User:Davidmagee9

David Magee: is a state-registered (UK) English language and literacy teacher, with specialisms in English as a Foreign Language (EFL), Workplace Literacy and Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND). He also has post-graduate training in community education project development. ‘Dave’ has been a full-time classroom teacher for over two decades and still is. His teaching career has focused on equipping individuals, especially those most at-risk, with the essential functional skills needed to safely and successfully transition into training, employment and independent living. In 2000 he was given a Millennium Award for developing cross-community literacy projects in Northern Ireland; in 2003 he joined the UK’s Workplace Basic Skills Unit and also became the UK representative on the International Teachers’ Association, he still is. Additionally, he is qualified and experienced in the delivery of a wide-range of OSH and teacher/trainer courses. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality. David is credited as being the first person to identify OSH literacy as an important functional skill. His areas of interest are basic Skills, safety Literacy and OSH literacy, vocational studies, hospitality and catering, life-skills, inclusion, special education and other educational topics