New Horizons
Posted by Peter Ford in UncategorizedMay 29th, 2007 | 7 responses
I wasn’t looking for a new job but was immediately captivated by the prospect of working at a motor-racing circuit as manager of the Silverstone Study Centre.
Part of the Playing for Success scheme, I will get to teach in a really exciting and innovative environment. Making full use of the excellent facilities and creative opportunities at Silverstone, as well as developing partnerships with schools and motorsport partners, will be exciting parts of the post.
In true Fordy fashion, I created and used a Poetry Grand Prix blog during part of interview process to add real purpose and audience during an observed teaching session that I carried out with Year Five pupils from local schools. I’ve still got to add the performance poetry podcasts but it gives you an idea of what the children and I accomplished.
Feel free to comment and to offer any great ideas for innovative work learning and collaboration on a motorsport theme:-)
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Hey, great work, that looks like so much fun! Congrats!
Hi Peter
Very jealous. There is a teacher at our school whose boyfriend is a steward at Silverstone during the Grand Prix weekend!
[...] This is not a rant about Terry -far from it – he is one of the good guys The post just resonates with me because I have spent three years making extensive use of the Taylor Mali poem to try and get teachers to realise how crucial they are to the whole process of transforming education in 21st century. Mali has made a difference to 160 people so far, inspiring them to teach. I wonder how many of the educational advice or consultancy community can boast that kind of influence? My personal answer to that question is why I am returning to teaching – a place where I feel I really can make a difference. June 11th 2007 Posted to Poetry, Performance Poetry, Taylor Mali, consultancy, Silverstone [...]
Well done, Peter! Looks like great fun. I’m looking forward to seeing more of you online hopefully, through your kids’ work at least
Thanks for your encouragement guys!
Glad to hear you are going back to the classroom. So often folks are drawn from the hurly-burly into more convivial niches (Will R at Weblogged, for example) so it is a happy reverse of the river. Keep on!
[...] Over the years, it’s been a great privilege to work with and alongside colleagues seeing their confidence to try new things with their kids grow and even stand up for themselves when they feel dis-empowered in the staffroom, staff meeting or headteacher’s office. Sometimes I’ve been thanked, sometimes seriously verbally abused, and I’ve often beaten myself up by thinking I was a miserable failure. That’s why I hope that Peter does not feel that the last few years as an independent consultant have not been effective: “I wonder how many of the educational advice or consultancy community can boast that kind of influence? My personal answer to that question is why I am returning to teaching – a place where I feel I really can make a difference.” [...]