Dr Joanna Goodman, EdD, FCIEA, CEA
Dr Joanna Goodman is a Professional Doctorate holder (EdD) and a widely experienced, dynamic educational professional with a proven track record of successfully delivering educational leadership and management, with specific expertise in curriculum and assessment. She provides quality reviews and support in the learning & skills sector, including safeguarding audits. She is results-driven and able to deliver outstanding outcomes within specified time frameworks. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors and a Chartered Educational Assessor, and she is extensively published in educational journals on the topic of assessment, and specifically on the role of assessment for learning in improving progress and learning independence. Her work has been peer-reviewed by Dowling College, New York, and "International Researchers", The International Research Journal.
Dr Joanna Goodman, Director and founder of Cromwell Consulting, is a qualified teacher, researcher, writer, blogger, trainer, conference presenter, keynote speaker and Principal Expert-Consultant at Cromwell Consulting Ltd. Her educational experience is considerable and she specialises in working with schools on developing their processes for improved outcomes. In her long career in education spanning for over 35 years, she has worked as an English and SEN teacher, and in many senior leadership roles, including at Board level. She has been involved with every key stage in education in different types of schools, maintained and independent, including special schools. She has been a School Inspector (Ofsted and ISI); a national trainer; an ELSIN Associate, as well as a member of advisory boards for qualification providers.
Joanna graduated with a Doctorate in Education from King’s College London, under the supervision of Dr Jane Jones, where she had the privilege of working with Professor Paul Black and Professor Dylan Wiliam. In her academic research, she examined assessment practices in an independent school and focused on the role of assessment for learning in improving progress. Her assessment expertise is globally recognised and her work has been published in many educational journals in the UK and abroad.
Joanna’s considerable senior leadership experience has been gained working for maintained and independent schools, where her responsibilities encompassed curriculum design, timetabling, monitoring and evaluation, leadership development and the development of teaching and learning, including assessment.
She has gained recruitment expertise as a member of recruitment panels, making her an ideal senior educational professional to provide effective solutions to demanding, specialised senior staffing requirements of educational institutions in the UK and abroad.
Joanna has experience of school governance; Chair of the Curriculum Committee / Teaching and Learning Committee. She acts as an Improvement Consultant for a forward-thinking school. She has a current enhanced DBS.
Besides, working for NICE (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence) guideline committees, Joanna contributed to the development of two clinical guidelines on the developmental follow-up of children born pre-term and specialist neonatal care. Both guidelines are aimed at improving outcomes for children and young people. She has developed expertise on prematurity, particularly on the difficulties that children born pre-term can face in education. Joanna provides training for education professionals on the topic of prematurity and risk factors for learning, where in the UK 8% of children are affected. She has co-authored a systematic review paper on the involvement of parents in neonatal care published in a peer-reviewed clinical journal, and has contributed to the development of teaching and learning resources, PRISM, for children born pre-term. These resources, in addition to raising awareness of prematurity among educational professionals, provide practical solutions for teaching neurodiverse school populations. They are aimed at improving these young people's learning outcomes. Joanna is a member of VIEW, the professional organisation of the vision impairment education workforce, and has gained professional insight to teaching children with visual impairment (VI). Her expertise includes educational assessment of children with VI.
Joanna is a Trustee of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors. As a member of the DfE panel of experts, she contributed to the development of T Level qualifications in Education and Childcare. She continues to work with the DfE in her advisory capacity, including T Level Professional Development Offer Advisory Panel. She is a registered Associate of the Education and Training Foundation (ETF).
Joanna founded Cromwell Consulting Ltd in 2012. She works in an advisory capacity on improving students' outcomes through conducting reviews, providing executive support and advice in the learning and skills sector. Her assessment and curriculum expertise are widely recognised.
Additionally, Joanna works as an expert witness in legal cases.
Accredited member of Society of Education Consultants (SEC):
http://www.sec.org.uk/Consultant-profile/835-Joanna-Goodman
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