Alison completed her undergraduate degree at the University of Glasgow before relocating to Japan to teach English as an Additional Language, before moving to teaching early years. In order to be able to better support her students, she studied a postgraduate course in Language and Communication Impairment in Children at the University of Sheffield. Keen to make a stronger impact and to support students, she returned to the U.K. to complete her PGDE in English and become a qualified secondary teacher in English. In 2024, Alison completed her Masters of Education in Professional Practice, focusing on the impact of translanguaging as a tool to support language learners.
She has taught Scottish Nationals and Highers and now teaches the IB MYP and DP, delivering quality lessons in both Language Acquisition and Language and Literature. Additionally, Alison works with IB as an English A Language and Literature examiner, and as a member of the IB Educators' Network.
Alison has experience supporting students not only with English A and English B exams, but also with the Extended Essay in English A, B and in World Studies. She is able to work with a wide range of students and will strive to not only meet the needs of students, but to help them excel and to feel confident about their abilities.
In addition to classroom teaching, Alison has been successfully tutoring students for exams for over 7 years.
IB Experience
Alison has taught MYP language acquistion phases 2-5, and MYP language and literature. She has also taught English B at Standard and Higher level and English A at Standard level. Alison has supervised the Community Project, Personal Project, worked as a CAS advisor and supervised the Extended Essay in English A, B and in World Studies. She is the Lead Teacher for English B in her workplace. She has completed a Category 2 workshop in English B, and Category 3 workshops for MYP Creating Authentic Units, Learning Diversity and Inclusion, and IBED Social and Emotional Learning. Additionally, Alison works in the IB Educators Network as a team member, leader and consultant for preparing, verifying and evaluating schools in both the MYP and DP programmes.
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