Mike King
CEO @Releasing Potential
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WORK HISTORY
CEO @Releasing Potential
I started Releasing Potential in Jan 2001 using outdoor education to deliver programmes concerned with helping young people engage with education. We deliver a variety of programmes including a Sailing Academy for Looked After Children, long term outdoor education programmes which are based in schools, SEN provision or PRU\'s, Near to School (helping young people engage with education), Engage which is our full time SEN provision, residential programmes and holiday activities etc. I manage the organisation in delivering these various programmes.
EDUCATION
University of Gloucestershire
BEd Hons
SKILLS
ABOUT MIKE KING
I am the Chief Executive Officer of Releasing Potential and the Executive Headteacher for Releasing Potential School, an Independent School for Children with Special Educational Needs.I trained to be a PE teacher and am qualified in a range of outdoor activities at the highest level. I still enjoy teaching, and when I can deliver Outdoor Education across the Releasing Potential School as well as professional training as part of the Releasing Potential Institute.The Institute is the academic research and professional training wing of Releasing Potential. Our work covers three main areas- Level 2, 3 & 4 professional training in The Management of Challenging Behaviour (NCFE accredited)- Research projects and data analysis in Alternative Education; Social Pedagogy; Outdoor Education; Special Educational Needs (in particular, Autism, ADHD, PDA and challenging behaviour)- Events, conferences, workshops and public speaking in our areas of research specialism.We are currently involved in a large-scale data collection project (in association with Huis Technologies) aimed at tracking the impact of an alternative curriculum on the most marginalised children in Hampshire and West Sussex. With a particular focus on NEET figures in these Local Authority areas, the project, which has already collected over 9 million data points, will be assessed in Summer 2019 and the findings will soon be available.We are also undertaking a joint research project with the University of Portsmouth, which investigates the efficacy and impact of our approach to working with vulnerable and challenging young people. The results will be published in spring 2019, and disseminated through journal articles and an academic conference.
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