Thesis on School Inspections
Here to help you, whether you require training, consultancy, research or an experienced sounding board. The mix & match package means that I am with you for the journey, working specifically to support your needs and vision.
To know more, please contact me using the details below or the contact sheet.
My services support the whole school community - Parents, teachers, pupils and staff.
With experience in the classroom, the staff-room, the office and the home, I am uniquely qualified to advise, encourage and nurture.
I have experience and qualifications relating to a range of settings, including more than 10 years working as a SENCO, informing school policy and classroom practice.
About Dr Hélène Cohen
Dr Hélène Cohen is a professional, dedicated and enthusiastic teacher and leader within education. Nearly 40 years of teaching experience across all age ranges, from nursery to post graduate, has included being a SENCO, a Senior Leader and working in a range of settings: state mainstream, MLD, dyslexia provision, independent sector. Hélène has been providing INSETs for over 30 years, with a focus on SEND, but also covering areas including leadership, thinking and learning skills, formative assessment, and a range of aspects of communication skills essential within teaching. Hélène is currently a tutor for the NASENCO and iSENCO Masters awards and a range of Level 7 Senior Leader apprenticeships with a SEND and advanced SEND focus, as well as being a sessional lecturer at Canterbury Christ Church university.
A genuine passion for helping people learn, whatever their barriers may be, has helped Hélène to develop a range of strategies that support everyone in the classroom, pupils and teachers alike.
Hélène’s doctoral thesis examines teachers’ emotional responses to Ofsted and ISI inspection, exploring how different leadership approaches could minimise any stress caused. This builds on research papers that she has written about inspection frameworks and includes a new model for effective leadership. Previous Masters research focused on leadership and management for learning.
Hélène’s chapter included in "Selective Mutism, in our own words" by Carl Sutton & Cheryl Forrester, details how she supported a girl with Selective Mutism over a number of years. Hélène also produced the internationally used IWB materials for the Sounds-Write phonics programme
Outside of education, Hélène is a 2nd Dan Black Belt in TaeKwon-Do, and enjoys teaching this to people of all ages at MWTA.
Hélène holds a portable enhanced DBS.
With years of experience and innovation, teaching and researching in the state and independent sectors, from pre-school to Higher Education, I have unlocked the potential in children, teachers and families alike.
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"Making the Group Leaders think about the options they have in a tricky behaviour situation was great, thank you for putting in the camp specific examples."
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