Matt Wallis Director of Training and Quality Assurance Expand Matt joined The Tutor Trust in summer 2016 with over 14 years of experience working in primary schools and teaching across the primary range. He has always worked in inner city areas in a range of roles, supporting the children and families who live there. He started teaching in Sheffield and spent two years there before moving to London and working in Hackney for two years. He then spent five years in East London working as an Assistant Headteacher responsible for supporting children with Special Educational Needs. This gave him the experience of supporting children and families to overcome barriers for learning which has remained a firm foundation for his ethos to learning and education. Relocating to Manchester in 2011, Matt started as a supply teacher in a large primary school in Moss Side and quickly moved to support the school’s senior leadership team as Assistant Headteacher for over 4 years. He was responsible for various areas such as English, KS2 and Inclusion and was proud to teach in a school that won the DfE’s Pupil Premium Award for the North West region for their work supporting disadvantaged pupils to achieve their potential. Matt is now the Director of Training and Quality Assurance for The Tutor Trust, overseeing the training and continual development of our tutors and the service they provide.
Mike Fitzpatrick Trainer Expand Mike Fitzpatrick currently works in Initial Teacher Training at the University of Manchester on the PGCE Secondary Course. Liaising with partner schools and colleges, he oversees recruitment and selection and delivers sessions in classroom skills, behaviour management and voice coaching. He writes and researches in the areas of spiritual, moral, social and cultural judgements (Ofsted) and the Arts in Education. A graduate of the University of Manchester, he gained an M.A. from Loughborough University specialising in curriculum innovation, leadership and management of schools and drama in education. With extensive teaching experience, Mike worked in three high schools in two local authorities in Lancashire and Manchester. He held posts as subject leader, head of faculty, senior teacher and most recently deputy head in a large high school with responsibility for staff development, teaching and learning, NQT induction and middle management coaching. As a member of the Drama Board (A.D.B.) and visiting examiner, he contributed to the development of assessment and testing at GCSE and A level Theatre Studies. Mike is passionate about the Tutor Trust, ‘It fulfils a number of key issues in education; to facilitate intervention, boost progress, alleviate disadvantage and expand aspirations. It helps realise a key objective of The University; to promote social responsibility, delivered by our own undergraduates to the pupils of our partner schools.’ Tutors themselves will discover skills and abilities which may well lead to a future career in education.
Carmel Kellett Secondary English Trainer Expand Carmel has recently joined the Tutor Trust as an English trainer. She taught English for 17 years in a variety of schools in Essex, London and Derbyshire. She currently works at the University of Manchester as a PGCE English Secondary tutor and is also involved with training on the Teach First programme. Carmel works for a leading exam board in a variety of roles. She is a senior examiner for GCSE English Literature. She is a CPD trainer which involves delivering a range of English based courses nationally and more bespoke training to individual schools. She also works closely with schools in Sheffield and Derby on behalf of the exam board in supporting them with teaching and learning for GCSE and GCE. Carmel has written articles that are focused on practical strategies to support trainee teachers in the English classroom. She has also designed some teachers’ resources for Cambridge University Press to support the new GCSE specifications for English Literature.
Carole Sharp Secondary Maths Trainer Expand Carole Sharp has been involved in the Maths training for Tutor Trust for the last two years. She has been Head of Maths in comprehensive schools for 23 years and has been involved in Maths Advisory work for the last two years. Carole has worked alongside Maths Departments in Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Yorkshire. She has worked with senior leaders and students from schools in a variety of ways including professional development for teachers and intervention for students. She has also worked with School Direct trainee teachers. Carole has accreditation from the NCETM (National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Maths) for delivering professional development to teachers of both GCSE and A Level. She advises all university undergraduates who may consider teaching as a career to work with Tutor Trust as it is a great opportunity to develop the skills needed.
Cath Alnuamaani Secondary Science Trainer Expand Cath graduated from Leeds University in 1997, gaining a BSc (hons) in Genetics, then studied at both the University of Bristol and Manchester gaining a PhD in Gene Therapy and Cancer Research in 2001. She completed a two year post doctoral position in Stem Cell Biology at the Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christies Hospital in Withington and the retrained as a teacher in 2003, gaining a PCGE from MMU. She started teaching at Trinity C of E High School in Sept 2003, and is still there! Before having her two daughters, Cath taught Physics, Biology and Chemistry to GCSE level. She was also the Head of Year 8 and then the Head of Year 9 and responsible for raising the achievement of pupils from ethnic minorities. Since returning part time, Cath now "just" teaches Science but has responsibility in the department for teaching pupils with Special Educational Needs. She is also the Enrichment Co-ordinator, ensuring that their brightest students get the opportunity to explore science outside the classroom and has close links the Universities outreach teams and STEM ambassadors. Cath also works with colleagues at Jordral Bank and the Ogden Trust. She started working with the Tutor Trust in 2012.