As your professional body, we want to provide you with practical advice to thrive in your first years of teaching, and beyond into your career. We will explore what professionalism looks like in practice, how to build confidence in your role and provide expert advice to take with you into your first few years in the classroom.
Speakers:
Dame Alison Peacock is Chief Executive of the Chartered College of Teaching. Prior to joining the Chartered College, Dame Alison was Executive Headteacher of The Wroxham School in Hertfordshire. Her career to date has spanned primary, secondary and advisory roles. She is an Honorary Fellow of Queens’ College Cambridge, Hughes Hall Cambridge and UCL, a Visiting Professor of Glyndŵr University and a trustee for Big Change, the Helen Hamlyn Trust and an adviser to the Institute for Educational & Social Equity. She is a Director of the Edge Foundation and has honorary degrees from the University of Brighton and University of Bath Spa. She is a Deputy Lieutenant for Hertfordshire. Her research is published in a series of books about Learning without Limits offering an alternative approach to inclusive school improvement.
Lisa-Maria Muller is Head of Research and Policy at the Chartered College of Teaching, where she leads on linking research, policy and practice through research projects, publications and events. She is lead author of six reports exploring the impact of COVID on teachers and students, the implementation of cognitive science in classrooms and the notion of teacher professionalism as well as project lead on national and international projects, including collaborations with the OECD and UNESCO. Lisa-Maria is a qualified MFL teacher with experience in secondary schools in Austria and the UK. She holds a PhD in Applied Linguistics from the University of Vienna and worked at the Universities of Cambridge and York on projects studying foreign language teaching prior to joining the Chartered College of Teaching.
Yamina Bibi is an award winning former Acting Deputy Headteacher and English Teacher from London and is currently working as an Education Project Specialist at Chiltern Learning Trust and a Freelance Consultant. Alongside this work, Yamina is a Commissioner on the Teaching Commission, Co-Founder of South Asian Educators’ Network, a Diverse Educator Associate and #WomenEd Network Leader. Yamina is also author of ‘The Little Guide for Teachers: Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching‘ and a contributing writer for ‘Diverse Educators: A Manifesto‘ and Sarah Mullin’s ‘What They Don’t Teach Me On My PGCE‘. Yamina’s vast experience within education includes leading Teaching and Learning, Progress and Outcomes, Curriculum, and Mentoring and Coaching of teachers at all stages of their career, including Early Career Teachers. Yamina previously led the TES English Team of the Year at Forest Gate Community School as Assistant Headteacher- English in 2020 and won the We Are in City’s Rising Star Award in Education and Academia in 2021.
Sufian Sadiq is the Director of Talent and Teaching School at Chiltern Learning Trust, with responsibility for overseeing two regional Hub areas in the South East of England and 4 regional SCITT provisions. Chiltern Teaching School are one of the largest providers of CPD to the sector nationally. He is a passionate activist within the educational landscape around race, equity and inclusion. He is a Fellow and Board Member of the Chartered College of Teaching and now the President-Elect, as well as a Fellow for the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. He plays an active role in numerous charitable organisations as a Trustee and also holds key governance roles within educational organisations. He is a serving Ofsted inspector and richly contributes to the education landscape.
