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Rachel Lofthouse is former professor of teacher education at Leeds Beckett University, England. She founded CollectivED, a research and practice centre with a focus on coaching, mentoring and professional learning. Rachel has been engaged in supporting coaching and mentoring in education for almost three decades, as a practitioner, researcher and professional development facilitator. Her work has allowed her to engage with and lead local, national and international professional and academic networks. Before joining Leeds Beckett University Rachel worked as a secondary teacher and middle leader in schools in the North East of England and as a teacher educator, researcher and course director at Newcastle University. Rachel retired after 34 years as an educator to pursue a new career drawing on her skills of dialogue, support and advocacy.
This year I retired from my role in teacher education and research, seven years after becoming a professor, and 30 years after mentoring my first student teacher. In the English context I was not...
Continue reading blog postOn this 2nd ECR Annual Conference we continued to celebrate the ECR journeys and welcomed educational researchers and practitioners to join us in Leeds. This year’s conference was anchored on...
Global organisations (OECD, 2018) highlight the need for renewed focus on creativity and wellbeing in education. While Wales and Scotland have innovated their curriculum to reflect a stronger...
Continue reading blog postThe SIG convenors shortlisted then attended sessions for their SIG and judged these presentation. The ‘BERA Annual Conference – SIG Best Presentation’ is then awarded. You can view the...
The professional learning of teachers and school leaders occurs in multiple spaces and potentially throughout their careers. Professional learning matters because it creates opportunities for...
Continue reading blog postThe Early Career Framework (ECF), a system of mandatory CPD introduced to all English schools in September 2021. The ECF is part of the Department for Education’s Recruitment and Retention...
Online registration for this event has now closed, please email events@bera.ac.uk to register. #TeacherEd&Development Online event – pre-registration essential With Covid -19, education...
The thread As a new professor I was invited to establish a research and practice centre, and it was suggested by the dean of my school that creating a working paper series would be a valuable...
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