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How I created Teaching With Ease
My name is Jill Creighton and I am the founder and creator of Teaching with Ease. I started my teaching journey in Scotland as both a secondary English teacher and behaviour support teacher. I loved the creativity of designing cross-curricular projects, and in my second year of teaching, I was featured in Dumfries and Galloway’s council magazine for best practice along with fellow teacher, Susan Telford. I was given the chance to guide other new teachers through the process, something I am still proud of today.
When I moved to England, I became Lead Teacher of Literacy across the Curriculum at a challenging upper school. The opportunity to take the position of Assistant Director of the faculty arose, which gave me the skills and experience to lead a department. My final role in the secondary sector was as Head of English; a role I enjoyed very much.
At this stage of my career, I felt it was time to move into the primary sector, something I had thought about for years. As a Year 6 teacher, and Head of Upper Key Stage 2, I was able to return to my love of teaching a range of subjects, whilst inspiring children through literature. The new curriculum had taken force by this point, and fellow teachers confided their worries about their own subject knowledge. I made the decision to leave teaching, though still stay in the game by offering tuition, and start my own company, which focuses on giving staff, parents and students the skills and knowledge they need to become lifelong learners.
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