This is a succinct overview of my knowledge, skills and experiences in educational leadership and inclusive practices.

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Curriculum Vitae
Name: Seán Bracken, SFHEA., Ed. D., M.Phil, M.Ed, BA., Cert Ed.,
Job Title: Senior Lecturer Education
- Learning and Teaching Lead, Institute of Education
- Course Lead for the PG Cert SENCO (National Award
SENCO)
- Lecturer, BA Education Studies
- Director of Studies PhD focusing on heutagogy in Higher
Education
Current Employer: University of Worcester
University
Institute:
Institute of Education
Telephone: 01905 542370
Email: s.bracken@worc.ac.uk
Specialist Teaching Areas
Teacher education, Higher Educational pedagogy and leadership; Intercultural
Education & Plurlilingualism; Curriculum Development; International Comparative
Education; Educational Leadership; e-learning; Literacy; Inclusivity; English as an
additional language (EAL); Sustainability education.
Specialist Research Areas
Higher Education and Leadership, inclusivity, English as an additional language,
Intercultural Education, e-learning, identity and education.
Languages
English, French, Spanish, Irish, Bislama, Tok Pisin.
Employment History
Date Employer Post
From To
January
2010
Present University of Worcester, Institute of
Education
Senior Lecturer in
Education, Centre for
Education and
Inclusion.
October
2007
October
2009
Coláiste Mhuire, Marino Institute of
Education
Lecturer (Development
and Intercultural
Education)
April
2006
October
2009
Blanchardstown Area Partnership,
Dillon House,
Coolmine, Dublin 15
Project Coordinator
(European Refugee
Fund - ERF Meitheal

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Project)
Date Employer Post
From To
October
2005
April
2006
Ministry of Education, Vuna Road,
Nuku’alofa, Tonga, South Pacific.
(Client)
Short term - Education
Advisor
March
2003
October
2005
National Council for Curriculum and
Assessment (NCCA), 24 Merrion
Square, Dublin 2, Ireland. (Employer)
Primary Education
Specialist – Literacy
and Modern Languages
June
2001
March
2003
Education Service, Léargas, 189 –
191 Parnell St, Dublin 1, Ireland.
(Employer)
Project Assistant:
Evaluation.
March
1999
March
2001
GRM Consultancies, Brisbane
Australia (Employer) / AusAid
Canberra Australia (Client: Ministry of
Education, Papua New Guinea)
Language and Literacy
Advisor redevelopment
of language / literacy
curriculum Papua New
Guinea.
Countries of work experience and research
United Kingdom, Ireland, Tonga, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, United States of
America, Samoa, Egypt.
Current Membership of subject associations, learned societies and
professional bodies
Association/Society Contribution to
association/society
Society for Research into Higher Education (SRHE) Member
RAISE Member/ Member of
Inclusivity SIG
BERA Member
TEAN Reviewer of TEAN
Journal
NASEN Member / Working
Group HE Quality
American Educational Research Association (AERA) Member: Presented
2015 Conference
NALDIC (National Association for Language Development
in the Curriculum)
Member

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Postgraduate Qualifications
Date of
Award
Institution Award Subject Class
January
2015
University of Leicester Ed. D. Becoming other(ed):
A study of minority
ethnic identities in
two non-urban
primary schools.
2004 National University of
Ireland, Maynooth, Co
Kildare, Ireland
Masters of
Education
School Leadership 2.1
1995 State University of New
York
New York
State
Elementary
School
Teaching
Certification
Specialization in
English as a
Second Language
1992 Trinity College Dublin M.Phil. Applied Linguistics Ungraded
Current and recent areas of responsibility:
 Co-Lead for Learning and Teaching within the Institute of Education (UW)
and co-author /developer of the Enhancement Plan for Learning and
Teaching 2014-2015-2016 (Institute of Education)
 Pathway lead for the Masters’ (M7) Level, National Award SENCO (PG
Cert SENCO)
 Contributor to PGCE Higher Education, design and delivery of inclusivity
 Delivery of teacher professional development for SENCos on behalf of
Worcestershire Local Authority (LA) and Warwickshire LA on the
implications of the SEN Code of Practice for Schools’ ‘Local Offer’ (July
2014)
 Governor of Fort Royal Community Special School (Worcester), chair of
governors (2015-present)
 Chair of Periodic Review - MBA Executive Leadership, UW Business
School (June 2014).
 Chair of Periodic Review – PG Cert Research, UW Graduate School
 Supervision of Masters Theses (2010-2014)
 External Examiner, Edge Hill University, MA Leadership in Education,
2016 commenced responsibilities.

