specialist leader of education; rachel wolfendale ......specialist leader of education; rachel...
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Specialist Leader of Education; RACHEL WOLFENDALE
National Teaching School EYELA Employing School Valley Primary School Position EYFS LEAD Area(s) of specialism
Early Years Learning environment Parental Engagement Cultural diversity Transition / home visits
Recent projects, activities, conferences or presentations
• Currently working on the Early Years Excellence Project – working with local pre-schools, school and childminders in a hub to develop a project to help vulnerable children prepare for school.
• SLE Project on outdoor learning environments
• ‘Back to our Roots’ project – whole school project to strengthen relationships with harder to reach families and enable communities from a diverse range of cultures to become more prominent in school.
• Parental Engagement Quality Standard award achieved for whole school and working with colleagues across the a federation.
Other information
Supporting qualifications
• Middle Leaders Development Programme completed 2012
• Became SLE in Autumn 2014 • 10 years teaching in Early Years across
Nursery and Reception classes and leading in both. Outstanding OFSTED gradings and settings used as exemplary practice for visits from other schools.