Marie is profoundly deaf. She attended the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby (RSDD) as a pupil, then a teaching assistant, and then went onto achieve phenomenal things as a qualified English and British Sign Language teacher at the same school.
Marie is an excellent role model to deaf children; she breaks the barriers of their disability and shows them that they can aspire to be anything they wish. Her work has even extended to outside the classroom, to ensure that her pupils are not just achieving the highest levels academically, but socially and emotionally too.
Marie has taken her pupils on trips abroad; something one parent believed never could be possible for her daughter. She has opened up the avenue of communication between parent and child, giving children with impaired hearing the chance to form better bonds with their loved ones, sometimes for the first time. Marie is an exceptional teacher, and any child would be lucky to be taught by her.
Media
Pearson Teaching Awards reveals 2018 winners – BBC News
Revealed: The winners of the 2018 Pearson Teaching Awards – Schools Week
Enter a colleague for the 2019 award here. This award is open to all staff working in special and additional needs environments, in state and independent schools and colleges.
