Conference Team
Our Conference Team are longstanding members of The MTPT Project team who have first hand experience of parenting and teaching, accessing CPD, and often of middle, senior or systems leadership. They are available for in-person and online delivery, depending on the location and date of your event. Just get in touch to explore our availability.
Below, we’ve shared examples of workshops and presentations they have already delivered, as well as any particular areas of expertise that they hold.
Lucy Hemsley
Gloucestershire Regional Representative
Workshops Delivered
Life Friendly Leadership, Cathedral School’s Trust
Canaries in the Coal Mine, ResearchEd National and Diverse Educators, Bristol
Areas of Expertise
Flexible and part-time working at senior leadership level
Leading professional development
CPD on parental leave
Charlotte Bell
Workshops Delivered
Supporting Parent Teachers and Making and Impact on Leave and in the Classroom, NASUWT Women’s Conference
What to Expect as an Expectant Teacher, MTPT Project Webinar
Areas of Expertise
Childcare Leave and Pay (Maternity, Paternity, Adoption, Shared Parental Leave, Unpaid Parental Leave)
CPD on parental leave
Emma Sheppard
Founder
Workshops Delivered
Life Friendly Leadership, NEU Leadership Conference
Expectancy, Parental Leave and the Return to Work, Diverse Educators
Canaries in the Coal Mine – what can we learn from mothers about teacher retention?, ResearchEd Berkshire
Challenges of Teacher Retention, The Chartered College
The Straw that Breaks the Camel’s Back – how can we protect our mid-career teachers from burnout?, NAHT
Areas of Expertise
The motherhood penalty in education
Women aged 30-39 – the largest demographic to leave teaching every year
Teacher attrition and the motherhood penalty
Creating “life friendly” school cultures
Pregnancy and maternity, and sex-based discrimination
The return to work period
Rachel Campbell
North East Regional Representative
Workshops Delivered
Flex Your Way to the Top, DfE Flexible Working Ambassador Schools Panel
Areas of Expertise
Flexible and part-time working at senior leadership level
School leadership and cultures
Laura-May Rowlands
Workshops Delivered
Effective job-sharing, Sutton Primary Head Teachers’ conference
Shared Parental Leave for Teachers, MTPT Project Webinar
Areas of Expertise
Flexible and part-time working at middle leadership level
Shared parental leave for teachers
Haili Hughes
Areas of Expertise
Mentoring
Fertility
Work-Life Balance
Flo Keith
Workshops Delivered
Supporting Returners, ResearchEd Berkshire
Interviewing on Maternity Leave, The Mother of All Pay Gaps… and what we can do about it
The Power of Coaching Panel, The Mother of All Pay Gaps… and what we can do about it
Areas of Expertise
Flexible and part-time working at middle leadership level
The return to work period
Maternity coaching experiences
Holly Barradell
Workshops Delivered
Giving access to working flexibly in senior leadership, WomenEd Global Unconference
Areas of Interest
Flexible and part-time working at senior leadership level
Being Luminary
If you are interested in training that spans all of the 2010 Equality Act characteristics, particularly programmes for leadership teams in both UK and international schools, or programmes specifically for global majority women, please contact Being Luminary.
If you are specifically interested in the protected characteristics of pregnancy and maternity, or sex or sexual orientation when it comes to motherhood, fatherhood or parenthood, The MTPT Project can support.
WomenEd
If your training and support needs focus on women in education more generally, including the gender pay gap, negotiating, and the menopause, please contact the fabulous community that is WomenEd.
If you are specifically interested in the ways that the motherhood penalty contributes to the gender inequalities we see in education, including the impact this has on the gender pay gap, The MTPT Project can support.
Flexible Teacher Talent
If you’re particularly interested in training and support around flexible and part-time working in general, please contact industry experts, Flexible Teacher Talent or your local Flexible Working Ambassador School or MAT.
If you are specifically interested in the ways that part-time and flexible working can support your parent-teacher staff, The MTPT Project can support.
Diverse Educators
If you are interested in training that spans all of the 2010 Equality Act characteristics, including programmes looking at diverse curricula and developing inclusion strategies at school and MAT level, please contact Diverse Educators.
If you are specifically interested in the protected characteristics of pregnancy and maternity, or sex or sexual orientation when it comes to motherhood, fatherhood or parenthood, The MTPT Project can support.