David Shakespeare has worked on projects with a wide range of organisations - for example ...

Development of curriculum and assessment

 

Standards and Testing Agency

• Curriculum adviser on development of the KS2 national tests, performance descriptors and exemplification
• Advisor on KS3, GCSE and A levels programmes of study

Cambridge Assessment International Education

• Expert review and comparison of various international science and STEM curricula

AQA/Doublestruck

• Mapped national curriculum and GCSE statements across keystages to support teacher planning
• Advised on development of online assessments;
• Supported development of progress tests for primary and secondary science

United Learning Trust

• ‘Chair of Standards’ for science – supported primary and secondary teacher groups to enable them to plan for, assess and exemplify standards for the curriculum
• Developed summative tests for use across all the Trust’s schools

Royal Society of Chemistry

• Expert review of curriculum map for chemistry

 

Teaching and learning, CPD and middle-leader development

 

Many Local Authorities and Teaching School Alliances, and individual academies, schools and colleges

• Provided training and in-school consultancy and coaching (incl. subject leader development, audit of provision, teacher support for planning, teaching and assessment, teacher action-research projects)

National Network of Science Learning Partnerships

• Developed training programmes and provided training and acted as adviser to schools regionally
• Developed train-the-trainer materials to support the work of other consultants
• Recognised as Senior Facilitator by the STEM Learning ‘CPD Mark’ in 2018

STEM Learning/National STEM Centre

• Advised on development of a needs analysis tool for teacher CPD in schools
• Developed a framework, approach and materials to promote the development of Employability Skills young people by STEM Ambassadors

CIEA (Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors)

• Developed training on applying the principles of educational assessment in schools

 

Evaluations, and evaluation strategy

 

Royal Academy of Engineering

• Evaluated a programme for supporting greater diversity in graduate engineering – assessing the impact on both the students and engineering employers;
• Evaluated impact of post-16 CPD programme for FE engineering lecturers;
• Facilitated workshops on evaluation for STEM organisations

Graphic Science/Wellcome Trust

• Evaluated impact of a neuroscience enhancement project in schools

Nuffield Curriculum Centre

• Evaluated a KS3 STEM cross-curricular project
• Evaluated impact of CPD programme for primary science using puppets

STEM Learning/National STEM Centre/STEMNET

• Developed STEM initiative evaluation guidelines and case studies for use across STEM organisations
• Developed an evaluation methodology for STEM Partnership
• Evaluated impact of student enterprise programme across East of England for STEMNET/EEDA

QCDA

• Evaluated national trial of APP Science and ICT

 

Organisational development and organisational psychology

 

Various local authorities

• Led programmes of ‘Peer Enquiry’ (appreciative enquiry) for organisational development which involve mutual school self-support across schools of all phases
• Developed and provided CPD on the theme of team psychology in schools

ASCL (Association for School and College Leaders)

• Provided courses and consultancy on staff selection using evidence based approaches including psychometric profiling
• Provided psychometric profiling for staff selection and development

United Learning Trust

• Provided psychometric profiling for staff selection and development

Welsh Assembly Government

• Reviewed and recommended (to the National Science Academy) applications for funding for various STEM activities across Wales

STEMNET

• Ran a national consultation on contracting arrangements for regional STEM support – with Government, STEM support agencies, educational organisations and learned societies
• Provided strategic advice to align STEMNET closely with schools’ and national agendas

Department for Education

• Provided advice on strategy and policy on the development of the STEM Cohesion Programme for Prof. Sir John Holman (National STEM Director)