Mr Eric Addae-Kyeremeh

I'm a Senior Lecturer in Educational Leadership and Management and since 2016 have been the Associate Head of School- Innovation; in the School of Education, Childhood, Youth and Sport. In this role, I have overall responsibility for teaching and learning innovation, business development, and our portfolio international education and development projects. Prior to this role I was Associate Programme Director (Postgraduate Studies) with responsibility for the academic leadership of the taught postgraduate programmes in the Faculty of Education and Language Studies.

Expertise

• Educational Leadership & School Improvement
• Educational Change and Policy Analysis in Low Income Countries
• Headteacher/teacher Professional Development & Capacity Building
• Learning Technologies

Membership of learned societies and professional associations

• Chartered Fellow of The Chartered Management Institute (CMI)
• Chartered Fellow of the BCS-The Chartered Institute for IT 

• Senior Fellow of  AdvanceHE (previously Higher Education Academy)
• Member British Educational Leadership Management and Administration Society 
• Member of Commonwealth Council for Educational Administration and Management (CCEAM)

Academic editorial work

• Reviewer- European Journal of Open, Distance and E-Learning (EURODL)
• Reviewer- Management in Education
• Specialist reviewer Routledge            

I am passionate about education and development and have contributed to some of the Open University’s work in Ghana and India. I was Academic Director of the Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) programme in Ghana between November 2014 - June 2015. I provided direction and strategic oversight of the Teacher Professional Development subcomponents. I led the development of the CPD programme for College of Education tutors and leadership teams. I also designed the QA framework for Colleges of Education in Ghana. I was also the critical reviewer of the recent national policy and curriculum framework for Pre-Tertiary Education Curriculum (2018) in Ghana. In India (TESS India project), I co-led the development of OERs to support the professional development of school leaders. I’m currently involved in the OpenSTEM Ghana project and leading on the development and implementation of a middle leadership CPD for subject leaders in secondary schools.

Name of assignment or project:  OpenSTEM Africa project

Year: September 2018 - Date |  Location: Ghana | Funder: www.opito.com | Positions: Key Advisor

Main project features: This is a 3-year programme to support secondary education in Ghana. OpenSTEM Africa is a framework for improving science education across Africa, aiming to cultivate the next generation of African scientists, with a particular focus on women and girls. The project aims to work with the Government, the University of Ghana, senior high schools and local educators to co-develop locally relevant and gender inclusive learning materials for science teachers and school leaders, authentic onscreen science experiments for schools, and resources to promote female STEM role modelling and school-STEM industry links. OpenSTEM Africa aims to scale nationally and across the region.

Activities:  As key advisor with responsibility for the middle leadership sub component of the project, I'm leading the co-design and co-development of the middle leadership professional development framework and support practitioners to improve their practice. 

Name of assignment or project:  HEART EACDS060 National Pre-Tertiary Education Curriculum Revision – Peer Review.

Year: April 2018 - 2019  |  Location: Ghana  |  Funder: DFID | Positions held: Technical Advisor

Main project features:  This is a peer review of the national policy and curriculum framework for Pre-Tertiary Education Curriculum.

Activities performed:  Technical assistance through Oxford Policy Management (OPM) the fund manager for to ctitically review of Government of Ghana's policy frmawork  pre-tertiary education.

Name of assignment or project:  Transforming Teacher Education and Learning (T-TEL) programme

Year: November 2014 - June 2015 | Location: Ghana |  Client: DFID  |  Positions: Academic Director

Main project features:  This was a large schale 4-year DFID-funded Ministry of Education programme to support pre-service teacher education in Ghana.

Activities performed:  Academic direction and strategic oversight of the Teacher Professional Development subcomponents. Led development of the professional development programme for College of Education tutors and leadership teams. Developed the QA framework for Colleges of Education in Ghana. Supported the Team Leader in providing leadership and coordination to the project team and supporting stakeholders to improve pre-service teacher education. Recruited experts and led the team of authors from (UCC, UG, GIMPA, NCTE and external consultant) in the development of the College Leadership units and the Quality Assurance framework. Led on the inception reports for 3 sub components and single author of one subcomponent.