about Sue Cowley
Recent Testimonial from School-Based CPD
"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 her book on behaviour, 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
Recent Testimonials from CPD
"Absolutely fantastic, one of the best sessions I have ever been to on teaching. Hugely practical and really engaging."
"Sue is a great speaker and I learnt so much! I have learnt more in this session than during my PGCE. Really great."
"Some excellent practical takeaways and frameworks for thinking about how to approach various issues."
"Genuinely an incredibly useful CPD session; comfortably the best I have attended."
Oxford Schools Teaching Alliance, CPD Day with Sue Cowley
Biography
Sue Cowley is an experienced teacher, writer and presenter, whose specialisms are in the areas of behaviour, adaptive teaching, early years and creative approaches to teaching and learning. After qualifying as an early years teacher, Sue taught in a number of different primary and secondary schools in London and Bristol. She has also worked as a supply teacher and taught overseas, at an international school in Portugal. For many years, she worked with children to produce a magazine for her local primary school. She has helped to run her local preschool for the past sixteen years, as part of the management team, leading the setting through four successful Ofsted inspections. 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 The Ultimate Guide to Self-Regulation in the Classroom, Getting your Class to Behave, The Ultimate Guide to Adaptive Teaching, 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, was a judge for the early years section of the annual TES Awards for four years and is currently a judge for the Teach Early Years awards. She has been a regular presenter at The Festival of Education at Wellington College. She has also written for numerous educational publications including the TES, Teach Early Years, Teach Primary, Teach Secondary, Nursery World and Early Years Educator. Sue has produced materials about behaviour management for the Open University and the BBC and has written a number of curriculum resources and other learning materials for Oxford University Press (OUP). She was a regular presenter on Teachers TV and has featured in numerous teaching videos.
A key part of Sue’s work is in providing CPD and keynotes on positive behaviour management for early years settings, schools, colleges and other organisations, around the UK and internationally. She has given presentations for the National Education Union, for FastTrack and Advanced Skills’ teachers, for Teach First trainees at their annual summer training course, to a number of teaching school hubs, 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, Greece and China. She has also worked with youth coaches on supporting young football players 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, published by Crownhouse. Sue’s primary aim through her work is to give practical, realistic and honest advice to teachers, practitioners, educators and parents. Her books offer a combination of tips, ideas and strategies, written in an easily accessible and amusing way. Through her training courses and CPD, Sue puts across her ideas about teaching and classroom management in a engaging and inspirational way.
For more:
* Sue appeared on 'SEND in the Experts' on YouTube, with Georgina Durrant. You can watch the video and listen to the podcast here.
* 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