Sawyers Building
0845 196 3504
clare.dorothy@anglia.ac.uk

Qualifications & Memberships

• BEd
• MEd

Position

• Partnership Director for the Department of Education

Career Outline

Clare has 30 years of experience in education gained in a variety of sectors. She has taught in middle, primary and special schools including nine years in senior leadership roles.

Clare was Course Director of a postgraduate qualification in English as an Additional Language for mainstream teachers and has lectured in different countries including Ghana, Pakistan and China.

She has produced and developed training materials on Special Educational Needs and English as an Additional Language and also has experience of leading Local Authority projects on both these areas.

Claire also has considerable experience in working in partnership with parents. She acted as Parent Partnership Manager for Tower Hamlets, managing a large community based educational advice centre for parents. She also provided freelance training and consultancy work on Inclusive Practice for Schools and Working with Parents.

Research Interests

• Working with parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs
• Inclusive practice in schools with particular regard to Special Educational Needs and English as an Additional Language
• Community cohesion and developing community schools
• Protective factors in education for children at risk

Selected Publications

Professional Development for Staff in Parent Partnerships

A Report for The National Association of Parent Partnership Staff (Published Children's Workforce Development Council July 2008)

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