Awarded Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring

I am pleased to announce I have been awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring qualification by Plymouth Marjon University. The programme consisted of the following modules: Advanced Coaching & Mentoring and Coaching & Mentoring in Practice.

Learner Comments and Feedback 2013-2014

Please find below a selection of learners’ comments, feedback from learner reviews, surveys and course evaluations I have carried out and received during 2013-2014. “The course has been extremely informative and fun and I have had a mass of valuable help throughout.  As always everything has been explained to me clearly and I’m in no

Awarded Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) Status

I am pleased to announce I have successfully achieved and been awarded Qualified Teacher Learning and Skills (QTLS) professional status by the Institute for Learning (IfL).  Although it was not required for me to undertake Professional Formation in order to be awarded Licensed Practitioner status as teachers who were employed in the sector before September

Available for Work

Unfortunately, for the second time within two years I find myself in the unfortunate position of looking for work during these difficult economic times, due to being once again made redundant due to centre closure where I previously worked.  I am a qualified post-16 Tutor / Trainer, learning practitioner, educator and IT specialist based in

Learner Comments 2011

Please find below a selection of learners’ comments, feedback from learner reviews, surveys and course evaluations I have carried out and received during 2011. “David was always available during my sessions and I found him to be very knowledgeable and approachable.” “Willing to give time to any questions raised by me.” “David explains everything whenever asked…was

Manufacturing: A Skilled Workforce

I recently received the following testimonial of my work from Pipex Limited, who I have been working with since November 2010: “David Massey has been working closely with the staff involved from Pipex since November of 2010 in his role as tutor and advisor on the training involved in the E.C.D.L computer literacy courses.  David

Teaching Mathematics (Numeracy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector

Having completed the Level 5 Diploma in Teaching Mathematics (Numeracy) in the Lifelong Learning Sector course which I have attended at Cornwall College St Austell, I have now been awarded this qualification as a qualified numeracy subject specialist tutor / teacher.  This is awarded by University of Plymouth.

Testimonials / References Word Cloud

Below is a Wordle word cloud, which features a variety of key words from testimonials and references about my work.  A word cloud is a visual illustration containing words from a particular source and the bigger the word the more times it has been mentioned within the source.  This provides a quick way of seeing a selection

Brake Farm Community Resource Centre Blog Launched

I have recently launched a blog in relation to where I work in order to provide existing and potential learners, members of the community, trustees, staff as well as other interested individuals with news, updates, information and other articles about Brake Farm Community Resource Centre in Crownhill, Plymouth. The blog can be viewed at: http://brakefarm.wordpress.com A variety

Social Media Networking Learning Session

This blog post discusses the Social Media / Networking learning session I recently delivered as part of a research project.  The sessions delivered had an aim to increase learner’s IT literacy skills through utilising Social Media as the vehicle to develop IT skills and at the same time introduce Social Media / Networking topics, skills, knowledge