Facilitators

Matt is Headteacher at Hawkley Hall High School and has extensive experience of course design for different facets of teaching and learning, middle leadership, trainee and NQT programmes.

Michelle has been a teacher of drama at Hawkley Hall High since 2009. In 2011 she became acting Head of Drama for one year. In 2015 she became a lead practitioner of teaching and learning, which is her passion, and has recently been appointed as an Assistant Headteacher.  She is a trained facilitator for the Outstanding Teacher Programme (OTP), Outstanding Teaching Assistant Programme (OTAP),Power of Coaching courses & the NPQML.  As the Manager of Hawkley Hall Suite, Michelle uses her passion for facilitation and learning to provide a strong network within surrounding schools and build upon the learning community.

Jeanette has worked in education for twenty years. She is the Head of Inclusion at Kirkby High School. She has a wealth of experience working with children, young people and their families; in particular those with special educational needs. Since 2008, Jeanette has been the designated teacher for child protection. She facilitates level 1 safeguarding & Advanced Safeguarding L3 training across schools in Wigan and surrounding areas.

Phil is Executive Headteacher for the Rowan Learning Trust which includes Hawkley Hall, Kirkby High School and Three Towers. Phil holds an MSC in Educational Leadership and Management and NPQH. He is currently in the first cohort of the National Professional Qualification for Executive Leadership (NPQEL). He was a member of the DfE Teacher Workload: Data Management Review Group and was part of the writing group for the NLE toolkit. Phil has been in senior leadership since 2006 and prior to taking up his current post was the Director of Education for the Rowan Learning Trust. During this period he worked closely with the previous CEO, the Trust Business Manager, Director of Operations, Headteachers in the trust and the wider School Improvement Team. In addition, he has a wealth of experience in school improvement and has co-ordinated, and led, the support for more than twenty schools, demonstrating significant impact.

Alan is a Microsoft Certified Application Specialist and trainer who has been training Microsoft Office and Excel to small businesses, SMEs, large corporates and within the public sector since 1994. He is enthusiastic about training Excel to new users with little or no experience to advanced and super users. What you will learn on his courses applies to all you do in Excel from best workbook design, right up to advanced formula and are instantly transferable to your workplace.  Alan is a member of the Learning and Performance Institute.

Dr Sam Littlemore is a leading specialist on understanding and managing school bullying.  She is a Child Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist and both an academic and practitioner. Her focus is on improving well-being through welfare, safeguarding and behaviour change.  She has been an anti-bullying advisor to Advisor for over 3,500 schools and now works with families and in schools  helping to develop bespoke support for psychological well-being and behaviour management.  Sam is also a media psychologist and  author, she has written the successful book Girl Bullying – Do I Look Bothered!