Professional development
Practical and thought-provoking
Keynotes, workshops and learning design for staff, grounded in classroom experience, with ideas teachers can take straight into their lessons.
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Professional development that starts with your school.
I design every session around the school in front of me. Before an INSET day or a keynote I want to know what your staff already do well, what is worrying them, and what you want them to do differently afterwards. I build the session from that.
The subject might be curriculum, leadership, teaching or AI. The test each time is whether a teacher will use any of it the following week, and novelty for its own sake does not pass it.
Whatever the tools, teachers stay the ones doing the thinking about what their pupils need.
Four areas of practice.
Each one is shaped to your school and draws on the evidence about how teachers and leaders learn.
Using what you already have
Most schools have the devices and the platforms. The gap is in how they are used, and good practice often sits with a few enthusiasts or one or two departments. I help schools spread it department by department, with shared expectations and time to practise, so every teacher gets the benefit.
Effective teaching and professional learning
Teaching is the core of every school. I work with leadership teams and teachers on evidence-informed classroom practice, starting from what the research says and ending with what it looks like in a real lesson.
Leadership development for all stages
From aspiring middle leaders to experienced executives, I run structured leadership development for groups and teams, pitched at the stage each leader has reached, covering strategic thinking, working with people and leading with integrity.
Keynotes, workshops and facilitation
I speak regularly at national and international education events on leadership, school improvement, digital strategy and organisational culture. A keynote for your staff or conference is written for that audience, drawing on research and on what I have seen work in schools.
Four formats.
INSET days
A full or half day with your whole staff, built around your school’s priorities.
Workshops
Smaller groups working on one area in depth, such as a department or a leadership team.
Twilight sessions
Focused after-school sessions, on their own or as a series across a term.
Webinars
Live remote sessions for staff across several sites, or when travel doesn’t make sense.
This session today has left me with so much to think about and gratitude to have people like you in my circle, who I can learn from. Will definitely be taking the tools from the leadership compass into my role and sharing with leaders across the city and beyond.
His clarity and grounded thinking led me to invite him to speak to my colleagues at Discovery Education, and later to join the ‘Textbooks v Technology’ panel at the Battle of Ideas festival. On both occasions, José made a persuasive case for pragmatic use of technology in the classroom, a position rooted in real-world insight rather than ideology.
His training is always very well received, giving practical and usable advice that can immediately be taken into the classroom environment.
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I have really valued working with José. He has provided valuable insight into our iLearn 1:1 project, getting us to really think about how we use technology to improve teaching and learning across our school from both a staff and student perspective. His training is always very well received, giving practical and usable advice that can immediately be taken into the classroom environment.