Mr Robert Chambers CGeog (Teacher)

Employer Name

Astrea Academy Trust

Biography

Occupation: Teacher Employer: St Ivo School Memo: CHAMBERS, Robert Robert is currently an AST with responsibility for ICT across the curriculum and also a teacher of geography and travel and tourism at St Ivo School in St Ives. He has a BSc in Geography from the University of Birmingham and a PGCE from Cambridge University. Robert has been a member of the Geographical Association since his career began, and his work has been referred to in their journal 'Teaching Geography'. He runs the successful online portal www.geobytes.org.uk, and has received a variety of grants and bursaries for his work (including the RGS-IBG Innovative Geography Teaching Grant for the 'Geography of Happiness' project). He runs annual fieldtrips to New York and Iceland, and is involved in numerous working parties. His CPD and inset contributions are substantial, and he has also mentored PGCE students.