Jason Baigent

Experience

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  Temuka High School

  Jan 1996 - Jan 2000

  Head of Kowhai House Special Education facility

  Responsible for the construction, establishment and all provision of Kowhai House Special Education Facility catering to students with severe physical and intellectual disabilities. Also responsible for Special Needs provision across the mainstream school. Seconded to SES as Severe Behaviour educational consultant for the South Canterbury region.

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  Birch Grove Primary

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2001

  Principal

  Principal of primary school in Christchurch. Responsible for the turn around of a school at risk. Established first state funded Montessori Preschool attached to a state school, Primary Montessori classroom and Pasifika Nursery provision as well as state curriculum provision for Years NE - Year 8

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  LINWOOD COLLEGE

  Jan 2001 - Aug 2002

  Deputy Principal

  Deputy Principal with responsibilities for Assessment, Reporting and Recording. Also responsible for senior school student achievement and progress.

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  John Kelly Boys Technology College

  Aug 2002 - Dec 2002

  School Improvement Consultant

  Employed to establish Behavioural Unit and SEN procedures across the school

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  Academy at Peckham

  Jan 2003 - Sept 2007

  Vice Principal - Educational Consultant

  Employed as Educational Consultant for Academy at Peckham. One of the UKs first Academies.Responsible for culture, ethos and behaviour. Directly accountable for establishment of performance targets and accountabilities of staff and the establishment of rigorous monitoring and evaluation

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  Independent consultant

  Aug 2007 - Dec 2015

  Director

  Leadership and management consultant. Highly experienced in rapid improvement and leadership competencies. Proven experience in change managementCapital project experienceHR and CPDCoachingProven track record in developing teams and ensuring outstanding achievement

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  ARK

  Sept 2007 - Jan 2009

  Director of Inclusion

  Director of Inclusion.Working across the ARK network in advisory/consultancy capacity.Work focused on ensuring radical behavioural change within schools and consultancy for educational leaders.

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  ARK Globe

  Jan 2009 - Mar 2012

  Principal

  Established ARK Globe Academy - a merger of 2 previously failing schools in Southwark SE1Within 3 years the Academy was judged to be highly successful with Ofsted stating my leadership to be 'Oustanding, Powerful and Inspirational'

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  Chobham Academy - A Lend Lease Harris Partnership

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2014

  Principal

  Responsible for the design, development and operation of Olympic Legacy Academy

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  Chobham

  Mar 2012 - Sept 2014

  Principal

  Principal - Responsible for establishment of all through Olympic legacy academy catering for students aged 3-19. Specialist provision for English and the Performing Arts. Development of all educational provision within this £38m project. Responsible for establisment of all policy and procedure, recruitment, budget and premises development. Establishing outstanding educational offer for the new East Village complex (formerly Atheletes Village)

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  Self employed

  Dec 2015 - May 2017

  Educational Consultant
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  Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT)

  Jan 2016 - Mar 2016

  Teacher Education Coordinator

  Responsible for teacher (tertiary and adult) training and education programmes

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  Tenby International School

  Feb 2016 - Jan 2017

  Head of Schools

  Establishing new International School provision (EYFS, Primary and Secondary) for Tenby Schools - Setia EcoHill (Semenyih).

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  Ministry of Education of New Zealand

  May 2017 - now

  Previously Manager CPM, now Portfolio Lead Implementation. Managing change impact assessments for implementation, including structured literacy and mathematics, 60 mins a day of reading, writing and maths, phonics screening and refreshed national curriculum. Current state to future state modelling and the development of interventions to ensure success.Analyzing potential impacts on stakeholder groups and developing solutions to assess readiness for change.Development of the science of learning and structured literacy training plan for all staff across te Mahau (National and Regional Office). The training plan is designed as 5 scaffolded tiers to ensure all staff received the training required to support them to be successful in their role. It also includes additional facilitation and coaching training for select regional staff who could then act as trainers to roll out training further.Development of an online suite of supports for school leaders and teachers. This included development of a structured literacy approaches hub and a maths hub. These hubs enable school leaders and teachers to find all information needed for implementation.Development of a tool that schools can use to determine their readiness to implement change and to track their progress.Implementation approach for introducing the one hour a day of reading, writing and mathematics initiative. This was followed by development of the implementation approach for structured literacy and structured maths within the refreshed NZ curriculum.Leadership of change and implementation activity for structured literacy and maths, and the approach to monitoring and evaluation.Identification, assessment and management of implementation related risks and issues. Show less

  • Portfolio Lead Implementation

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Chief Adviser - Implementation

    Sept 2022 - Sept 2023

  • Senior Manager - Sector Change and Capability

    Nov 2019 - Sept 2022

  • Programme Manager Secondary Tertiary

    Oct 2017 - Nov 2019

  • Special Education Advisor

    May 2017 - Nov 2019