My teaching career began in Secondary mainstream and off-site education provision for disengaged young people. My own interest in art, and my enjoyment of the processes and and products of younger children's art lead me to a becoming a Specialist art teacher and Co-ordinator in Infant and Primary Schools. In this role, I wrote a school Art Curriculum and lead on several whole school art projects in a variety of media, including clay, mosaic and stained glass. I was also Exhibitions Co-ordinator at the Hackney Teachers Centre, where I also ran INSET in Art.
I then worked concurrently as an art teacher and a lecturer in Art Education at London Metropolitan University for ten years, where the two jobs dovetailed; lecturing and being a practitioner enabled me to bring my practice to my work in HE and my lecturing deepened my understanding of the pedagogy of art education.
In 2005, I became Visual Arts Consultant in an Arts Team in Southwark, working in a Cross Arts Team, devising and delivering cross curricular projects which boosted achievement in schools through the arts. In this job, I developed cross curricular resources on a black arts movement and sustainability in relation to the redevelopment of the Elephant and Castle area. I am committed to delivering a cross cultural and diverse art curriculum which celebrates the contribution of artists with disabilities, women and BAME artists.
I have taught at Kingston University since 2009, and have established an Art Co-ordinators' network for our partner schools. I now enjoy teaching geography and design technology as well as art.
Senior Lecturer, Primary Art Education