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Membership of Committees in the last 5 years (external or internal)
Date Committee
From To
October
2013
present As co-lead for learning and teaching within the Institute of
Education, I also sit on Learning, Teaching and Student
Experience Committee University of Worcester.
May
2010
June
2014
Inclusion and Diversity Committee (Staff Representative)
University of Worcester.
Projects (Research, Consultancy and Learning & Teaching)
Dates Details Institutions
involved
Funding
July 2016 Workshop consultant, Cairo –
Using school data to strengthen
language and literacy
University of
Cambridge / Nile
Egyptian Schools
3 day
consultancy
May 2016-
March
2017
Commissioned to review quality
maintenance structures with
HE for the NASENCO
NASEN, Institute of
Education London,
University of
Worcester
Department
for Education
January -
August
2012
Co-development of a Teaching
Agency bid to strengthen EAL
provision in secondary teacher
education.
University of
Worcester
National
College
Teaching and
Leadership
Oct 2008-
Oct 2009
Collaborative researcher –
Teacher
Marino Institute of
Education and St
Mary’s Teacher
Education College
Belfast
North-South
Forum
April 2003
– April
2005.
Principal Investigator – Feasibility
of Modern Languages in the
Primary School Curriculum
National Council for
Curriculum and
Assessment, Ireland
NCCA
April 2003
– April
2005.
Collaborative investigator -
Review of the Implementation of
the Primary School Curriculum
National Council for
Curriculum and
Assessment, Ireland
NCCA
Profile
LinkedIn – Seán Bracken (Ed D)
Twitter: @bracknowledge

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Recent or forthcoming Conferences and Presentations
Title Place Role Presentation/
Paper
Date
Developing and realizing a
university policy for inclusive
assessment: Is a UDL approach
fit for all?
Universal Design for Learning: SIHO,
Supporting Inclusive HE in Flemish
Belgium -Ghent, Belgium
Presenter Paper 28th
-29th
July
2016
Realising transnational
inclusivity in higher education: A
comparative study of Sao Paulo
and England
BERA Internationalization Event,
University of Worcester
Co-Presenter with
colleague from
Universidade
Estadual Paulista,
Machado, SP Brazil
Paper 21st
– 22nd
June, 2016
Mapping inclusivity in policy and
practice: charting learning and
teaching pathways for HE in
times of change.
Showcasing and Exploring Excellence
University of Worcester Annual
Teaching, Learning and Student
Experience Conference
University of Worcester Learning and
Teaching Conference.
Panel convener Presenter and
panel convener
16th
June
2016
Becoming visible: comparing
inclusive and special education
policies, practices and research
in Brazil and the UK.
Universidade Federal de São Carlos,
Brazil (UfSCAR),
Participant funded by
British Council
Paper
presentation
12-14 March
2015
Supporting mental health,
positive behaviour and well-
being: Sharing best practice in
education.
University of Worcester Co-Organiser Organizer 16th
March
2015
Linguistic inclusion, elision and
subjectivities: The dynamics of
language power at play in two
English primary schools.
AERA Annual Conference, Sheraton
Hotel, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Presenter Paper 16 – 20 April
2015

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Children’s futures in the West
Midlands; Addressing changes
in policy and practice for
SENCos (working in
collaboration with Midlands
Pathfinder in SEN)
University of Worcester, ARENA
http://www.worcester.ac.uk/discov
er/childrens-futures-west-
midlands.html
Organiser Presentation
and
organization
5th
November
2013
Assessing the impact of
professional development on
inclusive learning and teaching:
Research findings from a review
of the National Award SENCO.
BERA Annual Conference:
University of Sussex.
Presenter
Presentation /
Paper
September
2013
Subjected self and becoming
other(ed): A study of immigrant
educational experiences in an
English town.
Centre for Learner and Identity
Studies: Edge Hill University.
Presenter
Presentation /
Paper
July 2013
Negotiating interactional spaces
and beings; ‘foreign’ children in
estranged learning landscapes.
Institute of Education: UoW
Research Seminars.
Presenter
Collegial
presentation –
Progress on
EdD findings.
March, 2013
Assessing the impact of the
National Award SENCo (PG
Cert) at the University of
Worcester.
Worcester Learning and Teaching
Conference.
Presenter Presentation June 2012
A story of virtual evolution:
Enhancing conditions for
communities of learners in
remote environments.
Researching, advancing and
inspiring student .engagement:
Engaging Students in Challenging
Times, Nottingham Trent
University.
Presenter
Paper: Raise
Conference
September,
2011

