John Fewings is an innovative educator with over 40 years experience in a variety of roles across the teaching and training landscape.� He has a keen interest in creating personalised approaches to learning and teaching, which is apparent in his training sessions - which are warmly received and welcomed for their down-to-earth practicality.
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John commenced his teaching career in some of the more challenging secondary schools in Hull, where his enthusiasm to tackle the difficulties posed by inner-city schools soon saw him rewarded with his own department.� After ten years as a very successful Head of RE Department in one of the largest comprehensive schools in the country, John took up a post in Hull�s Adult Education Department.� Having helped to set up a new Adult Education Centre in Bransholme (the largest housing estate in Europe) and after fronting a pioneering Community Education project in the Preston Road area of East Hull, John took up a post with the Humberside Curriculum and Staff Development Centre.� Besides facilitating the development of college lecturers and post-16 trainers from backgrounds as diverse as the NHS and the Police Authority, John also designed and delivered management development training sessions, with a particular focus on team development.
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John was then invited to take on the role of Manager of the Centre for Learning, an innovative project funded by the Humberside Training & Enterprise Council.� The remit was exciting � to discover what was happening in the field of innovative learning and to disseminate that information to relevant people and organisations throughout Humberside by whatever means were appropriate.� As well as organising conferences, events and seminars, John also edited (and wrote much of) the acclaimed �Brainwaves� journal, copies of which can still be found in staffrooms and on bookshelves across Yorkshire and North Lincs..
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After working with the Humberside TEC as a Learning Innovations Adviser, John joined The Zone (a government-funded Education Action Zone based in East Hull) as an aptly-named Innovator � initially with responsibility for Gifted & Talented pupils, and then latterly with the broader remit of Teaching & Learning.� In both of those roles, John worked extensively with primary and secondary school staff and pupils and earned a reputation as a lively and engaging teacher and trainer.
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John recently taught part time at Bishop Burton College on their BA, PGCE and Certificate in Education programmes (accredited by The University of Huddersfield).
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After much consideration, early in 2015 John decided to retire from training delivery and consultancy in order to devote more time to writing and to poetry-performance - details of which can be found on his new website www.johnfewings.zone � Consequently, although most of Brainboxx will continue, John is dismantling those parts that pertain to Brainboxx Training (with apologies for any unintended loss of functionality)
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