Jennie Bird
Public: Camden
Elected November 2006. Term ends October 2009

Experience

• 1988 - present - Class teacher in West London
• 1998 - Deputy Head Teacher, Beckford Primary School, West Hampstead (inc. Special Needs and Ethnic Minority Achievement Co-ordinator)
• 1993 - 1994 - Fulbright Scholarship - spent a year teaching in New York City
• Founding board member of Datapharm Publications Ltd - partner with NHS Direct and Ask About Medicines
• Former Non-Executive Director of West Herts NHS Community Trust
• Carer for patient of the adolescent department at the Tavistock Clinic

Qualifications

• BA (Hons) in French & German, Bedford College, University of London
• TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate
• PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate in Education), Institute of Education, University of London
• NPQH (National Professional Qualification for Headship), National College of School Leadership