Primary Job Title Education Officer & Editor Primary Organization Nasen
Gender Male
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Michael has a background in primary education both in the UK and abroad and has worked as a class teacher, SENCo and Deputy Head. Since beginning his career in education he has had a keen interest in SEN, ICT and equalities issues.
Since 2008 Michael worked for Birmingham Local Authority as part of the leadership team of a SEN advisory service.
In this this role he worked with schools and settings to develop their provision for children and young people with SEN in general, and those with learning and cognition difficulties in particular. He also led on the development of a pathway for the identification of dyslexia.
Michael was seconded to nasen in August 2015 to work specifically on the development of the DfE funded project to develop a nationwide offer of free online CPD for all practitioners in sectors from 0 – 25.
