Rebecca Taylor

My background was initially in sports coaching, where I found a passion for supporting others. I then enrolled on an Educational Studies degree followed by successfully completing a PGCE (Primary 3-11) to gain my teaching qualification. My experience in industry includes teaching across the primary age range in schools for several years. I thoroughly enjoyed this and developed a keen interest in supporting other, particularly newly qualified teachers.

Whilst in my role as a primary school teacher, I completed an MA in Teaching and Learning before moving to teaching in higher education six years ago. During my time in higher education, I have taught across several Early Years and Education programmes as well as various teacher training programmes such as PGCE, Teacher Apprenticeship and Assessment Only Route. I became a senior lecturer and programme manager for the Primary Education Studies accelerated degree and the PGCE, before taking on the role of Deputy Head of Department and eventually Head of Department.

• MA Learning and Teaching, PGCE (Primary 3-11)
• Education Studies BA (Hons)

My passion for teacher training and coaching and mentoring still remain. 

I worked with Big Brum on their 'Schools of Recovery' project, looking at the aspect of 'Teacher Development'. See more in the Creating Schools of Recovery publication here. 

I was also recently published in THE Campus (Times Higher education). Click here to read the article. 

I am currently the Chair of the Academic Council for a primary school in Burton on Trent.