Experience

MORAYFIELD STATE HIGH SCHOOL

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Deputy Principal

  • Jul 2011 - Present

  As a Deputy Principal in a complex comprehensive secondary school I have worked on and in a wide range of portfolios covering all areas of school operations. In the last 7 years I have :- - Overseen student data and performance. Ensured that all students in 2017 and 2018 graduating Morayfield state high school achieved a Queensland Certificate of Education (100% - State average 98.5%)- Monitoring of School registration and compliance with AQSA for the delivery of Nationally recognised Vocational Education and Training (VET)- HR and Staffing. Working to ensure that Morayfield was staffed with a competent and dynamic teaching team that met the current and predicted future needs of the school.- Worked as a member of the MTECE (Morayfield Teacher Education Centre of Excellence) governance board to recruit and select the best pre-service teachers for additional targeted professional development to ensure a quality pool of new teachers for schools with a requirement for exceptionally skilled and talented teachers.- Management of IT services and infrastructure. Working with regional IT stall to develop a long term (and financially sustainable) plan for the replacement of critical IT equipment to ensure ongoing IT functionality. This is currently a 5 years staged replacement/renewal project with an estimated spend of $500k.- Staff professional develop. Provision of Professional development to teachers and other school staff connected to my portfolio areas of responsibility. This has included PD around curriculum and pedagogy connected to The New QCE and the new senior curriculum, ICT Professional development including supporting the introduction and effective use of new platforms. i.e. digital roll marking (2011), Office 365 (2017), OneDrive for Business (2018) etc- Staffing and HR responsibilities- Student management and parent relationship management- Project management - Coordinating a variety of short, medium and long term projects



DAKABIN STATE HIGH SCHOOL

• Australia
• Writing and Editing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Acting Deputy Principal

  • May 2009 - Jul 2011

  Responsible for HR and staffing of the school. With a teaching staff of approx 80 FTE. This involved:- recruitment and selection,- ongoing training and professional development,- balancing and managing staffing allocations and budget,- succession planning,- staff support and critical incident response. As staffing and HR Deputy Principal there was the requirement to also assist the principal with staff performance intervention.Student management for a range of year levels. - This often needed high level communication skills and strategies to build powerful relationships with parents who often did not have prior positive educational experiences. - Conflict resolution and conflict management skills were essential in working with parents who were agitated or elevated and reframing and moving conversations towards win / win situations focused on student engagement and outcomes.Timetabling. - Working with a complex set of resources and limitations developing a timetable for school year. This would require engagement with the Teaching industrial instruments to ensure that the allocation of duties did not violate employment agreements. That the provision of curriculum was diverse, deep and able to meet the needs of the students and local community. This often required negotiation between faculties and staff in order to create efficient and effective resource allocations that would result in maximised student outcomes.

• Head of Department - Senior Schooling

  • Jan 2005 - May 2009

  - Responsible for the development and implementation of Nationally recognised competency based training.- Monitoring of student achievement data and developing interventions to ensure student performance.- Developing strategies and programs across the school (80 teaching staff) to manage the implementation of the Queensland Certificate of Education (2008) including provision of comprehensive career education for students approaching critical junctions for post schooling education, training or work.- This role also included the direct management of the Business education Faculty and curriculum.



Cairns State High School

• Australia
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Teacher

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2004

  Teaching a range of junior and senior subjects as a full time classroom teacher.Additional roles and duties- Periodically acting in a higher capacity as Business/IT Head of Department- Technical role as Macintosh Network Administrator. - integration of Mac OSX server into the EQ network, including single sign-on. - provision of software and technical supportTeaching subjects- Cert III Multimedia.- Cert II Information Technology - Information Processing Technology - Authority Subject- Legal Studies - Authority Subject- Business Communications and Technology - Authority Subject