Curriculum and Quality: Meet Bethan

Meet Bethan. She’s Action Tutoring’s Curriculum and Quality Manager. We chatted to her about what her role involves and how this influences our organisation’s approach to curriculum and quality for pupils, schools and tutors.

Read on to find out more about Bethan.

What is a day in the life like for you as Curriculum and Quality Manager?

It’s certainly varied. I oversee development of Action Tutoring’s curriculum materials and monitor tutoring session quality. My consistent overall aim here is ensuring tutors are supported and empowered to deliver the best possible sessions to their pupils.

In addition, I work closest with our maths and English curriculum leads. They definitely are the specialist brains behind our wonderful resources. I also work alongside our training manager to ensure we’re responding to tutors’ needs and providing our brilliant volunteers with great learning opportunities.

How long have you been in the team? What role did you have before Action Tutoring?

I joined Action Tutoring in 2022 as a curriculum and training manager. Before that, I was a secondary school English teacher.

What curriculum changes and milestones are you most proud of since you’ve been at Action Tutoring?

I am so proud of our newly developed Year 5 curriculum. The workbooks and session templates are vibrant and fun. Crucially, they target the skills and knowledge our pupils will benefit most from, empowering them to achieve as well as their peers.

What are the key aspects which form a high standard and quality curriculum? Why is it important for pupils, tutors and schools we work with?

It starts with a solid base of research into the skills, knowledge and understanding which has the biggest impact on our target pupils. I believe tutoring is most effective when it reinforces the classroom curriculum. Our curriculum leads enable this by aligning our resources with the national curriculum and with the latest teaching methodologies.

In addition, our curriculum materials are designed with tutoring in mind. The workbooks contain necessary advice, prompts/questions and techniques tutors need to deliver sessions most engagingly and effectively. The curriculum team also commits to continuous improvement which is reflected in regularly updating our resources, so they meet our pupils’ needs.

And finally, what do you like to get up outside of work?

As a former English teacher, I’m still an avid reader. It’s my go-to pastime between working and being a mum to a very active little person! I’m lucky enough to work from home and am based in beautiful South West England, so I try to explore the countryside as much as possible.

Developing our curriculum

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