Gerard Strong

I offer training/consultancy to businesses, where I support and improve the IT skills of employees. I offer advice on the development of networks to achieve the best outcomes for the end users and increase productivity. In my role working in schools I have developed IT infrastrucuters and advised on imporving the use of IT in schools to encourage the best quality of teaching and learning. I am also a very experienced IT teacher of pupils ages between 12-18. I teach core digital literacy skills and computer science. In teaching these skills I have created guides that helped me to teach the different types of software students will use. I am passionate about teaching. I spend hours every day thinking of how I can reach my students better, how I can make their future better, how I can enrich their skills. I discuss, reflect, lead, comfort, support, and I believe in the potential all of my students have and what they can offer to the world. My Typical teaching work activities include: *preparing and delivering lessons to a range of classes including putting up displays in the classroom. *marking work, giving appropriate feedback and maintaining records of pupils' progress and development. *researching new topic areas, maintaining up-to-date subject knowledge and then devising and writing new curriculum materials. *selecting and using a range of different learning resources and equipment, including podcasts and interactive whiteboards. *undertaking pastoral duties, such as taking on the role of form tutor, and supporting pupils on an individual basis through academic or personal difficulties. *preparing pupils for qualifications and external examinations. *managing pupil behaviour in the classroom and on school premises, and applying appropriate and effective measures in cases of misbehaviour. *supervising and supporting the work of teaching assistants, trainee teachers and newly qualified teachers (NQTs). *participating in and organising extracurricular activities, such as outings, social activities and sporting events. *participating in departmental meetings, parents' evenings and whole school training events. *liaising with other professionals, such as learning mentors, careers advisers, educational psychologists and education welfare officers. *undergoing regular observations and participating in regular in-service training (INSET) as part of continuing professional development (CPD). *teaching the primary or secondary or college curriculum appropriate to the age of the children.