Megan has a wealth of school leadership, school improvement and policy experience, including working for the Education Endowment Foundation, as a MAT Executive Leader, as a Local Authority English consultant, as a Head Teacher, teacher trainer and a teacher. She has balanced a career in school with an academic career and is currently studying for a doctorate at the University of Sussex, UK. Her specialist interests lie in the teaching and learning of literacy (in particular reading comprehension), special educational needs, language development and leadership. Megan writes a weekly column for the Times Educational Supplement, regularly presents at conferences and is often found writing in collaboration with researchers and academics. You can find her at @DamsonEd
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ANDREA VAUGHAN
CONSULTANT TRAINER FOR EARLY YEARS
ANDREA VAUGHAN
CONSULTANT TRAINER FOR EARLY YEARS
Andrea Vaughan is an independent education consultant and trainer with extensive experience of early years. For instance, over the last 25 years Andrea has been part of the team at the outstanding Everton Nursery School and Family Centre in Liverpool. She led outstanding provision for babies and toddlers, was a school teacher and children’s centre coordinator. As a senior leader she has led provision that significantly improved outcomes for children, such as in physical development, literacy and communication and language. Andrea provides high-quality training for staff and leaders working in the early years in schools and nurseries locally and nationally. In particular, she uses research about teaching and children’s learning to inform training programmes that she devises, for example to develop children’s oral language skills, providing a rich reading curriculum in nursery, developing the early maths curriculum, movement play for physical development and self-regulation in the early years. Andrea has also provided early years training on behalf of the Education Endowment Foundation. In 2021, Andrea helped the DfE to train practitioners across England about the revised EYFS. Andrea has also acted as project manager for DfE-funded early years training programmes across local authorities in the north west. Andrea was recently appointed by the DfE as the Area Lead for Liverpool for the Covid-19 Early Years Recovery Programme. Her work involves coaching experts and mentors to effectively support leaders in early years settings to help children to recover from the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. She is also involved with as a consultant with the Sutton Trust, helping settings to embed changes and sustain learning from evidence-based training.
