See Andrea at the Business of Wellbeing Exhibition on Wednesday, 18th November at 6pm.  Exploring the relationship between Well-being and Business.  The event is free but email finbarr.carter@bizfizz.org.uk to book a place.  The Curve, The Forum, Millenium Plain, Norwich

I'm a Person Centred Practitioner and also a Course Director of Counselling Skills at the University of East Anglia's Centre for Continuing Education.  My interest lies in the application of the Person Centred Approach in a variety of non-therapeutic settings.  I have a First Class Honours Degree in Professional Development (Work based learning and Reflective Practice) and continue to add to this with training that meets my professional and personal interests (see below).

I am also part of the team that makes up Write Out Loud, a small enterprise which offers organisations and groups the opportunity to use Creative Writing as part of the faciliative process.  To find out more click on to www.writeoutloud.org.uk

I have two young children; am a Parent Governor at my daughter’s school and a Member of the Board of Directors for Community Music East (CME) Ltd. 

I can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Blogspot and BrownBook; you can access my Profile on the business networking site Linked in and you will also find my courses on the following websites:

The Learning Bank (Connexions)
Careers Advice (Government's National Database) Click "Find A Course" and type Counselling
Voluntary Norfolk Workforce Development Project (Portfolio Learning and Skills)
http://www.advice-resources.co.uk/adviceresources/general/dir/learningdirectory/
http://www.training-classes.com/ (Connecting People who Want to Learn with People who Love to Teach)
http://www.womanswork.co.uk/ Periodically listed in the 'Notebooks' which are a monthly resource for women providing support for start-ups, the self-employed, those wishing to get back into employment and established business-women in the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire areas.
http://www.employersguide.org.uk/ (Train to Gain)
http://www.people4business.com/cvsearch-sort/training+and+development/seller-317236.htm#cv

http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/returning

My Continuing Professional Development

Booked

• Feminomics: Towards A World in Balance (Presentation by Erika Watson)

2009

• Leadership in a time of crisis (8 hrs), Evolve, Norwich
• Self Employed Course (3.5hrs), HMRC, Norwich
• Mental Toughness (4hrs), Mind Associates (Project Evolve, UEA)
• Presentation Skills (2hrs), Moco Corporate Development
  
• Business Development Programme (15hrs), WEETU
• The Role of the Parent Governor (2.5hrs), PDC, Children's Services
• Business Coaching (1hr), BizFizz
• Accessing e-journals through the Internet (2hrs), UEA
  
• Philosophy of Education Seminar: Enhancing Children (2hrs), Ruth Cigman, Institute of Education, University of London
  
• Introductory Event in Personal Coaching (15hrs), Coaching Academy
• Art Workshop for Staff (2hrs), UEA
• Child Protection Training (2hrs), PDC, Children's Services

2008

• Appointing a Headteacher (2hrs), Norfolk County Council
  
• Learning and Teaching Day: Sharing best practice (5 hrs), UEA
• Anti-bullying Training (2hrs), PDC, Children's Services

2007

• Making Learning Happen (2.5hrs), Phil Race at UEA
• Monitoring - the complete picture (2hrs), PDC, Children's Services
• Child Protection Training (4hrs), PDC, Children's Services
• Healthy Eating in Schools (2hrs), PDC, Children's Services
  

2006

• Dealing with Difficult Students (3hrs), UEA
• Developing Consciousness (5hrs), Nicholas Vesey through UEA
• Right from the Start Governor Training (4hrs), PDC, Children's Services
  

2005

• Understanding Teams, inc MBTI assessment (7hrs), Charles Walker at UEA
• Supporting and Engaging Learners with Disabilities (2.5hrs), UEA
  
• Teaching with Emotional Intelligence (6hrs), Alan Mortiboys, University of Birmingham
  

Supervision

I am committed to receiving 1hr supervision each month, in order to reflect on my teaching practice and learning.