Experience

Heretaunga College

• Upper Hutt, Wellington Region, New Zealand

• HOD Languages / German Teacher

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  Managing and mentoring a team of Japanese, Te Reo Māori and New Zealand Sign Language Teaching German (years 9-13) Music (year 9) and violin teaching GANZ Representative for the Wellington region Managing and mentoring a team of Japanese, Te Reo Māori and New Zealand Sign Language Teaching German (years 9-13) Music (year 9) and violin teaching GANZ Representative for the Wellington region



Wellington Girls' College

• HOD German and Chinese, then Assistant HOD Languages/German Teacher

  • Jan 2006 - Dec 2020

  Designing the German programmes and overseeing those in Chinese; Managing both budgets; Writing departmental reports; Staff appraisal; Organising peer tutoring for the Goethe Oral Competition; Liaising with, and guiding German Language Associates (students in leadership positions). Planning and leading a trip to Germany every 3 years. GANZ representative for the Wellington region. Teaching Music (years 9 and 10) Designing the German programmes and overseeing those in Chinese; Managing both budgets; Writing departmental reports; Staff appraisal; Organising peer tutoring for the Goethe Oral Competition; Liaising with, and guiding German Language Associates (students in leadership positions). Planning and leading a trip to Germany every 3 years. GANZ representative for the Wellington region. Teaching Music (years 9 and 10)



Newlands College, Wellington

• Music and German Teacher

  • Jan 2001 - Dec 2005

  Introduced German as a subject at Newlands College Conducted the orchestra and choir and directed girls' and boys' Barbershop choruses Taught violin and voice Introduced German as a subject at Newlands College Conducted the orchestra and choir and directed girls' and boys' Barbershop choruses Taught violin and voice