Dr Tim SAUNDERS

• Thrivability: developing an integrative meta-pedagogy for the Manchester-Mersey bioregion integrating place-based Wisdom, Sustainability, Wellbeing and Resilience education

• 4Ps of Transformative Reflective Practice embracing Personal, Pedagogical, Professional & Planetary dimensions of transformation

• Integration of worldviews education, metacognition and mindfulness in Religious Education pedagogy

• The Educational theory of Matthew Lipman, Kieran Egan, Guy Claxton and John Heron

• The Transreligious Theology of Robert Neville Cummings & philosophy of religion of Wesley Wildman 

• The Contemplative Ecology of Sufism and holistic spirituality of Islamic Environmentalism

• Membership of EHU's SustainNet involved in promotional and entrepreneurial activities towards integrative sustainability education in the North West region & internationally; Webinar scheduled for 2^nd Semester 2021: ‘Regenerative River Republic: designing a Meta-pedagogy for the Manchester-Mersey Bioregion’

Knowledge Exchange, Networking & Consultancy aligned with research interests

• www.thrivability.uk Showcasing the thrivability toolkit, integrating thinking and learning skills for wellbeing, resilience, wellbeing and wisdom - integrative metapedagogy for primary, secondary and tertiary 
• www.ecoversity.uk Bioregional blog and project portfolio for the Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Regions. Networking and communities of inquiry in: The Thrivability Toolkit (TTT) for teachers and lecturers, Pro Planetary Practice (PPP) for trainee teachers, Regenerative River Republic (RRR) for the local bioregion, Spiritually Sustainable Society (SSS) for spiritual activists with an interest in Islamic environmentalism, Worldviews Without Walls (WWW) for Religious Education teachers 

2018- Lecturer, DCEC, Edge Hill University, PT  

2007-2018 Interim Headships & Consultant Leadership (Self-employed) 

2017-18 EnglishWise TEFL online Academy for Professional English, PT

2017 Consultant Leader, Westfield School, Westfield, East Sussex, Interim 

2014 Consultant Leader, Al Hijrah School, Birmingham, 4-16, Interim

2011-13 Executive Headteacher, Leicestershire, Interim

2010-11 Headteacher, Sandown Primary School, Hastings, East-Sussex, Interim

2010 Headteacher, Southfield Primary School, Oakham, Rutland, Interim 

2008 Headteacher, Ecclesbourne Infant & Nursery School, Croydon, Interim             

2007 Headteacher, The Grove Children and Family Centre, Southwark, Interim 

2005-07 Thinking Skills Trainer / Organizational Consultant

2005-07  Organizational Consultant (Positive Engagement, PT

2005-07 CPD Trainer in Thinking Skills (Thinking for a Change), PT

2005-07 Senior Lecturer, Liverpool Hope University, PT

1996-2005 Headteacher St Paul’s CE Primary School, Salford, FT

1992-96 Primary School Teacher

1993-96 Deputy Head, Furness Vale Primary School, Derbyshire, FT

1992-93 Class Teacher, St George’s CE Primary, New Mills, Derbyshire, FT

1989-92 Class Teacher, Bradley Green Primary School, Tameside, FT

2018-21

• PG4100 Academic and Professional Development
• PED2016 Foundation Subjects (Religious Education)
• PED3016 RE Minor Specialism
• Visiting Tutor Y1,2,3 PG Teaching Placements

2019-20

1. PED 1013 RE Minor Specialism                                                    

2020-21

• CYPD1001 Children & Young People’s Learning & Development Needs (Module Leader)
• WCH3006 Education & Curriculum (Module Leader)
• PG4101 Evidence-Based Research & Leadership (Humanities)

Contrivbutions to teaching innovation & student support

• Personal and Academic Tutor: Year 1 BA Primary QTS / Primary PGCE
• Introducing the new Worldviews Education component into RE, including the use of a questionnaire to raise the personal worldview awareness of students
• Adopting and adapting the P4C (Philosophy for Children) methodology in seminars to promote caring, critical and creative thinking skills