Award Winners
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Salford City Academy staff win recognition at United Learning awards
By Precious Oladele, Year 10 (Work Experience)
Congratulations to Salford City Academy teachers Suzanne Vickers and Amy Bowden who were award winners at a recent United Teaching celebration event.
United Learning hosted a graduation ceremony for all primary and secondary teachers completing the Schools Direct Teacher Training course this year. The event took place at the Midland Hotel in Manchester on Monday 27th of June.
Both Mrs Vickers and Miss Bowden are now National Qualified Teachers (NQTs) in Science and English language respectively.
Miss Bowden won an award for consistently high grades throughout the course.
Miss Bowden said of the award:
“I wasn’t expecting the award. I knew my grades were high, but it was still a great surprise for me.”
Miss Vickers won ‘Trainee of the Year’ after all trainees were asked to vote. She was nominated for being supportive, enthusiastic and always having a positive attitude to learning.
Miss Vickers said: she wouldn’t have done it without the help of the teachers that trained her in Salford City Academy. She said:
“I wouldn’t have been able to achieve this without the help of Salford City Academy staff. I’ve have amazing support from everyone in the Science Department, from the teachers to the technicians. Special thanks to Mr Rodgers who was my mentor; he was a great leader and supporter”
Helen Mackenzie OBE, Salford City Academy Principal, said:
“I was excited, pleased and proud to see our teachers winning these awards. I think it’s important for the academy because it recognises how hard we work in producing and developing good and outstanding teachers.
“Many academy staff members here at Salford are involved in the training of teachers from subject mentors to myself. In particular, Mrs Burgess, lead teacher for Teaching and Learning, is responsible for whole school training at Salford and she does an outstanding job producing outstanding teachers.”
Miss Bowden’s advice to other aspiring teachers is to embrace work experiences, paid or unpaid, before going into a training course as it helps prepare you for what lies ahead in the classroom.
In addition, Miss Vickers advised aspiring trainees to have open mind towards the course, not to worry about the amount of work and enjoy it – in the end, the hard work pays off!