ccConsultancy
16 Montpellier Crescent
New Brighton
Merseyside
CH45 9LA
You can contact ccConsultancy on 0151 637 3383 Monday to Friday, 8:30am – 6:30pm.
If you’d like to contact a team member directly, you can find out their project responsibilities and contact information, here. Alternatively, complete the form below and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can.
Creative Development Officer
BA (hons) Performance + New Media with Fine Art
MA Performance Practice
PGCE (Post Compulsory Education + Training)
CELTA
Currently completing:
BA (hons) English Literature + Language
Before I retrained as an ESOL teacher, my experience in non-compulsory learning environments was varied: art at a summer camp, drama at an LGBT+ camp, craft projects at youth hostels, EfL summer schools and life classes at hen parties!
I originally envisioned myself working within HE, however the more experience I gained in FE, the more I fell in love with its diversity and holistic values.
Now I get the opportunity to collaborate with, support and champion other practitioners and as such, I feel I have found my fit in FE. I’m particularly passionate about amplifying practitioner voices via PDN and developing the digital literacies of learners of any age or stature!
My specialisms are: art, drama, ESOL, English and digital. I have QTLS and I’m currenrtly undertaking the ATS (Advanced Teacher Status) process.
Whilst my generic job title is ‘Creative Development Officer’, I have many roles and responsibilities on our different projects, including: project officer, social media + comms officer, project lead (PDN), resource design, trainer, curriculum design and mentor.
I volunteer for my second family NATECLA as Chair for the NorthWest branch and as a member of their Management Council.
We live in Liverpool with our 2 cats Ripley and Nancy, and our baby girl Artemis.
I’m passionate about the rights of refugees, women and girls and the LGBT community.
Managing Director
Claire started her career teaching English in Poland and Greece before the lure of ESOL practice drew her back to the UK in the late 1990s. She honed her craft teaching adult ESOL and literacy, then supporting learners’ and other teachers’ English development in all its various forms, including Key, then Functional Skills, GCSEs, and English embedded in vocational and technical areas. Claire now heads up national professional development and action research programmes across the FE sector, with prison, FE, ACL and work-based learning teams. She also leads projects in the creative and media industries, alongside initiatives focussing on adult literacy and digital literacy learning.
Claire also has a keen interest in digital literacy and leads for CCC on equality, diversity and inclusion.
Claire is the production editor for the RaPAL network, which focuses on adult literacies as social practices.
I love spending my time outside; walking, playing ping pong (in any weather!), and cycling … I live by the coast and, having grown up in landlocked Birmingham, being close to the sea is a source of constant joy.
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Welcome to the OTLA 7 (English and maths) home page. Here you will find the following:
We hope you find this page useful. If you have any further queries or questions, please approach your mentor and research group lead in the first instance, or email us at OTLA@ccConsultancy.co.uk
English, Maths and EDS Action Research Programmes Sharing Event
Friday, 9 July 2021, 09:30 – 16:00
A celebration of all that you have achieved on the English, Maths and EDS Action Research Programmes, this highlight of the programme is not to be missed! During this event we’ll come together as a full collective, as project teams share findings and reflections from their action research projects. Please note this is a compulsory CPD event; each participating organisation must have representation from at least one participant on the day.
Research Round Tables
Facilitated by invited guests, our Research Round Tables provide space and opportunity to further explore key aspects of action research, and its application within post 16 learning spaces. Attendance at these sessions is voluntary, as we build collaboratively upon some of the topics explored during our larger OTLA 7 CPD sessions. Sign up for one, or all of the Research Round Tables using the button below.
| Writing and Dissemination | Tuesday, 20 July 2021, 15:30 – 17:00 |
Creative Circle
This 6 week workshop will give you the opportunity, space and most importantly, time to explore your own creative writing. These sessions are for anyone taking part in OTLA to take a moment of calm for yourselves, 1 hour a week. You will write, share and collaborate, working towards a final piece exploring what it means to be a resilient post-16 practitioner during challenging times.
The course will run 2 times over the year: winter and spring. Please let us know which term you would prefer to attend when booking.
| Spring (Fridays, 23rd April – 28th May) | 11:00 – 12:00 |