Andrew Hutchinson
Education Partnerships – Learning Technologies Adviser
Since September 1st 2004 Andrew has been employed by the Learning Technologies Team at the Midlands Leadership Centre, University of Wolverhampton. His responsibilities have included the co-ordination of the Primary Learning Network, a networked learning community of 12 primary schools working collaboratively on ICT and pedagogical related issues, the role of Leading Teacher on the Sandwell LA, “Teacher of the Future” Project and that of Learning Technologies Advisory Teacher to schools throughout the Black Country and wider region. Recently he has been examining the impact of student response systems and is currently project manager for the REVEAL Project, a large U.K. wide research and development project examining the effective use of the Activote Learner Response System across all education sectors.
For the previous twelve years Andrew developed his teaching and subject management skills whilst working in Solihull and Shropshire LEAs. He has co-ordinated a range of core and foundation subjects, including ICT, Science, Design Technology, Humanities and PE, as well as taking a lead role in a variety of areas including Assessment and Record Keeping, Performance Management, mentoring of staff, Health and Safety and the Schools for Health initiative. He gained senior management experience in a number of his posts and has taken part in a wide range of high profile educational initiatives.
Ten years of leading developments in ICT has given Andrew great experience in planning and bringing about major hardware procurements, policy development, the planning and implementation of staff training programmes, subject monitoring and the embedding of ICT throughout the curriculum. He has wide experience in leading training sessions, staff meetings and professional development days where, by working collaboratively with colleagues, he has helped raise overall standards in the teaching and learning and use of ICT across the curriculum. Andrew believes in a supportive, sensitive and individual approach to staff training and development.
Andrew has led workshops and spoken at many high profile events in the United Kingdom and abroad. These include presentations to the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, National College for School Leadership and the European Teacher Research Network. He also contributed to the Primary Strategy Support materials as well as other written publications.
Andrew is committed to supporting the introduction of new technologies within education and to promoting the creative use ICT in the classroom, as we strive to continuously improve teaching and learning in our schools.
