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Introduction
- I joined the teaching staff of Mount Tamar School in September 1993 as the Co-ordinator of Information and Communications Technology having previously taught Mathematics, Computing and ICT in Essex and Surrey.
Point of Contact
- email address: - a_berry "at" mounttamar "dot" org "dot" uk
- snail-mail: - Mount Tamar School
Timetable 2009/2010
| Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |
| Period 1 | No Class | KS4b | No Class | Not in School | IT Diploma |
| Period 2 | KS4a | No Class | KS3a | Not in School | IT Diploma |
| Period 3 | KS3d | KS3c | KS3c | Not in School | IT Diploma |
| Period 4 | KS3c | No Class | KS4a | Not in School | IT Diploma |
| Period 5 | KS3b | No Class | No Class | Not in School | Options |
| Period 6 | KS3a | KS3d | KS3b | Not in School | Options |
Extra Qualifications
- General
- 1978 - Minibus driving permit - London borough of Islington
- 1980 - Minibus driving permit - Essex County Council
- 1993 - Minibus driving permit - Devon County Council
- 2008 - Minibus driving permit - Plymouth City Council
- 1994 - Moorland Leadership Certificate
- 1992 - Basic First Aid course (updated every three years until Feb 2007)
- 2007 - First Aid Course
- 2009 - Minibus Driving Permit - updated
- 2010 - First Aid Course
- Badminton
- 1999 - One day course to be qualified as a Stage 1 Coach
- 2001 - five day course to be qualified as a Stage 2 Coach
- 2005 - two day assimilation course - qualified as First4Sport Level 2 Coach (Badminton)
Professional Development
All staff at Mount Tamar School follow a programme of in-service training courses throughout the school year tailored to the needs of the school and the staff. In addition to these courses . . .
- Additional Responsibilities
- Responsibility for 'looked after Children' - 1999 - 2003
- Examinations Officer - 1997 to 2008
- ICT
- 1998 - Viglen Training course to be Network Manager for School Microsoft Windows Network
- 2000 - to date - one-to-one training when required to manage Linux network
- 2007 - Appointment as Mount Tamar School representative for Plymouth ICT Gateway Diploma course
- 2007 - Mount Tamar School accepted as AQA Pilot school for the new ICT Functional Skills course
- 2008 - Plymouth LEA training on new Functional Skills specification
- 2008 - Plymouth Diploma (IT) - Edexcel Training
- NEAB / AQA
- 1988 - Appointment as Moderator for GCSE Information Technology
- 1992 - Appointment as Team Leader for GCSE Information Technology
- 1994 - Appointment as a Presenter for the new GCSE Specification
- 1997 - Appointment as Principal Moderator for Entry Level Information & Communications Technology Syllabus 3952
- 2002 - Member of the steering Group developing the new ICT ELC Specification
- 2003/4 - Writing units towards the new ELC ICT Specification
- 2005 - Appointment as Chief Examiner for Entry Level Information & Communications Technology Syllabus 4952
- 2005 - Running Introductory Teachers Meetings for the new ELC ICT Specification 4952
- 2006 - Asked to look at, and contribute thoughts and ideas for the new Functional Skills specifications for ICT
- 2007 - Appointed to the 'AQA Forum for the South West'
Interests and Hobbies
- Badminton
- 1985 - 1993: Played for Grayshott Badminton Club in the NE Surrey Badminton League
- 1993 / 1994 season played for Okehampton Badminton Club in the Exeter League
- Jan 1995 - April 1997: Played for Tavistock Badminton Club in the Plymouth and District Badminton League
- Sept 1997 on: Playing for BAT's Badminton Club in the Plymouth and District Badminton League
- Jan 1994 - June 2009: 'Assistant Coach' at BAT's Junior Badminton Club
- Jan 1994 - June 1999: 'Assistant Coach' at Horrabridge Junior Badminton Club
- Sept 1999 on: 'Lead Coach' at Horrabridge Junior Badminton Club
- Sept 2009 on: 'Lead Coach' at BAT's Badminton Club (Juniors)
Junior players have gone on to play for:
- local badminton clubs;
- represented Devon County Badminton at junior level;
- being ranked nationally in the Badminton England standings;
- represented University in inter-university and the National University Tournament
- represented Devon County Badminton at senior level;
- represented other counties at senior county level.
- 2007: Temporary appointed as Badminton Coach for West Devon players playing in the annual Devon Youth Games
- 2008: Temporary appointed as Badminton Coach for West Devon players playing in the annual Devon Youth Games
- 2009: Temporary appointed as Badminton Coach for West Devon players playing in the annual Devon (Youth) Games to Inspire
- 2010: Temporary appointed as Badminton Coach for West Devon players playing in the annual Devon (Youth) Games to Inspire
- Open Source Software
- 2003 - Introduced to Linux
- Mount Tamar School became one of the first schools in the country to switch over to running a fully Linux academic network
- Installation of Suse Linux across the school Intranet
- Suse Linux installed on home computer
- 2005 - Gentoo Linux
- School servers updated and Gentoo Linux installed
- Gentoo Linux installed across the school workstations
- 2005 - Cross Platform Software
- 'Cross Platform' software installed on top of the Gentoo build
- Same software available to pupils either via the Internet or on CD ROM
- Dual and Tri booting of home computer to run variants of Linux
- 2007 - Eye Candy!
- Experimental use of Compiz and Beryl window managers on Suse and Gentoo Linux
- Rollout of Beryl window manager across the school network
- 2008 - Communicating
- MTS Social Networking
- Upgrade of Internet connection to cable
- 2009 - IT Diploma
- Obtain funding for Level 1 (Foundation) IT Diploma students in the form of individual netbooks and pda's
- Attended courses and written Level 1 (Foundation) IT Diploma course for Plymouth LEA
- 2010 - Network
- Installation and commissioning of new servers
- Installation of latest Desktop and software
- 2003 - Introduced to Linux
Aberry March 2010
Mr Berry's - Experimental Work
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Mr Berry's - Experimental Work
