Octavia Ward
Senior Lecturer Practitioner
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Arts, Humanities, Education and Social Sciences
- School:
- School of Education
- Location:
- ARU Peterborough
- Areas of Expertise:
- Education and teaching
Courses taught:
Octavia is an experienced teacher with expertise in teaching English and mentoring teachers within schools. She is a Senior Lecturer Practitioner, working part-time with ARU, delivering the Bed (Hons) Primary Education with QTS and Mentoring for Initial Teaching Training courses.
[email protected]- Background
Octavia’s teaching career began in 2009; since then, she has taught English in a range of London secondary schools following her PGCE in English with Drama at UCL’s Institute of Education. Octavia has extensive experience in mentoring trainee and Early Career Teachers, as well as coaching more experienced colleagues.
- Research interests
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- Initial Teacher Training
- Mentoring
- Drama in the English classroom
- Teaching
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Octavia currently teaches on the following modules:
- Mentoring for Initial Teacher Training
- Core Curriculum 1 – Primary Education with QTS
- Qualifications
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- PGCE – Institute of Education UCL, Secondary English with Drama
- BA (Hons) - Trinity College Dublin, English Literature