Stacy Vipas is Teaching and Learning Manager at Selby College. Stacy explains how the Advanced Teacher Status (ATS) process was about her learning in the first instance, and then putting that into practice and building it into a teaching and learning strategy for the rest of her organisation.

We speak to Martin Reid, Director of SET, from the conference venue in Birmingham, as he reflects on the SET Conference 2019.

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In this short podcast, Mandy Gutsell reflects on her first Local Networking Group (LNG) event in Birmingham. She reveals how not even a power cut could get in the way of her passion to deliver an event to offer practitioners advice and tips on supporting learners with dyslexia.

We hear from Patricia Odell, Head of ATS and QTLS, and Dr Catherine Manning, ATS Operations Manager, who explain more about Advanced Teacher Status (ATS). This 15-minute podcast also features a past ATS awardee and ATS mentor who explain the benefits of applying for ATS and how to ensure the process goes as smoothly as possible.

Ellie Bennett is a civil engineering lecturer at Stephenson College and part-time architectural designer. Here she talks about why she believes teachers need to promote female ambassadors in STEM before learners reach further education, and how improving self-efficacy in the classroom, and at home, is key to encouraging girls into STEM careers.

Simon Beer, Head of Service for Haringey Adult Learning Service, explains why he believes in the value of taking a strengths-based approach in the classroom to support SEND learners and why he is heartened by the attitudinal shift of employers in the fight to challenge stigma in the workplace.

Nick Chadwick, Education and Assessment Manager at Train Aid and former Head of Sports Development at Reigate College, explains how his career led to him completing QTLS and why he now encourages his teacher trainers to follow the same path.

Find out more about how becoming a Google Certified Trainer has satisfied Martine Ellis' hunger for technology and how her learners have adapted to a paperless classroom.

SET member Jannine Harris, 44, is a special needs teacher at Billing Brook school in Northamptonshire and a MSc Psychology student at the University of Liverpool. She describes the challenges she faced before being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and how she manages it in her role. Read the full blog on the SET website: https://set.et-foundation.co.uk/news-events/blogs-and-articles/blogs/how-i-manage-my-adhd-as-a-teacher/