• Katherine Plowden Roberts, BA (Hons), MA, Dip OCR (SpLD), SpLD APC
• OCR Level 5 Certificate in Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) (2005)
• OCR Level 7 Diploma for Assessing and Teaching Learners with Specific Learning Difficulties (Dyslexia) (2006)

• Katherine Plowden Roberts has worked at Helen Arkell since 2007, initially as a specialist teacher, assessor and course tutor and latterly as Head of Assessment on the Senior Management Team.
• In 2004, Katherine started retraining having had her family. She took the Level 3 Teaching Assistants course at Helen Arkell as she planned to work at that level. She enjoyed the course so much she immediately continued her training with the Level 5 and Level 7 OCR courses.
• Katherine has taught across the age range; infants to adults, including time in a Dutch school tutoring EAL children.
• Katherine has carried out hundreds of diagnostic assessments for the Centre covering all ages from young children through to adults.
• As a course tutor since 2006, Katherine delivered the Level 3 teaching assistants' courses, the Level 5 OCR Diploma training specialist teachers and the Level 7 OCR Diploma course which specialises in training students in assessment. This involved lecturing on a variety of subjects associated with dyslexia, marking assignments and providing tutorial support to groups of students.
• Katherine was involved in devising Helen Arkell’s own Level 5 and Level 7 courses following the withdrawal of the OCR courses.
• Katherine relishes the breadth and variety of her work in the field of specific learning difficulties. Every day, week and year is different!

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