Early Years Teaching and Learning

About Denise ReardonDilys WilsonDympna Fox Reed

Denise Reardon is an established author who has been successfully involved in early years teaching training and lecturing for over 30 years.  She has taught early years children in nurseries and schools and worked as a Local Authority Early Years Advisory Teacher. She has also been instrumental in leading a wide number of national early years initiatives and programmes spanning both further education (Canterbury and North-West Kent) and the higher education sector (Canterbury Christchurch University) She has successfully written and co-authored foundation bachelors and Master degrees for early years teachers educators and practitioners. Her Masters dissertation in Education Leadership explores team working and was used to inform previous publications of this book.  Denise has recently retired from being the Early Years Teacher Programme Director at Canterbury Christchurch University to concentrate on her writing three early years grandchildren and now sits on the Early Years Teacher advisory board at Middlesex University and is a member of the world Preschool Association (OMEP) an international non governmental and non-profit organisation with consultative status at the United Nations and UNESCO. Denise has a particular interest in early years creativity and the evolving role of the Early Years teacher. Denise Reardon Dilys Wilson and Dympna Fox Reed will be discussing ideas from Early Years Teaching and Learning in Doing Your Early Years Research Project a SAGE Masterclass for early years students and practitioners in collaboration with Kathy Brodie. Find out more here. Dilys Wilson has been involved in the early years sector for over 35 years starting out in London as a teacher in early years settings and schools before becoming a lecturer in a Further Education College teaching on courses for students training as early years practitioners. In this role she was involved in reviewing and developing early years training programmes at levels 2 3 and 4 to address the constantly shifting training and early years policy context. With the development of Early Years Professional Status in 2006/7 she moved to Middlesex University to lead the programme where she is currently the Early Years Initial Teacher Training (EYITT) programme leader. She has worked closely with the wider early years sector to promote the important role that teachers with Early Years Teacher Status play as leaders of practice with children from birth to five years. Her interest in the emotional factors involved in working with young children and their families informs her approach to teaching and programme development and she has been involved in CPD training for practitioners on supervision and emotional wellbeing. She has contributed to research publications and conference presentations on a range of early years professional practice issues.    Denise Reardon Dilys Wilson and Dympna Fox Reed will be discussing ideas from Early Years Teaching and Learning in Doing Your Early Years Research Project a SAGE Masterclass for early years students and practitioners in collaboration with Kathy Brodie. Find out more here. Dympna Fox Reed trained as a teacher in Belfast N. Ireland and taught in a variety of schools in the South East of England since 1969. Many years were spent as an innovative Reception Class teacher in the school where she was a Deputy Head.  She was seconded to become a part-time Early Years Teacher Advisor in East Sussex and did a Post Graduate Certificate in Early Years Education at the University of Brighton focusing on Effective Leadership in the Foundation Stage. She helped to write and deliver a variety of training courses for East Sussex School Improvement Service. A year was spent working for a different Local Authority as an Advisory Teacher and she returned to East Sussex as the full-time Lead Teaching and Learning Consultant for Early Years. This involved working with pre-schools nurseries childminders and schools to mentor and support and to offer training in the many new initiatives for the EYFS. Dympna worked as a visiting assessor and mentor Canterbury Christchurch University for the Early Years Teacher and Early Years Professional Status programme. Since retirement she has been involved as a governor of two schools and takes an active interest in Early Years provision.  She has 5 grandchildren ranging in age from new-born to 14 years.  Denise Reardon Dilys Wilson and Dympna Fox Reed will be discussing ideas from Early Years Teaching and Learning in Doing Your Early Years Research Project a SAGE Masterclass for early years students and practitioners in collaboration with Kathy Brodie. Find out more here.