about Sue Cowley
Recent Testimonial
"Despite the constraints of working online with a large group of staff, our session with Sue was warm, engaging and full of practical ways to positively manage behaviour through developing better relationships with pupils. The feedback from our staff was fantastic, with the phrase ’best INSET ever’ being used several times. As someone with a well-thumbed copy of Getting the Buggers to Behave, I was delighted to be able work with Sue and would absolutely recommend her if you are considering behaviour management related training." Adam Morton, Mill Hill School, London
Biography
Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher, writer and presenter, whose specialisms are in the areas of behaviour management and creative approaches to teaching and learning. After qualifying as a primary school teacher, Sue taught in a number of different secondary schools in London and Bristol. She has also worked as a supply teacher and taught overseas, at an international school in Portugal. She still works on a voluntary basis with children in schools, to ensure that she keeps up to date with life 'at the chalkface'. She has helped to run her local preschool for the past twelve years, as chair of the management committee. Sue has been called as an Expert Witness on behaviour, to appear in front of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Education.
Sue has been a published author for 25 years, and she is the best selling writer of thirty books for teachers and parents, including Getting your Class to Behave, Teaching Skills for Dummies and How to Survive your First Year in Teaching. Her books have been translated into many different languages, including Slovene, Spanish, Polish, German and Mandarin. She has been a contributor to the TES and was a judge for the early years section of the annual TES Awards for four years. She has written for numerous educational publications including Teach Early Years, Teach Primary, Teach Secondary, Nursery World and Early Years Educator. She has produced materials about behaviour management for the Open University / BBC and has written curriculum resources for Oxford University Press (OUP). As well as being a regular presenter on Teachers TV, Sue has developed a series of Positive Behaviour Management DVDs.
A key part of Sue’s work is in providing CPD and keynotes on positive behaviour management for schools, colleges and other organisations, around the UK and internationally. She has given presentations for the National Union of Teachers (now NEU) and the General Teaching Council, for FastTrack and Advanced Skills’ teachers, for TeachFirst trainees, to students at Cambridge, Bedfordshire, Southampton and Sussex Universities, to a number of deputy and head teacher conferences and to music service teachers around the UK. Sue has provided training for schools and other settings internationally, including in Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, The Netherlands, Slovenia, Chile, Brazil , Milan and China. She has also worked with youth coaches for the Football Association at St. George's Park and for the Premier League's Charitable Trust.
Sue combines her writing, training and presenting work with the wonderful job of being a parent. Previously, she and her partner took her children out of school for six months to educate them 'on the road'. You can read the story of her adventures in her book Road School, which is published by Crownhouse. Find out more about where Sue and her family went on Sue's Road School Diary website. Sue's books include The Ultimate Guide to Differentiation, The Ultimate Guide to Mark Making in the Early Years and Learning Behaviours: A Practical Guide to Self-Regulation.
Sue’s primary aim through her work is to give practical, realistic and honest advice to teachers and parents. Her books offer a combination of tips, ideas and strategies, written in an easily accessible and amusing way. Through the training courses that she runs, Sue puts across her ideas about teaching and classroom management in a engaging and inspirational way.
For more:
* Hear top tips from Sue for improving teenage behaviour at Unstoppable Teen
* Listen to a podcast with Sue at Pivotal Education
* Read a '60 seconds with Sue Cowley' interview here
* I ran a webinar for teacher website Collaboroo on Tuesday 1st May 2018. Watch the video catch up here
* Find the blog I wrote about differentiation for the Teachit English website here
* Read an in depth interview about my work and travels on the Innovate my School website
* Watch some of my videos for Teachers TV on Youtube:
* Secondary NQTs
* Teaching with Cowley - Starting Over
* Behaving with Cowley - Classroom Routines
* Give yourself a Break
* Primary NQTs: Simrit and Victoria
* Teaching with Cowley - School Rules Okay
* Group Work
* Communicating
Contact:
Sue Cowley Books Ltd
PO Box 1172
Bristol BS39 4ZJ
Email: [email protected]
Sue Cowley Books Ltd - Company Number 05076552
Registered office address:
38b High Street, Keynsham, Bristol, BS31 1DQ