Curriculum vitae

Professional Practice

Learning Systems Designer · Specialist education

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Experience

2012 - Present

ALN Teacher & Learning Systems Designer

Therapeutic Residential Children's Home with On-site Specialist School

Designed learning systems, curriculum pathways and assessment strategies for young people with diverse needs. Led qualification mapping across parallel pathways, created accessible learning resources, developed authentic community partnerships and embedded real-world learning through a long-term working farm programme.

2020- Present

Freelance Learning & Content Designer

Independent Clients

Designing educational resources, visual assets and digital content for independent creators and organisations, combining instructional design, graphic design and AI-assisted production workflows.

2007-2011

Teacher & Curriculum Designer

Specialist School Supporting Pupils from Residential Children's Homes

Established accredited vocational qualifications in Catering and ICT, introducing new curriculum pathways and assessment systems. This role marked the beginning of a growing interest in curriculum architecture, qualification design and creating learning experiences beyond traditional subject teaching.

2005-2007

Supply Teacher

Pembrokeshire County Council

Delivered short- and medium-term teaching across a range of primary schools, adapting quickly to different settings, curricula and teams while developing broad classroom experience early in my career.

Selected work

Skills & education

Learning DesignCurriculum DesignInstructional DesignSystems ThinkingAssessment DesignAccessibilityFacilitationVisual CommunicationPartnership DevelopmentProject Management

Education & qualifications

BA (Hons) Education (2:1) with Qualified Teacher Status (QTS). Ongoing professional development includes instructional design, accessibility, trauma-informed practice, Apple Teacher certification and project management. Full employment history and qualifications are included in the downloadable CV.