Supporting and developing leadership in RE and collective worship
Yorkshire and the North-East- Members' Profiles
Karenza PASSMORE
Karenza Passmore is Director of the North East Religious Learning Resources Centre. An RE specialist with experience teaching in all phases of education, Karenza has a passion for her subject. Her aim is to enable colleagues to use resources to teach RE effectively: to allow them to develop their knowledge, skills and expertise so they can meet the needs of their curriculum requirements.
Karenza enjoys working with teachers to help them to build their own confidence so they can provide challenging, creative, positive and effective learning environments for the children and young people they work alongside. She is also very willing to learn from those with whom she works.
Laura GREGORY-WHITE
Expertise: Laura Gregory-White is a Regional RE Advisor, working for Jigsaw Education Group across the East Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber. Experienced teaching across all age phases, she has led RE, Music and Wider Curriculum in Primary developing expertise in curriculum design and subject leadership, creating high-quality, inclusive learning for all children. She is also experienced developing Collective Worship in faith schools, including creating student leadership opportunities within this. She is passionate about mentoring, coaching and empowering CPD to support staff in their classroom practice and subject leadership
Mail: lauragregory87@aol.co.uk
Geraldine YATES
Expertise: Geraldine is known as Gerri and she is a Regional RE Advisor, working for Jigsaw Education Group across the North East. She has over 25 years’ experience in primary education in a range of roles including class teacher, RE Lead, Collective Worship Lead, ITT Mentor, SENCO and Deputy Headteacher. Having taught mixed aged classes for most of her career, Gerri brings her expertise in planning and employing adaptive strategies in the classroom to ensure that all children are supported to achieve well. She is passionate about supporting and mentoring teachers so that they feel empowered to teach RE effectively , confidently and knowledgeably.
Mail: gerriy640@gmail.com