Quality Consultants
It is not always easy to find the ideal EAL keynote speaker for your conference, trainer for working with your staff to develop EAL provision in your school or EAL consultant to support you with a specific EAL project.
At NALDIC, we are keen to ensure that organisations and schools around the country have access to a wide range of high quality EAL expertise. As part of our role to provide support, advice and subject leadership, we have developed a directory of associate members who are experienced EAL trainers, consultants and researchers.
Our associates are members of good standing who have contributed to NALDIC publications, trainings and events in the past and offer a range of services in support of practitioners and the subject, either on an independent basis or through their employing institutions.
Our directory of consultants is updated annually and it is important to us that those listed in our Directory provide a high quality service. All our associate members are obliged to conform to our Professional Code of Practice. However, it should be noted that NALDIC cannot accept responsibility for, or personally recommend the consultants listed in this directory.
If you need further guidance, please contact us.
If, for any reason, any member is unhappy with the service they receive, or alternatively wishes to report excellent work by an associate, please contact us.
Directory
Sofia Ali
Current role & relevant experience
Education and training consultant
Sofia Ali is an education and training consultant specialising in English as an additional language (EAL) and cross-curricular literacy. Based in London, Sofia has 20 years experience in classroom teaching, teacher development and school improvement. She has worked in schools in over 15 UK education authorities and in Europe developing practical and creative classroom strategies to support the language development of bilingual students. Sofia was a key writer for the New Arrivals Excellence Programme, and worked with many EAL and subject teams as Refugee and New Arrivals Consultant for London Challenge Keys to Success schools.
Sofia is an experienced facilitator, and an accredited trainer for: Language and Literacy across the Curriculum (LILAC), How Language Works (HLW) and Outstanding Teaching Intervention (OTI). Sofia co-wrote and delivers the Language, Literacy and Learning (LLL) teacher development programme. Sofia was the Project Manager for the British Council EAL Nexus programme and CPD Coordinator.
She is currently working as an Associate Consultant for NASSEA and is a recognized lecturer in the School of Education, University of Birmingham, and a NASSEA regional tutor for the Bilingualism in Education Distance Learning MEd programme.
Geographical area of work
Globally mobile
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Diane Leedham
Current role & relevant experience
Independent English/EAL/Literacy teacher and consultant
Diane is an independent English/EAL/Literacy teacher and consultant with over 30 years experience in teaching, teacher development/training and subject/school leadership and improvement, primarily in multilingual, multicultural London schools and LAs.
She has worked cross phase from EYFS to KS5. Diane’s professional roles include Head of English in two Secondary Schools, whole school Literacy Lead, LA English/Literacy Consultant in Greenwich and EAL Advisory Team Leader in the London Borough of Sutton.
She is an EAL Academy Associate and an Expert Advisor for The Key and contributes regularly to the Optimus Knowledge base. Diane has written about EAL for ATL Magazine, Schools Week and UK Ed Chat and presented workshops and keynotes for a range of audiences and contexts, including The Key, Optimus, Northern Rocks, Practical Pedagogies and TeachMeet London. She is also a NALDIC Co-opted Executive.
Geographical area of work
Diane is based in London but happy to travel.
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Stuart Scott
Current role & relevant experience
Director, Collaborative Learning Project
Stuart is Director of the Collaborative Learning Project and is on the management of the National Association for Teaching English. He is on the London Association for Teaching English committee.
He has worked in universities in the UK and abroad. He has been an EAL and English teacher, HoD, deputy, head and Teachers’ Centre Leader in London schools. He was involved in the development and dissemination of the DfE Partnership Teaching Project, which addressed the effective participation of EAL teachers in mainstream classes. He still works part time as a partnership teacher in a school in Enfield. He has been on the Events committee for NALDIC. He works in partnership with Hounslow Language Service, NASSEA and Kingston University.
His professional interests include developing and disseminating teaching resources in all subjects and at all levels that include EAL learners, planning provision for EAL learners within mainstream classrooms, developing EAL friendly whole school approaches and promoting sustained shared thinking through oracy for all pupils.
Geographical area of work
Based in London but happy to travel.
