Liam Conner
Secondary School Teacher
I am a dedicated and innovative teacher with 10 years of teaching experience. I specialise in the creation of digital resources and curriculum design. I aim to remove the barriers to learning to enable all students to make progress irrespective of ability. Outside of work I have a keen interest in music production and produce electronic music using FL Studio and Ableton Live.Education
The University of Edinburgh
Sep 2001 - Jun 2005
Masters
After leaving school, I studied Classics at The University of Edinburgh. I read a range of literary and historical texts in Latin and Greek and graduated in 2005 with a 2:1.
Canterbury Christ Church University
Sep 2012 - Jul 2013
Postgraduate
Having worked in the financial sector from 2006 to 2011, I dediced I needed a change and applied to the Teach First Leadership Development Programme. I obtained my Postgraduate Certificate in Education in 2013 having spent the year teaching English and Latin in a challenging secondary school in Chatham.
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Work Experience
Kingswood School
Sep 2019 - present
Head of EAL
After travelling through Asia, Central America and South America in 2018 and 2019, I returned to the UK in September 2019 to teach English as an Additional Language at Kingswood School. Duties include:
- Supporting international students for whom English is a second language
- Coaching sixth-form students for IELTS exams
- Responding to the pastoral needs of my tutor group
Northcote Lodge
Sep 2016 - Aug 2018
Head of Latin
As Head of Latin at this preparatory school in Wandsworth, I prepared the students for Common Entrance Latin. The majority of the students sat Level 1 and 2 papers, but I worked with scholars who wanted to take CASE papers and scholarship papers for prestigious public schools including Eton and Harrow. Duties included:
- Teaching Latin to students in years 6, 7 and 8
- Mentoring students for scholarship papers
- Coaching sport and delivering weekly house assemblies
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