Daniel J Clark cv current
- 1. Daniel J. Clark Flat 10 5 Crescent Road Bournemouth BH2 5SS Tel: 07595 897212 DJCLARK4@HOTMAIL.COM Profile : A good team player with well developed leadership abilities. Strategic thinker able to manage both people and resources into providing effective solutions to complex problems. Able to think and communicate across cultures. Excellent presenter and teacher. Very strong computing and IT skills. Has a wide variety of commercial experience. Successfully project managed major projects including a School wide IT hardware and software installation. An educator for the future. Excellent knowledge and understanding of other cultures. Lots of experience of teaching in a multi-cultural environment. KEY SKILLS ∗ Very good research, analysis and report writing skills ∗ Excellent business presentation skills including OHP and digital formats ∗ Good team leader. I utilise members skills effectively and efficiently ∗ Able to train others in the use of various computer packages. ∗ IT project management in large organisation. ∗ A natural teacher able to communicate effectively with high intelligence pupils and with less able pupils in different yet effective ways. ∗ Expert in International culture and affairs RECENT WORK EXPERIENCE Currently working at Bitterne Park School in Southampton delivering an intensive course in ECDL (Business Computing Qualification) Achieved excellent results with all passed mostly at merit and distinction level. Excellent reference available. St Anne’s in Southampton (January term) 2015 Business Studies and some ICT This is the top rated (Ofsted) School in Southampton. A Catholic Girls with a mix of Catholics Muslims and other faiths. I was employed to teach mostly A level and GCSE sets (KS3/4/5) for the examination year. I was very well received by the students and the Deputy Head Mrs Rosie Gould who was my line Manager. Indeed Mrs Gould said that the students found my teaching so interesting and refreshingly different to the previous teaching that she would adopt my ideas into her department’s already outstanding (Ofsted) practice. The key difference in my approach can be summarised as “find out what the students are interested in and use that in your teaching”. An example was that instead of using the example in the scheme of work (car industry) I used the food industry as the key manufacturing sector – much more interesting to 17-18 young women and something that they find easier to relate to and thus recall in the exam. When we looked at finance I included a section on Islamic banking and the fact that interest is not allowed in Islam and what this means for the banking industry. This was obviously interesting to the Muslims in the class but it was also very interesting to the non-Muslims as they had wondered about this seeming anomaly. 2011-5 Cavendish School of English TEFL Every year (last 6) June –November This is an International Language School. I mainly teach the top sets a mixture of the English Language, History and Business Studies/Presentation skills (KS3/4/5). An example of this is a 3 day project using a Holiday Company “The Sky’s the Limit” as a case study. The students are given key language and information about the tourism industry in the first phase of the project. Then they are reminded (As I have previous taught them the basics) what a business presentation involves and what kind of data etc. is required. Then in the second phase they research using books the internet etc. In the third stage each group of students brings the information together and creates a solid business proposal with financial marketing segmentation and other information. Finally each group gives a Presentation to the class and answers questions from the class on their proposal. Feedback is initially from each of the other groups and then finally I as
- 2. the teacher sum up the feedback and give additional feedback. Each group then gives a mark to the presenting groups and I then give an overall mark usually based on the student’s marks (very occasionally I have to change this). WORK EXPERIENCE 2013 JJ Education TEFL over the summer term. . Supply rest of year 2012 Europa School of English. TEFL/Bus St. Summer term. Supply rest of year 2010- Supply Teacher Teaching Business and ICT mostly in secondary schools 2012 in Southampton 2007- Business Studies Teacher, Regents Park (KS3/4) 2009 Teaching a mix of Key skills (mainly ICT), Enterprise and Innovation, Leisure and Tourism GNVQ and Business Studies GCSE KS3/4. 2006 Supply Teacher 2003- Teacher of ICT and Business, Westwood St Thomas (KS3/4/5) 2005 ICT was a area of major weakness at Westwood both in terms of hardware /software and pupil knowledge. I advised the Head on how to resolve some of the important errors in the network design/software configuration of the system. 2002- I spent one term acting as SENCO at Middle School in Dorset. One term was 2003 spent as an ICT Co-ordinator at a Secondary School during its final chance Ofsted Inspection before it was placed into special measures. The actual HOD was ill. The department passed its inspectional due to both of my lessons being graded very good (6/7) this prevented the school entering special measures. 2001- ICT Co-ordinator, Shaftsbury School & Sports College (all year) (KS3/4/5) 2002 A School in special measures presents a special challenge. The challenge is even greater when the ICT is a major weakness and the School is massively in debt and thus cannot afford adequate ICT provision. My task was to turn around a department in crises and to manage the very limited equipment in such a way as to maximise its effective use. This was extremely challenging and required creative solutions and approaches to complex and sometimes almost irresolvable problems. Due to much hard work the school has left special measures with ICT much improved both as a subject and cross the curriculum. 2000- Teacher, Douay Martyrs School (KS3/4/5) 1999 Second in Department. Taught ICT using both Macs and PCs. Contributed to the school obtaining Beacon status. Taught from KS3 to A-level. Dramatically increased the grades at A-level and rescued a failing Y11 GCSE class. Helped colleagues introduce ICT into their teaching practise. Responsible for organising the Y10 exams. Rewrote the IS materials and the KS3 curriculum. 1998 Teacher, Philip Morant School (KS3/4) Taught KS3/4 ICT in a challenging environment. 1996 Tutor/Researcher, Luton University -97 Taught in the Business School various Degree Courses including Accountancy, Finance and International Business. Researched Management Buy-outs. 1994 Romedia Interactive Services -95 Researched and evaluated the overseas market potential of the companies’ products (CD-ROM Software and Multimedia hardware). Negotiated distribution agreements in Europe and the USA. Re-engineered the company into new product areas and markets. Year if a school/university means academic year otherwise means approx. Jan-Dec EDUCATION
- 3. 1997 PGCE in Information Technology, University of Warwick -98 The Institute of Education at Warwick was the pilot University for this cutting edge program to produce educators for the 21st Century. 1995 MBA - MA in Managing Export Performance Dorset Business School, Bournemouth University Dissertation on the Foreign Exchange function of Corporate Treasuries. 1994 PGDip (Distinction) in Managing Export Performance Dorset Business School, Bournemouth University MBA level business analysis combined with operational Export skills. 1990 BScEcon (HONS) International Politics and Strategic Studies -93 Aberystwyth University, UCW World famous course at Europe’s top faculty of International Relations Additional Information Interests ∗ International affairs, politics and culture ∗ Strategy games ∗ Rugby County level. Havant, Bournemouth and Verwood club teams. ∗ Enjoy climbing, walking (Ten Tors Silver), abseiling, parachuting. ∗ I play Badminton and Pool for recreation. ∗ Computer expert with a good knowledge of PC software and hardware. Professional Able children - taught a Y8 pupil at DMS who took his A-level in IT. Interests Base line analysis as a tool for improving teaching (Teaching) Boy's / Girl’s achievement through single sex teaching groups and ICT. Staff training and the Cross-Curricular use of ICT. Languages English-Mother tongue French - O-Level German-Studied on MA While every effort has been made to ensure accuracy it is possible that this C.V. may contain some small errors.