James Frith
Senior Assessment Manager (Assessmemt Reform) @Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Assessment Manager (Assessmemt Reform) @Cambridge University Press & Assessment
Cambridge, GB
Work on system-wide education and assessment reform projects with MoE clients and with in-country partners & donors (eg McKinsey, World Bank, UNICEF)• Develop and cost technical proposals• Carry out exploratory research, report and present findings and recommendations• Run capability development programmes, pilot solutions, support with data analysis and reporting on monitoring assessment, consult on assessment framework development• Build capability for accreditation, develop novel accreditation models (group awards) and manage BAU accreditation contracts• Work across languages, including in trilingual contexts
EDUCATION
The Consultants-e
Online tutoring and course design
IATEFL Learning Technologies SIG
2-day event (UEA Norwich)
Nottingham Trent University
BEd with Mathematics
TheConsultants-e
Collaborative Online Projects - "Webquests: constructivism, reflection and critical thinking”
International House Madrid
IH Young Learners' Certificate
The British Language Centre
DELTA
The Market Research Society
Certificate, Market Research
Cambridge Assessment
CEFR
Cambridge Assessment
Principles of Assessment
SKILLS
ABOUT JAMES FRITH
35 years\' experience in educational reform, international publishing & assessment, educational management, teacher training & teaching.PROFILECustomer driven; Results driven Grew recent portfolio by 116% to over £6m in 4 years, 50% ahead of departmental growth rate. Achieved through:• deep customer research to identify opportunities and develop solutions• solution-focussed team leadership of authors, editors, marketing and production to deliver the vision• working with regional sales teams to engage enthusiasmCustomer centric Over 15 years\' international experience in the classroom and managing teachers has given me invaluable insight into satisfying customer needs in the international English market, inc ELT, ESL and First Language English, from 4-adult.Well-connectedStrong networking skills with an impressive array of industry contactsEXPERIENCEPedagogical expertise B.Ed. Primary & DELTA (post-grad in language education) qualified. Conversant in CEFR, 21st Century skills and Assessment for Learning. Published author with Santillana. Assessment literateHeld various roles working with Cambridge Assessment as oral & written examiner, seminar writer, Assessment Manager and Commissioning EditorDigital readyHaving supported 4 teams through digital transformations, I\'ve developed an understanding of market readiness and success criteria. Global corporate contract manager and qualified e-learning programme developer. Digital Learning teacher trainer.SKILLSResearch skillsPassionate, skilled and trained market researcher with: • the ability to listen• the classroom experience to understand customer needs• the publishing experience to translate needs into solutionsStrategic, Financial & Analytical skills• Degree-level Maths with strengths in stats & logical reasoning• Experience putting together tight and persuasive business casesLanguages• Bilingual Spanish
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