Mark Chambers - Curriculum ICT Strategy Manager

Mark has been a teacher, an LA Teacher Advisor, a deputy and head teacher and an ICT Consultant working cross phase. Recently, in his role as ICT Strategy Manager at Education Bradford, he has been heavily involved in BSF Programmes. Mark has overall responsibility for the Curriculum ICT team and the Bradford Learning Network. Mark is an accredited consultant leader delivering Leadership Programmes for the NCSL. He is currently the senior vice-chair on the NAACE board of management. NAACE is the national professional association for those who are concerned with advancing education through the use of information and communications technology (ICT).

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Paul Scott – Lead Teaching and Learning Consultant (ICT).

Paul is presently in his 5^th year working for Education Bradford as an Teaching and Learning consultant (ICT). He has over 18 years of Primary school teaching experience both in the UK and abroad. His main role involves developing, implementing and embedding whole school improvement strategies using ICT including working with schools involved with the Primary Capital Programme and supporting schools with E-safety. Paul is a qualified CEOP Ambassador trainer an accredited ICT Mark assessor and specialises in the use of Smart Interactive Whiteboards. He organises the highly popular Cars – Maths in Motion Challenge, the Annual Film & Animation Competition and recently worked on the new ICT Scheme of Work.

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James Langley - Primary Teaching and Learning Consultant (ICT)

James joined the Curriculum ICT team on a permanent contract in September 2008 after being on part time secondment with the team for 2 years. Prior to this he gained 11 years experience as a Primary school teacher, 5 of those as an AST specialising in ICT. James is trained in the use of Espresso and is accredited in the use of the ACTIVInspire software for Promethean boards and he is also a qualified ICT Mark Assessor. James is heavily involved in the development of bMobLe (Bradford Mobile Learning Network) and the use of mobile devices in the primary classroom and beyond. He has recently been accredited with Forest School training - Level 1.

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Vicki Cox - Accelerating Achievement & New Technologies Consultant

Vicki is on secondment from Bankfoot Primary. She has been teaching for 6 years and has had responsiblity for ECM and ICT. In her role she has successfully supported and contributed to her school gaining the ICT Mark. She has been involved in the BMoble roadshow and has gained the advanced smartboard training certificate. Vicki can offer support using a variety of new technologies to enhance and engage learning within the curriculum.

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Steve Dale – Secondary Teaching and Learning Consultant (ICT) and E-Learning Consultant

Steve originally started out as a forensic toxicologist but after a chance encounter with a computer in 1982 decided to become an ICT trainer, teaching those teachers in schools who were slowly embracing the new technology. Steve has since worked in 3 local authorities and in over 450 schools developing a wealth of experience and knowledge. He is fondly known as ‘Mr Moodle’ due to the amount of development time he spends on ways to integrate VLE’s into the classroom and he is also an expert at Databases and electronic music. Steve is also a registered Ofsted inspector.

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Robert Bashforth – Secondary Teaching and Learning Consultant (ICT)

Robert joins us from private industry where he worked in a national capacity as a strategic ICT Consultant for the Building Schools for the Future program. Previous to this he worked as a Teaching and Learning Manager for ICT in a Secondary School and before that as a HOD ICT. He has a passion for the use of educational ICT in 21st century learning and teaching environments. He is keen to apply his knowledge to the task of transforming and enhancing all aspects of the curriculum through the use of innovative ICT

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Sarah Hawkins - Curriculum ICT team co-ordinator

Alyas Haider – Bradford Learning Network Technical Officer.

Alyas Haider joined the team in October 2007 as the Bradford Learning Network Technical Officer. Alyas has many years experience working in the technical field of ICT, most of this time spent in the educational arena. Alyas’ main role is to over see the technical developments of the BLN infrastructure and he has been heavily involved in the network refresh and the implementation of the Ja.Net connection. Alyas works closely with schools and 3^rd party support providers to provide consultancy on utilising the BLN.