Isabella Wallace is co-author of the best-selling teaching guides, “Pimp Your Lesson!”, “Talk-Less Teaching”, and the internationally-acclaimed “Best of the Best” Classroom Guides for Teachers. An experienced and award-winning educator, she is consultant and contributor for the Oxford Dictionary of Education and presents nationally and internationally on outstanding teaching and training in contexts from schools and colleges to industry and commerce.
Described as one of the most charismatic trainers working in the UK today, Isabella’s training sessions and Keynotes are both practical in nature and cutting edge in content. Her popular and motivational courses are known for their high level of audience interaction and their practical, realistic nature.
As well as working across Europe, Isabella has worked with teachers and trainers in South Africa, UAE, India, Brazil, Shanghai, Borneo and the United States. She has published academic research papers on strategies for motivating disaffected learners and has produced practical guidance on incorporating a Social, Moral, Spiritual and Cultural element into lessons. Isabella has worked with Education Authorities to develop training on The Teaching of Literacy and its impact on all school subjects, as well as helping educational establishments to set up, manage and monitor Staff Coaching Systems.
Whether your delegates teach youngsters in a school or train adults in a corporation, Isabella helps equip employees with the outstanding skills needed to become powerfully effective trainers and educators in their own organisation.
In addition to working with large audiences, Isabella also runs intensive coaching programmes, working with individuals and small groups to help teachers and trainers develop their practice in a supportive and inspiring context. She has worked with British Cycling to develop their coaching programme and with Lord Rowan William’s Inspired Dialogue project to develop human solidarity and compassion in education.
A few things you probably didn’t know about Isabella…
She plays flute, piano and guitar and used to sing in a band.
She lived and worked in France and is fully bi-lingual.
In her spare time, Isabella is a Family Court magistrate and a Respite & Emergency Foster Carer for babies!
