Sam Twiselton
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Professor Sam Twiselton OBE is the director of the Sheffield Institute of Education at Sheffield Hallam University and a leading expert on teacher training who has influenced Government policy on teacher education and curriculum development. In 2019 the Times Education Supplement named her one of the most influential people of the year.[1]
Career and positions held
She has, and continues to, contribute to a number of national and regional advisory boards and committees:
- A member of the advisory panel for the Carter Review of Initial Teacher Training (ITT).[2]
- A member of the DfE Expert Panel of the ITT Behaviour working group which reported to government in 2016.[3]
- Adviser to the Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills (Ofsted) curriculum panel.[4]
- Vice-President (external) of the Chartered College of Teaching.[5][6]
- Academic Lead for South Yorkshire Futures, an area-based programme of work which aims to improve educational attainment and raise aspiration in South Yorkshire.[7]
- Chair of the Initial Teacher Education content group[8] which provided recommendations to the Department for Education (DfE) on how to align teacher training with a new early career framework for teachers.
- Vice-Chair of the Doncaster Opportunity Area Partnership Board.[9]
- A member of the DfE specialist National Professional Qualifications Advisory Group.[10]
- A member of the Harrow International Expert Advisory Group.[11]
- Chair of the Academic Advisory Group for the Ambition Institute, a graduate school for teachers.[12]
- Trustee for Astrea Multi Academy Trust[13][14], the Shine Education Charity[15], the National Teacher Accreditation[16][17] and the Learning Unlimited Teaching School Alliance.[18][19]
Awards
In June 2018 she was named in the Queen's birthday honours as a recipient of an OBE for services to Higher Education.[20]
Selected publications
- Twiselton, S. (2004). The role of teacher identities in learning to teach primary literacy. Educational Review, 56 (2), 157-164. http://doi.org/10.1080/0031910410001693245
- Twiselton, S. (2017). Towards a teacher-focused system: Lessons from the Carter review of ITE. In Flip The System UK: A Teachers' Manifesto. (pp. 201-208). http://doi.org/10.4324/9781315445205
- Twiselton, S. (2016). Different approaches to teacher education: Maximising expertise and re-examining the role of universities and schools. In Building Bridges: Rethinking Literacy Teacher Education in a Digital Era. (pp. 91-104). http://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-491-6
References
- ↑ "Tes people of the year: Sam Twiselton". Times Education Supplement. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Carter review of initial teacher training". Department for Education. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Developing behaviour management content for initial teacher training". Department for Education. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The professor who wants to help teachers stay the course". Times Education Supplement. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Officers of the College of Teaching Ltd". Companies House. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "President and Council elected in inaugural election". Chartered College of Teaching. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Team". South Yorkshire Futures. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New support for trainee teachers". Department for Education. 20 May 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Our Board". Doncaster Opportunity Area. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "New qualifications to help teachers progress their careers". Department for Education. 17 July 2019. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Our Team". Harrow International. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Our Academic Advisory Group". Ambition Institute. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Officers of the Astrea Academy Trust". Companies House. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Astrea Trustees". Astrea Academy Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Introducing our Trustees". Shine Trust. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Officers of the National Teacher Accreditation Ltd". Companies House. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Meet the team". National Teacher Accreditation. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Officers of the Learning Unlimited Teaching School Alliance". Companies House. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Learning Unlimited Teaching School Alliance". Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Queen's Birthday Honours List 2018". Cabinet Office. 8 June 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2020. Unknown parameter
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