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Learning from the international
student voice
University of Worcester. Presenter
Seminar for
cross university
academic staff
interested in
internationalisa
tion.
July 2011
'Dancing with diversity; waltzing
with wolves - Negotiation of
immigrant identity in rural
English schools'
Equity, Identity and Education'
The Centre for Learner Identity
Studies (CLIS), Edgehill Uni.
Presenter Paper July 2011.
Listening to the parent voice:
the power of narrative inquiry
NASEN and TDA, seminar for
SENCo training providers,
Birmingham.
Presenter
Presentation /
paper
November
2010
Research awareness with
reference to identity and
ethnicity
University of Leicester Presenter
Presentation /
paper
June 2010
Education Inclusion Initiative
Seminar: Partnership and
engagement with newcomer
communities
The Clock Tower: Department of
Education and Science, Dublin.
Organiser / Facilitator /
Presenter.
Meeting the
challenge of
partnership
and
engagement
with diverse
communities.
28th
May
2009

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Recent Publications:
Bracken, S. Kadi-Hanifi, K., Driver, C. (2016) Teaching English as an Additional Language in
Secondary schools: Policy and Practice. London: Routledge (Forthcoming)
Bracken, S. and Devi, A. (2014) Paving the Way for the Children and Families Act: Implications
for SENCos. In Every Child Update Issue 30. pp 30-35
Bracken, S. (2014) From national policies and sentiments to local practices and subjectivities:
Mapping immigrant educational identities in a semi-rural locale. SAGE Open.
Bracken, S. (2013) Subjected self and becoming other(ed): A study of immigrant educational
experiences in an English town. Research Paper Presented to the CLIS Conference and
subsequently submitted for publication to a national journal.
Bracken, S (June 2011) 'Dancing with diversity; waltzing with wolves - Negotiation of immigrant
identity in rural English schools’. Paper presented July 2011 Equity, Identity and
Education' The Centre for Learner Identity Studies (CLIS), Edge Hill Unversity
Bracken, S (June 2011) Learning from the International Student Voice Discovering pathways for
inclusion: a focus on learning for diversity. Report resulting from an Institute of Education,
University of Worcester Conference.
Bracken, S., Dart, G., & S. Pickering (2011) Evolution or revolution? An analysis of the changing
faces of development education in the United Kingdom, in Development Education
Review Issue 12. http://www.developmenteducationreview.com/issue12
Bracken S (2010) Discussing the importance of ontology and epistemology awareness in
practitioner research, Worcester Journal of Learning and Teaching, Issue 4
http://www.worcester.ac.uk/adpu/documents/FinalSBrackenPractitionerResearch.pdf
Bracken, S., Hagan, M., O’Toole, B., Quinn, F., and Ryan, A. (2009). English as an additional
language in undergraduate teacher education programmes in Ireland: A report on
provision in two teacher education colleges. Report on behalf of the Standing Conference
on Teacher Education North and South.
Bracken, S., Daly, N., Duke, R., and O’Rourke, D. (2009). Volunteering Charter: for volunteer
pre-service and practicing teachers who wish to work in an educational context in
countries of the Global South.
http://content.yudu.com/Library/A17fi1/DICEVolunteeringChar/resources/index.htm?referr
erUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.yudu.com%2Fitem%2Fdetails%2F51478%2FDICE-
Volunteering-Charter Dublin: DICE Project.
Bracken, S., Clerkin, Á., McDonnell, B., and Regan N., (2008). Teaching and Learning in
Plurilingual Schools
http://www.diceproject.org/upload/uploadedFile/Challenging%20Perspectives.pdf Dublin:
DICE Project.
Bracken, S. (2007). MEITHEAL Project: Final Report. Unpublished document submitted to
European Refugee Fund.

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Bracken, S. (2006). Report on Principals Meeting: Leading for Diversity Plaza Hotel Tyrrelstown.
Unpublished document disseminated to all schools in Dublin 15.
Bracken, S. (2006). Developing a School Twinning Service between Ireland and Africa. Tender
Document for Léargas: successful tender submitted to Irish Aid.
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (2005). Review of the Implementation of the
Primary Curriculum (Phase 1).
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/Publications/PrimaryCurriculumReview.pdf Co-author
with responsibility for sections targeting language and literacy in English Dublin: NCCA.
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (2005). Feasibility Report on Modern
Languages in Primary Schools.
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/Publications/ModLangPrim.pdf Dublin: NCCA
National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (2005). Guidelines for English as an additional
language in Irish Primary Schools
http://www.ncca.ie/uploadedfiles/Publications/ModLangPrim.pdf available on NCCA
website www.ncca.ie Dublin: NCCA.
Bilingual Education and Bridging to English (2000) Primary and Secondary teacher Education
Programme (PASTEP) Papua New Guinea.