Your EXPERT
Friends.
Collectively, we've taught for hundreds of years, and there's nothing
an educator likes more than helping others.
Our educational experts include:
Jon Tait
Deputy CEO and Director of School Improvement
An education author and speaker, and is recognised by Microsoft as one of their Microsoft Innovative Educator Experts, showcasing how technology can pave the way to advances in student learning.
Michael Scott
Mentor to PGCE students and newly qualified teachers
A very passionate, enthusiastic, and dedicated teacher who will always go the extra mile for students. He has spent most of his career working in inner-city schools working with some of the country's most vulnerable students.
Dee Saran
Deputy Head and Director of Learning and Teaching at Dubai College
Working with a variety of public and private schools to help raise standards in teaching and leadership. Furthermore, Dee Saran's passion is to design and facilitate bespoke professional development that enthuses and empowers educators.
Dave Faulkner
Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder of Education Changemakers
The CEO and co-founder of Education Changemakers, and one of Australia's leading educators who has worked with schools and organisations around the world including Microsoft, AITSL, TED, ACEL, EduTech, BETT, GELP and PWC.
Shaila Hussain
Qualifications Manager at Guide Education
Shaila is a highly successful teacher and has many years of experience from Key Stage 3 to GCSE level. With a knowledge of all major exam boards, she has helped students to maximise their potential using targeted revision and exam techniques. Shaila is considered to be patient and adaptable and many of her students come to her through recommendation.
Emma Sanderson
Head of English in a Secondary School in Dubai
Emma Sanderson has 13 years of experience as a teacher and department leader. After graduating from The University of York, she completed her teacher training through the Teach First graduate scheme. She prides herself on her holistic model of teaching and ensures that her lessons are engaging, challenging and personalised, with a real-life application.
Matt Murphy
Full-time teacher of Media, Head of the Creative Faculty
Matt passionately believes in Guide Education’s mission and is driven to share the skills, knowledge, experiences and pitfalls that he has encountered on his journey in education.
Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith
Director and Strategic Education Consultant at One Life Learning
Named by Education Business as one of the 50 most influential people in education (2021), Dr Fiona Aubrey-Smith is an award-winning former teacher and school leader.
James McBlane
Head Teacher, Secondary School at Hartland International School
A Headteacher currently working in Dubai UAE. He has 19 years of experience as a teacher and educational leader in some of the most prestigious and highly regarded schools in the UK and internationally.
Jonathan Hicks
Director of Guide Tuition
Jonathan has created a series of videos covering every topic in Maths up to the end of A-Level. These videos are available on TuitionKit and combined with his YouTube channel which have had millions of views all over the world.
Leon Hady
CEO & Founder of Guide Education
A founder of Guide Education and former Headteacher (Principal) from the UK who led his school to the highest government rating possible: Ofsted ‘Outstanding’. As a lifelong educator, Leon firmly believes in the mantra that ‘potential is everywhere, but the opportunity for that potential to flourish is not.’.
Bukky Yusuf
Senior Leader and Science Lead at Edith Kay School
A senior leader, science teacher, accredited coach and educational consultant who is well known by her Twitter handle @rondelle10_b. She has undertaken many leadership roles within mainstream / special schools and is also an ambassador for Leadership Matters. She champions the wellbeing of educators through the Teacher5Aday initiative.
Mark Anderson
Head of Education at NetSupport Limited
A multi-award-winning blogger, a best-selling author who now runs his own consultancy and training business, an ICT Evangelist following teaching and leading in schools for more than 20 years.
Ross McGill
Founder and CEO of @TeacherToolkit Limited
Blogging since 2000 and teaching since 1992, Ross created his website in 2007 to share his thoughts and classroom resources. After years of regularly blogging on TeacherToolkit.co.uk, the demand for his teaching and learning ideas have spread rapidly across the world. Today, Ross's website has reached over 14.5 million people in 190 countries around the world!