Heysham High assistant head scoops prestigious US grant
Matthew Hood has won a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, and plans to use it spending a month studying teacher training at graduate schools of education in different locations in the USA this summer.
Mr Hood, who is 30 and lives in Lancaster, said: “One of the categories you can apply for the fellowship in is education, and they look for individuals doing particular pieces of work that would be enhanced by going to other places.
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Mr Hood, who splits his time between working at Heysham High and for an education charity, plans to use his grant to travel to colleges in San Diego, Boston, Nashville, New York and New Orleans.
He will then write a report on his findings on his return.
Mr Hood, who has worked at Heysham High for nearly two years, was fortunate enough to be awarded the fellowship after going through a rigorous written application and panel interview selection process.
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust awarded 150 Travelling Fellowships across the UK, 15 of them – totalling £93,800 – to people in the north west.