Pen Portraits of
Investor in Careers Assessors

Dr. Sandra Morgan | Danny McGregor | Linda Kelly
Ian Hosker | Jeremy Cloke

Dr. Sandra Morgan

Role

Investor in Careers Assessor

Details about previous employment history / autobiographical details

Employment History

1998 - present: Visiting Senior Associate, Centre for Guidance Studies (CeGS), University of Derby
1997 - present: Self-employed Consultant
1994 - 1997: Contract Manager, Government Office for the West Midlands
1992 - 1994: Careers Service Inspector, DfEE
1989 - 1992: District Manager, Derbyshire Careers Service
1985 - 1989: Senior Careers Adviser/Careers Adviser, Derbyshire Careers Service
1969 - 1982: Teacher, Dudley, Cambridgeshire and Derbyshire LEAs.

Profile

Dr. Sandra Morgan is an independent researcher and consultant. She has considerable experience of undertaking assessment, developing evaluation instruments, and writing project reports. Her background provides her with substantial knowledge and expertise in information, advice and guidance (IAG) in the educational field, and extensive experience of practice assessment.

Sandra has written numerous national and local reports. She has recently co-authored a CeGS occasional paper on ‘Effective Transitions for Year 8 Students’ and contributed a chapter on career development to the revised Genderwatch publication. She has also researched and written many reports evaluating IAG services in schools and colleges.

She has worked with multi-agency bodies, voluntary and community groups, higher education providers and schools and colleges.

Sandra has wide experience of continuous professional development with a range of staff including group sessions for headteachers on evidence-based practice, interview techniques with teachers and personal advisers, and effective practice workshops with multi-agency staff. She currently contributes to the doctoral programme at Derby University including tutoring and group work with international students.

Member of the Institute of Careers Guidance
Professional Indemnity held through Lloyds Syndicate
CRB checks and Enhanced Disclosure through Derby University

Danny McGregor

Role: Investor in Careers Assessor
Details about previous employment history / autobiographical details: Employment History

1996 - present: Independent consultant/researcher with clients including DfES, LSC and Connexions. Contracts included work as an OfSTED Additional Inspector of Connexions services.
1997 - present: External Assessor for Investor in Careers
1994 - 1996: Careers & Guidance Adviser, Government Office for London
1986 - 1994: Careers Service Inspector, DfEE
1972 - 1996: Various roles within Manpower Services Commission and DfEE including: Director Careers Service Management Training Initiative; Advisor/Administrator Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI and TRIST); Senior Staff trainer Disablement Resettlement Officer (DRO) Training Centre, Sheffield.

Profile

Danny McGregor has worked within education and training and, particularly, the information, advice and guidance (IAG) sector over many years as a practitioner, trainer, adviser, consultant and quality assessor. He has considerable experience of assessment and working to quality standards not only through his role as an IiC Assessor but also in providing preparation support for MATRIX assessment and working as a member of OfSTED teams inspecting Connexions partnerships.

DfES and LSC contracts to provide consultancy services have included a wide range of research projects and performance assessment surveys with an emphasis on Information, Advice and Guidance for both young people and adults. Connexions Partnership assignments have included development of quality assurance systems and staff training and development projects for teachers and personal advisers.

Danny has a Masters Degree in Careers Guidance and is particularly experienced as an IiC Assessor having worked in this role for over 10 years visiting a wide range of secondary schools, further education colleges, special schools and primary schools in London, the South East and West of England.

Linda Kelly

Role: Investor in Careers Assessor
Details about previous employment history / autobiographical details: Employment History

1995 - present: Self employed consultant and trainer.
1993 - 1995: Director, Careers Service Management Training Initiative, DfEE
1990 - 1993: Staff Development & Training Officer, Lancashire Careers Service
1982 - 1990: Careers Adviser, Clwyd Careers Service
Senior Careers Adviser, TVEI, Clwyd Careers Service
1981 - 1982: Careers Adviser with Cheshire Careers Service
1982: Seconded to Birmingham University by Cheshire Diploma in Careers Guidance course
1978 - 1981: Employment Officer, Cheshire Careers Service
1975 - 1978: Deputy officer in charge in a residential home for young people with severe learning difficulties, Cheshire Social Services

Profile

Linda has had a wealth of experience working for local authorities and other government funded organisations, both as an employee, and, since April 1995, as a self employed consultant and trainer. She has experience of working both at a strategic level and in enabling practitioners to translate policy into practice when working with client groups. Her portfolio currently includes working as a senior lecturer at London South Bank University, teaching and assessing on their Post Graduate Diploma in Careers Guidance/Qualification in Careers Guidance course and working as a Springboard Women’s Development trainer with Haringey Council and the University of East London.

Linda has been an Investor in Careers assessor since 1995 and is currently working with five Connexions Services in the North West and South East of England. She has extensive experience of assessment in mainstream schools, special schools and colleges of further education.

Linda is qualified as a teacher, as a careers adviser and as a trainer and is currently studying with the Open University for a Masters Degree in Education. Until last year she was also a parent governor at her son’s school in North London.

- CRB checks and Enhanced Disclosure through London South Bank University and via School Governor’s role.
- Member of the Institute of Career Guidance

Ian Hosker

Role: Investor in Careers Assessor
Details about previous employment history / autobiographical details: Employment History

2004 - present: Freelance consultant – Assessor, evaluator, trainer and researcher.
1997 - 2004: Director of Enterprise and Development Unit, College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth
1991 - 1997: Head of Careers Service, College of St Mark and St John, Plymouth
1990 - 1991: Adult Guidance Adviser, West Devon
1987 - 1990: Senior Lecturer in Applied Science, West Cheshire College
1976 - 1987: Curriculum Leader, Applied Science, West Cheshire College

Profile

Ian has been a specialist in IAG since 1990 following a career change from pure academic and curriculum developer to developer of IAG training and IAG service delivery from 1991. During this time, he has developed CPD programmes for IAG workers in community settings and an M.Ed. in Careers Education and Guidance for Careers Co-ordinators in secondary and further education. He is also a former chair of the Plymouth IAG operational delivery group, a member of the Cornwall and Devon strategy group, and sat on a number of other regional and sub-regional strategic and operational groups. In addition to IiC Assessment, his current work includes evaluating IAG provision, impact assessment, and most recently, research into the IAG needs of migrant workers and their families.

Ian is a Fellow of the RSA, for whom he is currently supporting a group of student council representatives in forming their own city wide Youth Forum in Exeter, and supporting the development of a number of other youth-focused initiatives.

He is also a Member of the Institute of Career Guidance, Fellow of the Institute for Learning, and a Member of the Institute of Leadership and Management.

Jeremy Cloke