Keither Parker
Head of Programme for PGCE Secondary and Senior Lecturer in
Secondary Education
Keither joined York St John University in
September 2008. She teaches whole school issues on the
Professional Studies modules of the PGCE secondary programme.
Prior to this she was in Australia where she
worked within Higher Education on a teacher training programme for
Postgraduate students.
Keither’s professional background in the UK
includes eighteen years of teaching in secondary schools. She
began her career as a teacher of Humanities in Luton where she was
also Head of Sociology and Head of History. Moving to London
she then worked as a Head of Humanities and coordinator of whole
school equal opportunities. The last six years within the
secondary sector were as Deputy Headteacher of a comprehensive
school in Northamptonshire. Prior to her move ‘down under’
she was Acting Headteacher at this school.
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