Jeremy Barclay

Jeremy Barclay has held a long and rich career as an artist and international art teacher. Originally a landscape painter, he went into teaching and is a multi disciplinary practitioner and can teach in many mediums.

Jeremy possesses excellent communication and interpersonal skills, particularly evident when dealing with a diverse range of people of varying age groups. Subsequently, he has an outstanding capacity for engaging
the young and old alike, engendering confidence and trust.

Jeremy has worked predominantly in the UK and Hong Kong, and has developed art departments. Alongisde his teaching he has taken professional development courses on:

 Developing a Growth Mindset
 Assessment for Learning
 Promethean and Active Inspire workshop
 NSS Portfolio Building and Assessment
 Peer Observation
 Effective Group work/Differentiation
 Collaborative Lesson Planning
 Mentoring-Classroom Management
 What is Student Voice?
 Mentoring- Classroom Management
 Sharing Good Practice
 Develop Exceptional Behaviour Management Skills (2006)
 Whole staff INSET Child protection (2005)
 Whole Staff INSET – Learning Sanity in the Classroom (2003)
 Private View for Teachers at Central St. Martins (2003)
 The role of the new Head of Department (2003)
 AS and A level Art & Design - Edexcel (2001)

His experience as a mentor and as a life long teacher who inspires, bringing our the best in his students through his engagement and the trust his students have towards him makes him an invaluable member of the team at The Edinburgh Drawing School.