Philippa Gordon Employment History (updated August, 2016)

Dates From/To

Name & nature of business/school

Job title and description of duties & responsibilities

Reason for Leaving

01.06.15 - date

Elmswell Primary School

Year 3 and 4 mixed class 0.5 + the designing supervision and teaching of Literacy and Numeracy programme for SEN pupils in KS2 (Persevere and Conquer) 0.3.

Fixed term contract until August 30, 2016.

01.05.14 – 31.05.15

4MySchoolsTeaching Agency

Fixed short term contracts with schools around Suffolk area including Bures Primary and Waldringfield Primary Schools.

Completion of short term contracts

01.09.13 – 30.04.14

Sidegate Primary School, Ipswich

Class teacher (Yr 3) Full time. Teaching all subjects; lesson planning, marking; assessing; report writing; liaising with parents; working with Teaching Assistant. Coordinated and taught French to 3 year 4 classes.

School undergoing conversion to Academy status.

01.01.13 – 31.08.13

Primary Academy, Felixstowe.

Class teacher (Yr 3) Full time. Teaching all subjects; lesson planning, marking; assessing; report writing; liaising with parents; working with Teaching Assistant.

End of short term contract.

01.09.12 – 31.12.12

Supply teaching – West Suffolk area.

Class teaching year 2 – year 6. Teaching all primary school subjects and marking.

Offered long term post at Langer Primary Academy, following supply work.

01.04.12 –31.08.12

West Row Primary SchoolMildenhall, Suffolk

Class teacher (Yr 3) Full time. Teaching all subjects; lesson planning, marking; assessing; report writing; liaising with parents; working with Teaching Assistant. Coordinated PE.

End of short term contract.

04.01.1230.03.12

Supply teaching through Suffolk LA

Various primary school teaching posts including Year 1 – Year 6. Part-time.

Started short term contract at West Row Primary School

31.10.11 16.12.11

Stanton Primary,Bury St Edmunds

Long term (0.8) supply teacher Full time Teacher. Responsibility for teaching a year 4 class; preparing and planning lessons and marking work; attending staff meetings and discussing issues relating to learning and pastoral care of individual children.

Temporary contract as a supply teacher to cover for maternity leave, came to an end

01.09.0931.08.11

Clare Middle School, Clare, Sudbury.

Year 6 form tutor - English, French, Humanities, PSHE; Years 5 – 8 - French. Classroom teaching; writing reports, preparing lessons and resources including creating and delivering PowerPoint presentations, ongoing use of Microsoft programmes and internet for accessing information; marking; liaising with other members of staff in connection with curriculum delivery and pupil assessment; written and verbal communication with parents on both a face to face basis and over the telephone.

Middle school closure as part of the SOR process. All staff made redundant.

01.07.0830.08.09

Self employed Teaching private music lessons (flute, piano, recorder, theory of music) and tutoring children with SpLD (Dyslexia).

Completed commitments to music exam students & took up post as French specialist at Clare Middle School.

01.09.0730.06.08

Christ Church Canterbury University, Kent

PGCE (PMFL) Full time student. Primary teacher training with French specialism.Continued work as music and SpLD tutor part-time.

Completed and passed course.(Family separation)

01.09.0316.07.07

St Louis Middle School, Bury St Edmunds and privately.

Completed SpLD (2 yr Hornsby course) distance learning training. Tutoring pupils with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) on a one to one basis and in small groups.

Started a primary teacher training course in Canterbury.

01.09.0116.07.03

Ixworth Middle School/Cherry Trees Montessiori Schoo/Wells Hall Primary School/Great Cornard Middle School

Learning Support Assistant Supporting children with learning difficulties or on the Autistic spectrum within the classroom; preparing and delivering focused lessons adapted for each individual child's needs; assessing pupils and writing up reports; liaising with teachers and parents.

Started SpLD (dyslexia) diploma distance learning programme to include practical work at St Louis Middle School

01.09.199731.06.01

Antwerpen talen Academie and De Wingerd Rudolph Steiner School

Teacher of English as a foreign language Teaching English in Belgian. Flemish speaking school; preparing and delivering lessons; recording progress; liaising with staff and providing verbal feedback to staff and parents.

Returned to England with my husband for him to take up new post.

01.09.199114.07.1997

Self employed Music teacher: one to one Instrumental teaching; piano/flute/recorder/theory

Left with my husband for him to take up new post in Belgium.

01.06.85 Self employed Anti-natal instructor (eves) USA (3.5 yrs);Munich

30.08.1991 Home maker (9 mnths) Frankfurt (2.4 yrs)

09.09.8331.05.85 Philadelphia

College of PerformingArts/Legal firms in Philadelphia

PA Contract work - organizing and preparing college instrumental players for concerts and private gatherings around Philadelphia/preparing legal documents; writing up dictated reports; recording information; writing letters; telephone reception work.

Began a family and stopped working outside the home.

01.09.82 Phila secretarial agencyMerion local Newspaper

Various secretarial posts in Philadelphia.

Music critic – wrote articles local paper(Voluntary)

Started full time perm position at Philadelphia College of Performing Arts.

01.09.8130.07.82

Spastics Society (Cerebral Palsy)

Secretary To write up social reporter dictated notes after visiting clients; prepare diary and write letters.

Moved to USA with husband's new post.

References:Mrs Jane Ash (Headteacher)Elmswell Primary SchoolElmswell SuffolkIP30 9UE ht@elmswell.suffolk.sch.ukTel. 01359 240261

Mr Danny Moody (Head of Key Stage)Elmswell Primary SchoolElmswell IP30 9UEdannymoodie@hotmail.co.uk