Master's degree, PGCE
Throughout David's teaching career since 2006, he has been a teacher of Design & Technology and Head of Department. He has taught in both state comprehensive and state grammar schools in the UK and independent schools in Dubai UAE. He has experience in teaching Resistant Materials, Systems & Control, Electronics and Food Technology within the subject from Year 7 to Year 13.
Having spent all of his non-teaching career in engineering, David is passionate about the positive contribution Science and Engineering makes to our modern society and constantly endeavour to instill the same sense of purpose in the students he teaches. Having that sense of purpose while making the process of design and making fun is key to engaging young people in what is a very worthwhile subject.
David is originally trained as a Mechanical Engineering moving into Electrical and Electronic Engineering in the Energy Sector which has allowed him to work both in the UK and overseas. He studied for a PGCE in Design & Technology at Greenwich University in London and also hold a Master's Degree in Business from Sheffield Hallam University in the UK.
As a teacher much of his spare time has been taken with school related activities such as running a Kart Club and after school sessions for students and parents. He also enjoys walking and the occasional round of golf.
