Short bio

Peps Mccrea is an award-winning teacher educator, designer and author. He is Director of Education at Steplab and author of the ultraconcise High Impact Teaching series. Peps has three Masters degrees, Fellowships from the Young Academy and University of Brighton, and lots of distracting tattoos. Visit pepsmccrea.com for more.

Longer bio

For part of my week, I’m Director of Education at Steplab, which is an online platform that helps schools supercharge their teaching. For the rest of my week, I work on Evidence Snacks, write ultraconcise books for teachers (see below), create Youtube videos, and hang out with my kids at home in Brighton, UK.

In the past, I’ve been a Dean at Ambition Institute, where I oversaw the design of our programmes for teachers and teacher educators (eg. Masters in Expert Teaching, Teacher Education Fellows, and Early Career Teachers), a Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education at Brighton University, and teacher and leader at various schools. For more, check out this profile interview in SchoolsWeek.

Career highlights

Roles

  • Founder // Evidence Snacks [2023-]
  • Director of Education // Steplab [2021-]
  • Dean of Learning Design // Ambition Institute [2016-2023]
  • Advisor // Department for Education [2013-]
  • Senior Lecturer in Teacher Education // University of Brighton [2009-16]
  • Head of Math(s) // Falmer High School [2007-09]
  • Lead Practitioner // Peacehaven Community School [2003-07]

Publications & projects

Honours

  • MRes Educational Research // University of Brighton [2014]
  • Fellowship Award // The Young Academy [2014]
  • Fellowship Award // University of Brighton [2013]
  • Inspirational Tutor Award // Excellence Awards [2012]
  • MA Educational Leadership // University of Sussex [2006]
  • Fasttrack Teaching scholarship // National College of School Leadership [2004]
  • PGCE Mathematics Education // University of Brighton [2003]
  • MEng Mechanical Engineering // University of Bath [2002]

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