Jane Walton
Jane Walton is a successful, qualified and experienced Adult Educator. Previously a Childcare Curriculum lecturer and Manager delivering qualifications for Teaching Assistants Jane worked most recently as a key member of a lively, busy specialist School Support Staff Development Team. This role involves delivering a bespoke service to over 100 local schools giving reliable, relevant and accurate information, advice and guidance directly to Support Staff members and discrete role specific networks and also to Heads and Line Managers of large school workforces incorporating the ever widening array of roles. The sheer volume of Support Staff has created a workforce that has to be fit for the purpose of contributing to children’s achievement in school alongside highly trained teaching professionals and this ethos is key to the work that Jane undertakes. Specialist skills and knowledge required to deliver this professional service to schools including personnel and governors includes in depth knowledge and understanding of National Occupational Standards, Career Development pathways and qualifications including focussed support for Skills for Life and the development and maintenance of the local Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) programme.
Working so closely with schools and associated services has given Jane a clear understanding of the priorities of schools as the employer and also of the professional development needs and aspirations of School Support Staff as employees.
Jane is very pleased to be joining KAA as she is committed to encouraging and enabling professionalism across the whole school work force and to the development of a culture of life-long learning in all adults supporting the education of our children.