About BICS

I am a freelance Behaviour Improvement Consultant with 8 years' experience of working with schools in a large local authority. In that role I worked in a multi-professional context to provide dedicated support for schools in behaviour improvement and children's social and emotional learning. I was also a member of a Special Educational Needs Panel which assessed school requests for additional funding and support and this gave me an in depth insight into identifying the primary special need and advising on a multi-professional programme of support and on setting up a team around the child and family.

 

In addition to the advice and consultancy, I also delivered a wide range of training programmes to build capacity in schools to develop behaviour for learning and children's social and emotional confidence and competencies.

 

I am also a trained Personal Coach and I have coached teachers on a 1:1 basis with a focus on building confidence and improving performance against set criteria and with agreed outcomes. In addition, I offer Wellbeing Coaching as an additional strand of teacher support.

 

In terms of teaching experience, I have taught in both primary and secondary schools, held senior management posts in both sectors and I have also been a headteacher of two schools, a primary and an infant school. More recently, I worked in special/alternative education as the Lead Teacher in a Primary Pupil Referral Unit.