Our Team
Meet the team behind The Heath Family Trust.
Sharon Black
Director of Teaching & Learning
Sharon has over four years’ experience in a trust executive role with demonstrable impact. She has devised and implemented a school improvement model including the establishment of a vast array of leadership networks and professional learning opportunities for staff at all levels, and the leadership of assistant directors and Trust Leaders of Education to provide thematic and subject-specific expertise. She is passionate about teaching and learning and the use of instructional coaching to enable all teachers to improve and has gained external recognition for high quality support provided for schools on curriculum development.
Sharon has considerable experience in senior leadership roles in the secondary sector. She holds the National Professional Qualification for Headship and is a Governor in the primary sector. Sharon has a keen interest in cognitive science and evidence-based research and supports teachers at all stages of their career, delivering the ECT framework and National Professional Qualifications on behalf of Best Practice including National Professional Qualification Leading Teacher Development, NPQ: Leading Teaching, NPQ: Behaviour and Culture, NPQ: Leading Teacher Development and NPQ: Senior Leadership.