Emma is a super teacher – and that’s official
Thursday, 4th October 2001.
AT THE tender age of 25, Steeple Bumpstead Primary School's Emma Skingley has just become a super teacher.
Miss Skingley has just become one of the first primary school teachers in the country to receive Advanced Skills Tutor (AST) status.
She will now spend 20 per cent of her working time helping other teachers at Steeple Bumpstead and other schools in Essex.
Rosemarie Sadley, headteacher at Steeple Bumpstead, said she was very pleased that Miss Skingley had been recognised in this way. The award followed detailed assessment of her work, as well as interviews with pupils, parents and other staff.
"I am very proud of her, it is good news for her and for the school. She started with us as a newly qualified teacher and is now in her fourth year, so she has achieved something really remarkable for someone of her age," Mrs Sadler said.
Miss Skingley, who lives in Saffron Walden, trained at King Alfred College in Winchester and said she had always wanted to be a teacher.
"I felt this was career development for me, it was really the only thing available to someone of my age. It is brilliant, I am really looking forward to working with other teachers," Miss Skingley said.
Once Miss Skingley had applied for AST status, she faced a lengthy assessment of her standard of teaching, planning, progress of her pupils and documentation.
CAPTION: Three cheers for Miss Skingley … Emma with pupils at Steeple Bumpstead Primary School.
Miss Skingley has just become one of the first primary school teachers in the country to receive Advanced Skills Tutor (AST) status.
She will now spend 20 per cent of her working time helping other teachers at Steeple Bumpstead and other schools in Essex.
Rosemarie Sadley, headteacher at Steeple Bumpstead, said she was very pleased that Miss Skingley had been recognised in this way. The award followed detailed assessment of her work, as well as interviews with pupils, parents and other staff.
"I am very proud of her, it is good news for her and for the school. She started with us as a newly qualified teacher and is now in her fourth year, so she has achieved something really remarkable for someone of her age," Mrs Sadler said.
Miss Skingley, who lives in Saffron Walden, trained at King Alfred College in Winchester and said she had always wanted to be a teacher.
"I felt this was career development for me, it was really the only thing available to someone of my age. It is brilliant, I am really looking forward to working with other teachers," Miss Skingley said.
Once Miss Skingley had applied for AST status, she faced a lengthy assessment of her standard of teaching, planning, progress of her pupils and documentation.
CAPTION: Three cheers for Miss Skingley … Emma with pupils at Steeple Bumpstead Primary School.
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