Elke Drane

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Senior Lecturer Practitioner
Faculty:
Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
School:
School of Education
Location:
Cambridge
Areas of Expertise:
Education and teaching
Courses taught:

Elke is an experienced Primary Teacher and School Leader who has worked in multiple schools, in Canada and England, most recently as Deputy Headteacher and SENDCO. She has maintained work in education departments of Higher Education settings while leading in schools.

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Background

Elke is an experienced Class Teacher and Leader across all key stages, most notably, a Specialist Speech and Language Teacher (delivering outreach across local authority schools), Deputy Headteacher and SENDCO. Maintaining roles in both Primary and Higher Education settings across her career, such as working in teacher training and Primary Education at Middlesex Uni, she has developed valuable connections between educational theory and practice.

Given her expertise in SEND, Elke approaches her work through a lens of fostering inclusivity and ensuring achievement for all. With a proven track record of strategically impacting schools as a Leader, Elke is now eager for her work in Higher Education to influence the broader landscape of Primary teaching and learning.

Spoken Languages
  • English
  • French
Research interests
  • Teacher education
  • Teaching and learning in primary education
  • School improvement
  • Inclusion

Elke has a developing research interest in the central role of primary school leaders in sustaining provision that is impactful and evidence-based. She has a growing interest in the science of learning, particularly, the optimization of learning, and what this means for stakeholders in the primary teaching and learning experience.

Qualifications
  • Bachelor of Health Sciences (Hons), The University of Western Ontario, Canada
  • Additional Basic Teaching Qualifications (ABQs) (Intermediate Teaching and Physical Education and Health), Queen’s University, Canada
  • Master of Applied Science, The University of Queensland, Australia
  • PGCE Primary, Institute of Education, University College London
  • National Award for SEN Coordination (NASENCO), The University of Hertfordshire
Memberships, editorial boards
  • General Teaching Council (UK)
  • Ontario College of Teachers (Canada)