Stephanie Woods

Experience

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  Becta

  Apr 2000 - Dec 2004

  Project manager

  Working initially within Becta's 'Management and Local Support' team I worked with Local Authorities, EAZs and Ofsted to support ICT improvement.Project management of then DfES evaluations was a major role followed by a brief spell with the Technical research team.I then became a consultant on the DfES ICT Test Bed project for the Institutional Support team, working with the Testbed cluster in Sandwell.

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  Shropshire County Council

  Apr 2005 - Aug 2005

  ICT Adviser

  Working as a Primary ICT RAISE Adviser to help support and monitor provision, pupils’ attainment and the quality of teaching in ICT and raising standards.My role involved contributing to continuity and progression in terms of ICT and supporting schools in improving their development planning for ICT and in making the best use of the Hands on Support initiative.

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  Espresso Education

  Jun 2005 - Nov 2009

  Training Consultant

  Espresso is the UK's leading educational digital content company. It is a constantly growing digital library of video-rich, cross-curricular resources adding meaning and relevance to the curriculum .I am involved in delivering INSET training sessions to teachers - implementing and integrating the Espresso service.

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  Stephanie Davies ICT Consultant

  Jul 2005 - Nov 2009

  ICT Consultant

  I provided consultancy to schools to improve the quality of ICT provision and to integrate ICT into teaching and learning across the curriculum. I supported teachers to develop skills and techniques and to explore ways to use a wide range of appropriate ICT effectively. I supported individual schools to: - Have an awareness of current e-safety issues, responsibilities and regulations for staff, children and the wider school community. - Know what resources are available to support your e-safety learning and teaching. - Have strategies in place to continue to audit current practice and develop an effective school AUP for everyone in school.I also worked with school senior managers in developing ICT across the school and in self evaluation of ICT and undertook a range of in-school training for commercial ICT suppliers, for example, Espresso and Immersive. Show less

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  WMnet

  Aug 2005 - Jul 2009

  E-Learning Consultant

  E-learning Consultant – All aspects of local authority support to implement e-learning, particularly e-safety, ICT self review and aggregation/creation of advice, support and resource for West Midlands schools.

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  Becta

  Nov 2009 - Aug 2010

  Manager, ICT Professional Development

  Working with teacher training organisations to ensure the strategic support of IT skills within training effort, nationally

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  Adams' Grammar School

  Aug 2010 - Aug 2013

  Teaching Fellowship in Strategic ICT Development

  Work within the Haberdashers' Adams' Federation, based at Adams' Grammar School, Shropshire and Abraham Darby Academy, Telford and a bespoke project at Bunbury Aldersey C of E School in Cheshire. I Support whole school improvement plans via staff development at all three schools, based around the use of ICT to enhance learning and teaching.

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  My Learning (UK) Ltd

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2021

  Education Resource Manager

  Consulting with clients to select and embed VLE services. Teacher training and development. Liaison with software development team. Client care, business development.

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  HowToMoodle

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2018

  E-learning Consultant
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  Shropshire Council

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Senior Integration Development Officer

    Sept 2023 - now

  • Migration Officer

    Jun 2021 - Sept 2023