Dr Jill Berry
Jill taught for thirty years across six different schools in the UK, state and independent, and she taught adults to GCSE and A level in the evenings for several years. She was a head for the last ten years of her time in schools. Since 2010 she has completed a doctorate, researching the transition to headship, written a book about it: ‘Making the Leap – Moving from Deputy to Head’ (Crown House, 2016) https://www.crownhouse.co.uk/publications/making-the-leap, and carried out an extensive range of leadership development work.
She has given a TEDx presentation, ‘Take a Second Look: Bring Out the Best in Yourself and Others’: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_berry_take_a_second_look_bring_out_the_best_in_yourself_and_others and she has published four novels: https://www.amazon.co.uk/stores/author/B01JSM9UXI
Jill is an advocate for the opportunities presented by social media for networking and professional development, on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jillberry102, on Bluesky: @jillberry102.bsky.social, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-jill-berry-a5a55a21/ and blogging about education at https://jillberry102.blog/