Rachel Cooper

Rachel Cooper - Senior Teaching Fellow

Tel: 024 765 22325 / 07384231387
Room: WA 1.08
Email: r.a.cooper@warwick.ac.uk

Rachel currently teaches on the PGCE secondary programme and is the subject lead for Religious Education. This role involves developing the learning opportunities for those training to be RE teachers both within the Centre for Teacher Education and within the wider school partnership. Her other role within CTE is Designated Safeguarding Lead. The key responsibilities are to ensure that enrolled trainees and the children and young people within our partnership schools, are safeguarded.

Rachel reviews and consider DBS disclosures, offer training and guidance in relation to trainee responsibilities to safeguard children, and support trainee who themselves need to be safeguarded.

Professional and Teaching Expertise

• Teaching of Religious Education within secondary schools.
• Safegaurding in Education
• Managing classroom behaviour
• Academic Interests & Teaching & Learning Specialisms
• Religious Education teaching
• Safeguarding and Prevent
• Managing classroom behaviour

Publications & Projects

Current research focus around the influence at Prevent has had on the teaching of RE in secondary schools.

Other Positions

External examiner for RE PGCE within another HEI
Member of Warwickshire and Coventry SACRE