Award winners star in recruitment films
National winner Ceri Evans, receiving his award from Mark Ramprakash
The Training and Development Agency for Schools has chosen two award-winning science teachers, Zoe Bidmead and Ceri Evans, to demonstrate their skills in a new television recruitment campaign being screened this week.
Zoe, winner of the 2006 Guardian Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary school in East Midlands and an advanced skills teacher at North Kesteven School in Lincoln, was filmed teaching Year 9 students about aerodynamics in a lesson called 'Mission to Mars'.
The lesson looked at the influence of forces and used a wind tunnel to test models of rockets and aircraft made by pupils. 'It's a lesson I've enjoyed teaching before and I didn't change a thing,' says Zoe. 'It was a long day's filming but the pupils were flattered to be chosen. I needed to make them smile and laugh and we're pleased that it looks quite natural.'
Ceri Evans, winner of the 2006 Guardian Award for Secondary Teacher of the Year and head of science at Gable Hall School in Essex, says: 'As a teacher you can exercise numerous talents and skills - from motivating and inspiring others, to thinking creatively and communicating effectively. These are the skills which, we hope, will make high-fliers consider teaching.'
The TDA aims to attract more than 35,000 graduates to teaching this year, with maths and science specialists in high demand.
