PGCE Modern Languages alumna becomes Secondary Language Teacher of the Year 2016

Natalie Campbell is the Association of Language Learning Secondary Language Teacher of the Year in 2016.

Natalie completed her PGCE at The University of Nottingham in 2001. She taught Spanish and French to GCSE at an inner city school in Derby for ten years and was Head of Year there for nine years. Natalie then became Subject Manager for Spanish at the Trinity Catholic School in Nottingham in 2011. She now teaches Spanish to A level and believes strongly in the use of technology to empower reluctant speakers.

Natalie was selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2015 and is an active member of the global ADE community, sharing her research and ideas. Natalie was given the Association of Language Learning Secondary Language Teacher of the Year award in 2016. Her creative use of technology and her work training colleagues gained her these two accolades. Natalie is currently a Director of Learning and her action research projects include effective staff training with new technology and Flipped Learning.

Natalie has been a PGCE mentor for beginning teachers for The University of Nottingham since 2012 and regularly contributes to the School of Education Language Education Research Group and the Modern Languages Subject Advisory Group.