Personal profile
Research interests
- Integrative Educational Leadership
- Professional Supervision in Education
- School Leader Support and Mental Health
- Contemplative Practices in Educational Leadership
- Religion and Worldviews Education
- Education for Sustainable Development
Teaching
- MA (Education) Educative Leadership and Creative Organisational Design
- MA (Education) Strategic Leadership and Positive Educational Change
- MA (Education) Contemporary Debates in Education
- MA (Education) Preparing for Research in Education and Communities
- MA (Education) Extended Major Project -Supervision
External engagement
- Restorative and Regenerative supervision for school leaders
- Qualified trainer in Co-Counselling affiliated with CCI (Co-counselling International)
- Trainer in Appreciative Inquiry and strength-based change management
- Co-facilitator of Edge Hill University Living Theory Research Group
- Membership of EHU's SustainNet
- Membership of EHU's Education for Sustainable Development group
Biography
I am the MA Pathway Lead for Educational Leadership drawing on 16 years experience as a Headteacher with a Masters in educational management, PhD in school leadership and am a member of The British Educational Leadership, Management and Administration Society (BELMAS).
My first monograph will be published by Palgrave in 2026 entitled Educational Leadership and Integrative Worldview: Leader Development When Education is the Metacrisis. I am currently writing my next book on professional supervision for school leaders claiming that teaching is the lost helping profession and seeking to enhance our wellbeing through restorative and regenerative support based on transpersonal/humanistic psychology.
My research and knowledge exchange integrate the following niche Faculty specialisms: Developing educational leaders (Teacher Education & Professional Learning), Mental health and wellbeing (Inequalities, Health and Wellbeing), Education for sustainability (Transformative Education), The relationship between worldviews and education (Values, Ethics and Culture).
Education/Academic qualification
Postgraduate Certificate Teaching in Higher Education, Edge Hill University
2020 → 2022
Postgraduate Certificate in Online & Distance Education, PG Cert ODE, The Open University
2003 → 2004
School Leadership, PhD, University of Liverpool
2000 → 2004
Educational Management, MA, The Open University
1992 → 1996
Postgraduate Certificate in Education, PGCE, University of Manchester
1988 → 1989
Theology & Religious Studies, BA, BA Hons, University of Manchester
1985 → 1988
Keywords
- LB Theory and practice of education
- Educational Leadership
- Religion & Worldviews
- P4C Philosophy for Children
- Education for Sustainable Development
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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