CEBEI awards and recognition 2014
Parent Group Leaders
Five parent group leaders were nominated for awards this year and we wish to congratulate them all and recognise them with the presentation of Incredible Years Certificates.
These are Janet Patterson and Hayley Croft from Conwy Flying Start and Coleen Mayers, Kathryn Harris and Heidi Woodley from Mountain Lane School Buckley, Flintshire.
We also wish to congratulate Janet and Hayley for the work that they have put in to achieving parent group leader certification and have pleasure in presenting them with their certificates from Seattle.
We would also like to present Coleen, Kathryn and Heidi with a trophy recognising their Incredible teamwork under the inspired leadership of Coleen. Nominated by Jenni Rochfort they have been incredibly inspirational, enthusiastic and dedicated in their delivery of the IY School Readiness programme in their school. They embody the IY ethos and their enthusiasm for the value of the programme and its contents is so contagious!
Incredible School Team
Dafydd Rhys, Headteacher and Ann Ireland, SENCO, Ysgol ID Hooson, Wrexham.
Nominated by Dr Sue Evans, Dafydd and Ann both attended Teacher Classroom Management training in 2008 and immediately put in place plans to implement the training in their school. All staff were trained and receive top up trainings every year. The IY philosophy has been maintained in the school over a number of years and significant improvements have been found in pupil behaviour. They have focused on building positive relationships with parents and maintaining consistency between staff. They recently talked about their experiences at a TCM training in Wrexham and were inspirational in sharing their ideas and practice.
Incredible Educator
Tracey Havard, SENCO, Ysgol Golwg y Cwm, Ystrydgynlais
Nominated by Dr Sue Evans, Tracey has pioneered the development of IY approaches in Ystradgynlais and modelled and helped to establish excellent practice within her own school, and her local area. She uses IY Teacher Classroom Management strategies and Dinosaur School very successfully in her own practice as a teacher, and has worked with her head teacher to ensure that all staff in the school are trained in IY approaches, so that the school has adopted a whole-school IY philosophy.
Incredible Manager
Kathryn Wendy Hayes, Daffodils Activities Manager
Nominated by Daffodils Office Manager Anita James, Wendy is Activities Manager at Daffodils, a small organisation providing a service for over 400 disabled children and their families. Wendy has found the time between a very busy work schedule and an incredibly busy home life to pursue the training and implementation of the IY Pre-school, School Age and Home Coaching Parent programmes, as she could see the overall benefits for families with Daffodils.
Incredible Parent
Kate Gallop, Mountain Lane School, Buckley
Nominated by Coleen Mayers, Kathryn Harris, and Heidi Woodley, Kate attended the IY School Readiness Programme for Parents at Mountain Lane School during the Autumn term of 2013. From the outset it was clear that Kate was receptive to information, yet discerning about its content. As the course progressed she read course literature and completed homework tasks each week; she discussed her experiences with putting ideas from the sessions into practice and was extremely positive about their impact upon her child, and also the developing relationship between them. “Kate is a truly incredible parent, and indeed an incredible person; it was a genuine pleasure to have her as a member of the group.”
Incredible Parent
Delyth Mair Hughes, Dolgellau
Delyth is nominated by a number of people including Llinos Atherton, because she is an inspirational, selfless, kind, uncomplaining, happy go lucky 'community' "Incredible Mother" and has no idea how highly she is respected, needed, loved and admired. Delyth completed the Incredible Years Basic training and continued to practise the skills learnt as a parent and as a nursery worker. She recently undertook the Incredible Years Parent Leader Course and has been eager to support families locally. She co-leads the IY Infant groups at Dolgellau and Tywyn.