with Qts, RDTHSC. Founder and senior consultant at Designed By ME, Mark has worked since 1995 in Design and Technology education and since 2011 as a Health and Safety Consultant. Qualifying from Brunel University with a degree in Design and Technology with Education, Mark has worked tirelessly as a teacher and leader at a series of 11-19 schools both in the public and independent sector. Starting out as a teacher Mark quickly moved his way up from subject leader to head of department and into senior leadership. All...
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