Experience

Pakuranga College
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Deputy Principal

  • Aug 2018 - Present


Scothouse

• United Kingdom
• Business Consulting and Services

• Literacy Consultant

  • 2011 - Aug 2018

  I am currently providing literacy professional development for Early Childhood Centres to Secondary Schools. This involves improving current pedagogical practices to reflect the changing definition of literacy in today's society and how this reflects in educational programmes. I am currently providing literacy professional development for Early Childhood Centres to Secondary Schools. This involves improving current pedagogical practices to reflect the changing definition of literacy in today's society and how this reflects in educational programmes.



Selwyn College

• New Zealand
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head Of Faculty English, ESOL and Languages, Literacy leader

  • Sep 2009 - Aug 2018

  I am currently the Head of English at Selwyn College. This involves leading and managing English teachers through the English curriculum, creating programmes across Years 9 to 13, managing budgets, and ensuring relevant and new ideas in literature and technology are encorporated in the classroom each day. As Literacy leader i coordinate the school staff in the utilisation and understanding of literacy teaching teachniques to better their pedagogical practices. This involves focus groups, providing school wide and department professional development, one-to-one mentoring and creating change in teaching practice. Show less



Kelston Girls' College

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Languages, Literacy leader

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2009

  Head of Languages, leading a team of English specialist teachers as well as teachers of Samoan, Maori, German, Japanese, ESOL and Media. Literacy coordinator and leader in school; providing school wide professional development, one-to-one mentoring, representation at Western schools literacy group. Head of Languages, leading a team of English specialist teachers as well as teachers of Samoan, Maori, German, Japanese, ESOL and Media. Literacy coordinator and leader in school; providing school wide professional development, one-to-one mentoring, representation at Western schools literacy group.