Experience

GLADSTONE PARK SECONDARY COLLEGE

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Principal

  • Jan 2019 - Present

  Head of Junior School (years 7 - 8). Head of Junior School (years 7 - 8).



University of Melbourne

• Australia
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Doctor of Education (candidate)

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  My research is primarily concerned with Educational Leadership and remote communities in Australia. My research is primarily concerned with Educational Leadership and remote communities in Australia.



Department of Education Northern Territory

• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Principal

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  • Responsible for outcomes from Global Budget for Yuendumu School along with targeted funding for a Child and Family Centre and Bilingual Resource Development Unit, totalling approximately $3,900,000• 2017 Nominated for Principal of the Year in the Northern Territory. Outcome to be published on World Teachers Day, 27th October, 2017.

• Senior Teacher - Senior School

  • Oct 2014 - Jan 2015

  Along with Classroom Teacher duties, responsible for leadership of middle and senior classes in Yuendumu School, reporting to school Principal.



Northern Territory Department of Education

• Australia
• Business Consulting and Services

• Classroom Teacher / Senior Teacher

  • Feb 2013 - Oct 2014

  • 2013 – Specialist, teaching Science to Upper Primary and Secondary students. • 2014 – Classroom teacher for boys in years 6 to 8. • Incorporated a number of Two-Way teaching and learning approaches, incorporating elements of Warlpiri literacy and culture across all aspects of the curriculum. • 2013 – Specialist, teaching Science to Upper Primary and Secondary students. • 2014 – Classroom teacher for boys in years 6 to 8. • Incorporated a number of Two-Way teaching and learning approaches, incorporating elements of Warlpiri literacy and culture across all aspects of the curriculum.

• Classroom Teacher

  • Oct 2012 - Dec 2012

  Generalist classroom teacher of combined Transition (Prep) / 1 / 2 class of indigenous students in a remote community. Generalist classroom teacher of combined Transition (Prep) / 1 / 2 class of indigenous students in a remote community.



Department of Education and Early Childhood Development, Victoria, Australia

• Leading Teacher

  • Jan 2009 - Nov 2012

  Performance & Development Culture (2012) Refining processes to enable individuals and the school to celebrate our achievements in teaching and learning, and to monitor and evaluate teacher practice in order to identify and support areas of need amongst teaching staff. Student Connectedness (2012) Developing and improving programs to improve student attendance and engagement in the school community, such as Student Leadership and the school’s House System. Literacy (2009 – 2012) Designed and led targeted programs for student and professional learning for teachers. Data from teacher practice in late 2011 indicated school culture had moved from one of misunderstanding about literacy to an acknowledgement that literacy is everyone’s responsibility. Tribes Classroom Management (2009) Embedded student-centred learning and teaching practices which foster engagement and community building in the school community. As a qualified Tribes Trainer, I organised and facilitated four day training workshops for teacher and school leaders throughout the Western Metropolitan Region. Show less


Copperfield College
• Australia
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Campus Literacy Coordinator

  • Jan 2007 - Dec 2008

Rosamond Special School
• Classroom Teacher

  • Sep 2003 - Dec 2006