What
clients
have
said
about
our
work
Consultancy
and
interim
management
“Andrea
has
worked
closely
with
Merton
Adult
Education
since
April
2005,
she
has
nurtured
a
good
working
relationship
with
staff
and
managers
at
all
levels
and
I
believe
that
she
possesses
excellent
communication
skills,
which
enables
her
to
encourage
the
best
out
of
people.
Andrea
has
been
working
with
the
service
more
recently
on
an
interim-management
basis.
She
has
been
commissioned
to
cover
the
Head
of
Service
position
and
induct
the
new
deputy
Principal.
Andrea
was
the
ideal
choice
for
the
role
because
of
her
ability
to
be
flexible
and
responsive
to
challenges.
She
grasps
concepts
easily
and
is
proactive
in
her
approach
to
meeting
targets
and
deadlines.
I
have
found
Andrea
to
be
exceptional
in
her
approach
to
work
commitments;
she
is
intelligent,
diligent
and
committed
to
the
task
in
hand.
I
have
no
hesitation
in
recommending
her
to
future
clients;
she
has
been
a
real
find
for
our
service.”
Yvonne
Tomlin,
Head of
Service,
Merton
Adult
Education
“Andrea
has worked
closely
with City
of London
Corporation’s
Adult Education
over the
past year.
Andrea was
very effective
in supporting
the Service
through
it’s-inspection
as well
as providing
ongoing
advice with
the production
of the annual
Self Assessment
Report.
Andrea has
developed
very good
working
relationships
with a wide
range of
team members
as well
as senior
managers.
Andrea has
demonstrated
that she
has good
communication
skills;
this enables
her to work
well with
less confident
individuals
and encourage
them to
perform
at their
best. The
decision
to work
with Andrea
to support
the Service
during a
very important
time was
good because
her approach
to all aspects
of the Service
was one
of flexibility
and absolute
commitment
to agreed
targets.
Andrea
work with
the City
of London’s
ACL team
has been
off exceptional
quality,
she is
intelligent
and very
task focussed.
I have
no hesitation
in recommending
her to
future
clients.”
Barbara
Hamilton,
Head of
Adult
Learning,
City of
London
F
acilitation
and Training
I recommend
Andrea's training
session ….
It gives adult
language teachers
a wealth of
practical
classroom
ideas and
links them
to key concepts
like differentiation
and assessment.
Highly relevant
to our work
and much enjoyed
by everybody
who took part.”
Annett
Hering,
Languages
Co-ordinator,
Leicester
Adult College
“Very
well facilitated
training with
opportunity
for comments,
questions
and an informal
feel.”
“Refreshing
to attend
such a well
presented
training
event with
minimal
use of acronyms.”
SAR
training
“Thanks,
Andrea,
for a very
interesting
training
day. Have
taken lots
of ideas
home, but
need yet
to organise
myself and
my internet
access.
Thanks a
lot. I'll
be in touch.”
Participant
on digital
technologies
workshop
Andrea
has the
ability
to develop
a sense
of team
working
within
a group
of people
with different
roles
and responsibilities
from a
range
of organisations,
within
a short
space
of time.
She gives
people
confidence
to make
decisions
about
a new
process,
gives
advice
without
suggesting
too many
of her
own views,
accepting
that some
mistakes
would
be made
along
the way.
Empowerment
sums this
up but
is rather
an overused
word.
I liked
that she
was also
comfortable
in discussing
“emotional”
reactions
and feelings
appropriately.
She really
acknowledged
that everyone’s
contribution
was valuable.
The session
was had
a real
sense
of direction
and purpose,
keeping
within
a time
frame
and yet
you encourages
ideas
to “unfold”.
Service
Vice-Principal
(Curriculum
and Quality)
QI
Toolkit
Your hints
and tips for
language learning
are the best
I have ever
read because
it is very
complete and
covers all
learning styles.
It has reminded
me of "how"
I learned
English and
it has been
a good tool
for me to
transmit lots
of those hints
to my students.
I have algo
got through
"Games
and Creativity...".
I do use games
quite often
in my clases
just because
I know they
work in active
learning.
However point
3 "Linguistic
and pedagogical
reasons..."
has open my
eyes as to
what I want
to get out
of a game
in the class,
what I want
to achieve
with it and
to think more
about the
purpose. I
can actually
plan my games
and make the
rules and
materials
to suit the
purpose. It
has been a
fantastic
reading. Thank
you so much!
Arancha
Bulloch
Lorente,
Languages
tutor
“Some
initial
steps
have been
taken
to provide
tutors
with relevant
training,
and to
enable
them to
share
good practice
and good-quality
materials
for teaching
and learning.
These
measures
include
an innovative
online
and interactive
quality
improvement
toolkit.”
Re-inspection
report,
City of
London October
2006
The
materials
are excellent
and offer
very valuable
support
in the SAR
process:
from identifying
the sections
necessary
to cover,
the format,
the process
and making
judgements.
I have
found
the worksheets
on mentoring
and making
judgements
particularly
useful,
and I
have used
it to
train
management
and Trustees
in the
process
of the
SAR. Therefore
I can
feel much
more confident
that my
colleagues
understand
the process
to a much
deeper
level.
Anthony
Harmer,
Learning
and Work
Director
- ELATT
back
to top
Coaching
”I met
Andrea on
a workshop
in 2001, our
styles were
quite different,
Andrea, a
straight-talking
no nonsense
style and
me a bit woolly
around the
edges. At
the end of
3 days together,
I realised
that if I
was going
to achieve
my ambitious
goals both
in work and
my personal
life, I needed
someone to
keep me in-line
and focussed.
Andrea was
that person
and today,
as a result
of Andrea’s
continuing
guidance,
support and
the occasional
push, I am
running my
own successful
performance
coaching company.”
Barry
Rogers,
Director,
Inspire
“Andrea
facilitated
a very helpful
NLP session
for me.
Some very
interesting
outcomes
emerged,
that have
meaning
and are
still proving
useful weeks
later. She
has a calming,
supportive
manner and
shows wisdom
and insight
in her approach.”
Linda Bye,
Consultant
A
participant
on an
e-learning
workshop
for
languages
tutors
which
Andrea
delivered
on behalf
of NIACE
gives
her
impressions
on what
she
has
gained
from
attending
the
workshop.