Dusty Trails is a small family business run by Matt and Sam. Matt & Sam have been working in education for over 12 years and are now using their love of education and the outdoors to run Dusty Trails.
Matt has been involved in training, since early 2000s where he set up and provided training programs for individuals in industry. Since starting a teaching career Matt has trained, coached and provided CPD for both ITT and experienced teachers.
Matt is a STEM Learning Facilitator and frequently works for Southampton University and St George's SLP providing bespoke Chemistry and Teaching & Learning CPD for schools. More recently Matt has been working internationally, consulting with governments, industries and universities to develop national curriculums and schemes in Science, Technolog, Engineering and Maths (STEAM).
Matt still enjoys tutoring students at KS3 and GCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics helping students achieve a better understanding of the subjects and an increased confidence to apply themselves. One of the biggest comments from students is "thank you for making me believe I can do Science".
Matt has had a love of the outdoors all of his life and his spare time is spent enjoying bushcraft, hiking, canoeing and cycling. Matt has worked closely with BushcraftUK and Forest Knights and his passion is now to combine his love of teaching with his passion for the outdoors so that new generations can be taught relevant content whilst developing important personal skills including communication, leaderships, problem solving, mental health and resilience.
Matt is a qualified Lowland Expedition Leader (LEL), a Duke of Edinburgh Assessor to Gold level and is currently working towards finishing his Mountain Leader qualification after completing training his training. Matt received his DofE 19 years service award this year at the regional manager's conference.
Matt has qualified as a Wilderness Expedition Medical Technician with WEMSI to better prepare him when working with groups both in the UK and abroad.
Matt is an advanced motorcyclist holding RoSPA at Gold level and works with Unity Support Riders and with Forest Knights using his riding and first aid skills to support events.
Sam has a huge love of the outdoors and started her career working for the Environment Agency before training as a Science teacher. Sam has also recently gained her level 3 Forest Schools qualification and uses her passion for the environment and her knowledge of Science and STEM to offer innovative ways of teaching Science to all abilities.