Catherine Carden

Catherine Carden lecturers on the BA in Education Studies (Primary) at the Open University. Catherine is an Independent Education Consultant specialising in educational leadership and in particular people centred leadership, culture and wellbeing. Previous roles have included Director of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Director of Primary Initial Teacher Education and a teacher educator at a large HEI. Prior to that, Catherine held teaching and...See more

Catherine Carden lecturers on the BA in Education Studies (Primary) at the Open University. Catherine is an Independent Education Consultant specialising in educational leadership and in particular people centred leadership, culture and wellbeing. Previous roles have included Director of Learning and Teaching in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Education, Director of Primary Initial Teacher Education and a teacher educator at a large HEI. Prior to that, Catherine held teaching and leadership roles within secondary and further education. Catherines professional and scholarly interests are in teacher education and development, educational leadership, organisatonal culture, coaching and mentoring, and wellbeing and self-care. See less