Who We Are
VisionWorks for Schools is a not-for-profit organisation committed to developing simple, practical methods to use Emotional Intelligence principles in ways that will most benefit students, teachers and schools. Our teaching and training model is highly effective and has been used successfully worldwide for more than 30 years. VisionWorks is made up of teachers, trainers and supporters all of whom share the same vision and the same desire to change lives through education.
Sue Allen was Head of History and Head of Year 12 at The Corsham School, Wiltshire, until she joined VisionWorks full time in 2001. Since then she has co-developed the VisionWorks programmes which have been used successfully in schools all over the UK for the last six years. She has developed a complete understanding of the principles of Emotional Intelligence and their importance as a life skill. Sue also teaches emotional intelligence to adults from individuals to seminars of up to 100 participants. She is co-author of the VisionWorks programmes.
Janet Grant has taught in both primary and secondary schools. Her career has taken her from Spitalfields in London to Melbourne, Australia and back to Wiltshire where she has been a Year Learning Manager in two schools for a total of 17 years. The combination of both education and being a parent led to her interest in the development of people; hence her enthusiasm for Emotional Intelligence. She is now dividing her time between teaching in a large comprehensive and, as co-author of the VisionWorks programmes, is developing the teaching of Emotional Intelligence at Key stages 2, 3 and 4 and in prisons.
Ruthie Alexander-Morgan’s background is in Special Needs. She has a degree in Psychology and Philosphy (BA Hons Oxon). As part of the Wiltshire Special Schools Music Festival project, Ruthie has been using the medium of singing to develop confidence and raise self-esteem with teenagers. Currently she is involved in the Emotional Literacy centre attached to Springfields School in Calne which is pioneering a visionary approach to prevent exclusions for students in North Wiltshire. As a mother of 5 and stepmother to 3, children are a central part of her life, and she is passionate about bringing more 'heart' into education, so that as a society we are more able to raise happy and confident young people who are in charge of their lives.
Suzanne Corrywright was an English teacher in the United States, where she received a national teaching prize before she taught at Marlwood School in South Gloucestershire, UK. She is now a tutor for GCSE and A-Level English students, and the mother of two teenage boys. Suzanne also teaches yoga for adults and young people. She is co-author of VisionWorks programmes: It’s OK Being Me and Discovering Me. Suzanne believes that emotional intelligence work belongs in schools because it has a profound impact on the way teachers teach, on the relationships teachers develop with their students, and on students’ behaviour and achievement.
