Robin Howard

From my initial BA honours degree in Applied Linguistics/English at York to the PGCE at the Department of Education in Cambridge and subsequent teaching, examining, mentoring and leading, I have felt my calling to be that of leader, facilitator and communicator.
I address large lecture hall groups, congregations and audiences; taught classes of 30+ and small seminar tutorials and then more recently, worked one to one in honing skills and sparking children and adults in pursuit of learning goals.
I have taught English, Drama, Theatre Studies and ESL/EFL through the 5-18 age and ability range in many school settings, both in the private and public sectors. This has been with children and subsequently, with HE students and adult learners. I feel I have a keen eye for detail and pursuing excellence and have sought to be a clear practitioner in all that I have accomplished.
My various examining experience for QCA bodies, where generally the turnaround period is 3 weeks, include AQA English Literature, OCR Language; Cambridge GCSE and A level Language and Literature and International Baccalaureate English extended essays.
I love to explore creative routes into text. My interactive lessons will offer challenge, intrigue and play to learner needs.
Coupled with a sense of fun for me, has to be ownership in the cycle of learning and assessment rather than an impersonal red or green pen at the end of a script on the advantages of the ipad over the iPhone!
Strong love for words and the art of rhetoric!