Robert Klassen

Experience

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  Surrey School District

  Jul 1994 - Jun 2004

  Educational Psychologist

  I worked as a School Psychologist for Surrey School District from 1994-2004. During this time I spent one-year secondments: in 1998-1999 at Kent County Council (UK), and in 2003 at Fremantle Education District (Australia).

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  Kent County Council

  Sept 1998 - Aug 1999

  Educational Psychologist
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  Department of Education, Western Australia

  Jan 2003 - Dec 2003

  Educational Psychologist
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  University of Alberta

  Jul 2004 - Jul 2012

  Assistant, Associate, Full Professor of Educational Psychology

  I worked in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Alberta for 8 years. During that time I founded ACME, the Alberta Consortium for Motivation in Education and conducted research (funded by SSHRC and the Spencer Foundation) on adolescent and teacher motivation.

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  University of York

  Jul 2012 - Oct 2023

  Professor and Chair, Psychology in Education Research Centre

  Specialise in research on motivation and emotions, especially teachers' self-efficacy, engagement, and commitment. Frequently use cross-cultural approaches to better understand motivation and related constructs. The research has been funded by the ERC (Consolidator grant) and SSHRC (Canada).

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  TSP Teacher Success Platform

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2020

  Founder

  TSP provides tools to improve and streamline recruitment, selection and development using online teaching simulations. The work is based on over 10 years of research and is focused on:*Developing selection programmes for teacher training organisations and national education systems. Methods include situational judgment tests (SJTs) and multiple mini-interviews (MMIs) that are empirically linked with teacher effectiveness.*Building teacher development interventions using interactive, online 'scenario-based learning' (SBL) methods. These classroom simulations give trainees the chance to ‘think like a teacher’ and to receive real-time feedback from experienced teachers. Research shows that SBL interventions significantly increase trainees' confidence and 'classroom readiness' Show less

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  Teacher Success Platform (TSP)

  Oct 2023 - now

  Research Director
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  University of Oxford

  Nov 2023 - now

  Professor

  I am a Professor in Oxford's Dept of Education where I conduct research on the education workforce. We use innovative technologies to understand and improve teacher and school leader recruitment, selection, and retention in the UK and globally. I am also a Professorial Fellow and Governing Board member at Harris Manchester College.