Michael Power (author)
Michael Power is a British author of The Head of Year's Handbook; Driving Student Well-being and Engagement.[1] and a secondary teacher in the North West of England [2].
Biography[edit]
Originally, Michael qualified as a youth worker, managing youth work provision across multiple youth centres for a local authority in the North West of England. Following the reductions in funding for youth services he went on to qualify as a religious education teacher and has worked in the North West of England ever since as a teacher, head of year and most recently as a senior leader at Educational Diversity Pupil Referral Unit (PRU) in Blackpool, UK.
Michael has delivered public talks at The School and Academies Show at the NEC Birmingham and at IncludEd in central London on parental participation and Inclusion within education.
In 2020, Michael’s first book ‘The Head of Year’s Handbook’ was published by Critical Publishing. Michael has delivered online CPD sessions to thousands of practicing teachers on supporting looked after learners as well as contributing to joint National Youth Agency commission with the UK Parliament on the role of youth work in formal education[3]. Michael has also contributed to the Times educational Supplement (TES)[4][5], published in academic journals[6][7] and produced chapters in books[8].
In 2019 Michael started his doctorate (EdD) at the University of Chester (2019-2024) and has research interests in the effects of policy on disadvantaged and vulnerable students and how identity plays a role in determining your future successes.[9]
Publications[edit]
Books
- The Head of Year’s Handbook: Driving Student Well-being and Engagement Critical Publishing, 2020[10][11]
Chapters in Books
- What they didn’t teach me about building trust with parents In S. Mullin, What they didn’t teach me on my PGCE (pp. 39-40). Word & Deed Publishing, 2019[8]
Articles
- Power, M. (2021) An analysis of the common characteristics of intervention strategies used in secondary education. Educationalfutures, [online] Vol. 12(1). Available at: https://educationstudies.org.uk/?p=16043 [7]
- Identity, Culture and Belonging: Educating Young Children for a Changing World British Journal of Educational Studies, 69:1, 123-124, DOI:10.1080/00071005.2020.1810479. 2020[6][12]
- GCSEs: How building resilience leads to better results. TES, 2019[5]
- Ditch interventions, just focus on quality-first teaching. TES, 2019[4]
Notes[edit]
- ↑ "The Head of Year's Handbook by Michael Power | Waterstones". www.waterstones.com.
- ↑ "About".
- ↑ https://www.nya.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Commission-into-the-role-of-youth-work-in-formal-education.pdf
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "'Ditch interventions, just focus on quality-first teaching'". Tes.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "GCSEs: How building resilience leads to better results". Tes.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Power, Michael (2 January 2021). "Identity, Culture and Belonging: Educating Young Children for a Changing World". British Journal of Educational Studies. 69 (1): 123–124. doi:10.1080/00071005.2020.1810479 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM. Unknown parameter
|s2cid=ignored (help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "An analysis of the common characteristics of intervention strategies used in secondary education - BESA Journal". educationstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 2022-01-18.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mullin, Sarah (9 December 2019). What They Didn't Teach Me on My PGCE: and other routes into teaching. ASIN 1999422449. Search this book on
- ↑ "Michael Power". SAAS.
- ↑ "Critical Publishing | The Head of Year's Handbook - Driving Student Well-being and Engagement : By Michael Power". Critical Publishing.
- ↑ Power, Michael (2020-06-12). The Head of Years Handbook: Driving Student Well-being and Engagement. Critical Publishing. ISBN 978-1-913063-23-8. Search this book on
- ↑ Power, Michael (2021-01-02). "Identity, Culture and Belonging: Educating Young Children for a Changing World: By Tony Eaude. Pp 220. London: Bloomsbury Academic. 2020. £81.00 (hbk) ISBN 9781350097803 (hbk)". British Journal of Educational Studies. 69 (1): 123–124. doi:10.1080/00071005.2020.1810479. ISSN 0007-1005. Unknown parameter
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References[edit]
- Michael Power's website bio
- The Head of Year's Handbook - Critical Publishing
- British Library Record
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