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Appointment of Joint Interim Director announced to lead the Basic Skills Agency
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| New interim director appointed |
Pat Collard and Carol Taylor have been appointed as joint Interim Director of the Basic Skills Agency, with effect from 1 September, the Agency’s Board of Management announced today.
Pat Collard’s previous post was Executive Director: National Delivery at the Basic Skills Agency, with responsibility for leading the Agency’s Quality Mark and Better Teaching Partnership programmes. Prior to that, she was Principal Adviser in Essex Local Authority for six years. Pat has 36 years of experience in primary and secondary school teaching and educational management - including over 15 years of work as an Adviser working on continuous professional development with teachers and school leaders.
Carol Taylor was previously Executive Director: National Development at the Agency. Prior to that she was Director of Read On - Write Away!, the literacy initiative for Derbyshire and Derby City. Carol has 30 years of experience of teaching and managing basic skills with learners of all ages, from pre-school, through primary and secondary, to FE, HE and adult education, in a wide range of settings including homes and communities. Garry Hawkes CBE, the Agency’s Chairman, commented: ‘The Agency plays a leading role in raising standards of basic skills – amongst all age groups - across England and Wales. Pat and Carol have the experience needed to help the Agency to build on what it has achieved, to address new challenges and to help us to look afresh at our focus, priorities and funding.’
Asked about their appointment, Carol and Pat said: ‘We are delighted to have been asked to work together as joint Interim Director of the Basic Skills Agency and we look forward to working with staff, the Board and our stakeholders over the next few months.’
For further information please contact Valerie McBurney at the Basic Skills Agency Press Office, telephone: 020 7440 7788, mobile: 07979 240936, email: valeriem@basic-skills.co.uk
Notes for Editors
- The Basic Skills Agency is the national development agency for literacy and numeracy in England and Wales. We are funded primarily by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) and the Welsh Assembly Government. Our mission is to contribute to raising standards of basic skills in England and Wales. Our aims are to develop approaches that most effectively improve standards of basic skills and disseminate good practice. Our Patron is HRH The Princess Royal and the Chairman is Garry Hawkes CBE.
- The Basic Skills Agency defines basic skills as ‘the ability to read, write, and speak in English or Welsh and use mathematics at a level necessary to function and progress at work and in society in general’.
- The former Director, Alan Wells OBE, left the Agency on 31 August 2006.
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| Article published on: 8 September 2006 |
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