Karen Barker
Karen is an education consultant, providing diagnostic assessments (dyslexia and dyscalculia and, in addition for adults, dyspraxia); Johansen IAS sound therapy; SEND consultancy for schools and workplace needs assessments.
Karen trained as a secondary science teacher, but her 30-year career in schools also took her into primary education, A-Level psychology teaching and special education. When Deputy Head & SENDCo, responsible for Learning Enhancement and Development, her school won the ISA Award for Outstanding Provision for Learning Support.
As a specialist teacher assessor, who holds a diagnostic Assessment Practising Certificate, Karen has extensive experience in assessment and data interpretation. Karen was commissioned by CEM (now Cambridge Insight) to create cross-disciplinary resources for teachers and exam board staff in five KS4 & 5 subject areas to support interpretation of MidYIS, Yellis and ALIS data. As a consultant, she provides professional development and training to teachers and support staff on an extensive range of SEND topics; effective strategies for supporting students with SEND; and enables teachers to understand how to interpret data effectively to improve their professional practice and student outcomes.
www.kmbarker-education-consultancy.co.uk
