Experience

Bishop Tyrrell Anglican College

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

• Deputy Principal and Head of Senior School

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Fahan School, Hobart

• Principal

  • Jul 2019 - Oct 2021

  As an educational leader, my mission is to maintain the focus on transformational learning experiences for every student. Fahan School offers girls an extraordinary home in which they flourish. Girls are cared for and educated in an inclusive, positive and dynamic school environment which values excellence, resilience and creativity. A rich and impressive history of educating and empowering girls who contribute deeply and authentically to the community, is paired with a sharply-focused eye on the future of education and work, and I was honoured to lead this school.



Hunter Valley Grammar School

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

• Deputy Principal and Head of Senior School

  • 2016 - Jun 2019

  I was thrilled to join HVGS as Deputy Principal in 2016. My role was, alongside the Principal, to provide a strong academic and wellbeing framework as well as a responsive set of guidelines that support the growth of each and every child at HVGS. As Head of Senior School, my commitment was to encourage creativity, curiosity and individuality while maintaining high levels of dedication to teaching and learning in the Senior School. I was thrilled to join HVGS as Deputy Principal in 2016. My role was, alongside the Principal, to provide a strong academic and wellbeing framework as well as a responsive set of guidelines that support the growth of each and every child at HVGS. As Head of Senior School, my commitment was to encourage creativity, curiosity and individuality while maintaining high levels of dedication to teaching and learning in the Senior School.



The Scots School Albury

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

• Head of Senior School

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2015

  The Scots School Albury, NSW 2005 – 2015A K – 12 Uniting Church Coeducational SchoolActing Head of Secondary – Semester 2 2014Head of Pastoral Care - 2013 - 2014Acting Director of Enrolments and International Students Term 1 - 2012WHS Committee – Academic Staff and Management representative - 2010-2014Year Coordinator Years 7, 8, 11 and 12 - 2006 - 2014Teacher of French – Years 7 – 12 – 2005 - presentThe various roles I worked in on a daily basis afforded me the opportunity of working in the core business of any school - teaching and caring for students, and engaging professionally and pastorally with my colleagues. I led the Senior School through a transformational process centred on strengthening, renewing and enriching student and staff experiences of life, learning and leading.

• French Teacher

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2015

  As a teacher of French to Years 7 – 12, my key responsibilities included: curriculum implementation and innovation, taking responsibility for French program accreditation, student monitoring and assessment, being involved in sports, co-curricular and outdoor education, managing and leading regional interschool immersion days, and organising, managing and leading overseas excursions to France in 2005 and 2007, and to New Caledonia in 2012 and 2014.

• Acting Head of Secondary

  • Jul 2014 - Dec 2014

  Key responsibilities included mentoring Year Level Coordinators through a professional development process (Professional Conversation and Review), deputation for the Principal at internal and external events, policy writing, business planning, staffing, overseeing complex pastoral care issues and providing a trusted senior line of contact between parents and the school.

• Years 11 and 12 Coordinator and Head of Pastoral Care (Staff)

  • Jan 2009 - Dec 2014

  Years 11 and 12 Coordinator - I was responsible for all aspects of pastoral, disciplinary and administrative care of students in my designated year groups. This included implementation of student leadership and peer support programs, pastoral care program creation, innovation and implementation, building and maintaining a culture of reciprocal communication between staff, students and parents, curriculum camp organisation, year group assemblies, meetings and social functions, interview and selection of student leadership team, checking reports for accuracy and consistency and Year Coordinator summative report writing.Head of Pastoral Care of Staff – my pastoral vision for staff was to enable all staff to develop the talents they were born with to become the best they can be. This was crucial at a time of deep transformation within the school. Members of the teaching staff have needed to participate in the reinvention of our school, and this process has challenged many of them to reinvent themselves as models of teaching and learning that our students can look up to.