Experience

St John's Anglican College

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

• Assistant Head of Junior School/ PYP Coordinator

  • Jan 2021 - Present

  • Modelling the College’s Christian values in all areas of College community life• Developing and implementing leadership and management approaches that are valued by the College community• Managing processes for employee’s induction, supervision, professionalism, review and development and welfare• Generating ideas and strategies that enhance and support the implementation of the College’s aims, philosophy, goals and culture• Using decision making processes which include consultation and collaboration and consensus building• Developing policies and procedures that support the implementation of the strategic direction appropriate to each area• Reviewing policies and procedures regularly for improvement and to protect the College legally• Developing operational plans which support the implementation and regular review of the achievement of strategies and actions• Establishing a culture of reviewing outcomes, using student and staff data, evaluation feedback and client perceptions, to make informed decisions• Managing budgeting and resources to achieve the College’s overall goals for program effectiveness• Creating and enabling teams to facilitate participation and develop leadership skills in others• Ensuring that the workplace is safe and secure for all staff and student



ACGS

• Team leader (Grade 2 and Specialist Teachers) & Grade 2 teacher

  • Jan 2017 - Present

  - Have professional vision and strategic goals to improve student learning and teaching - Budgeting- Curriculum development and continuity focus- Pastoral Care management - Restorative Practices / Circle Solutions- Coordinating and leading discussions between all stakeholders regarding challenging student issues and difficulties- Participate in Professional Learning Communities to collaborate and learn with colleagues - Be aware and plan for all learning styles - Willing to share knowledge and learn from others - Being creative, initiating ideas & innovative solutions - Translate ideas into action - Working effectively with people and identifying the strengths of team members - Recognising own strengths & limitations - Giving & receiving constructive feedback - Collaborating & contributing to team - Identifying opportunities not always obvious to others- Use inquiry questioning to deepen student thinking- Using data to drive teaching for learning- Student feedback given individually where possible and leave them with a ‘goal’k- Use visible thinking tools with regularity as a formative assessment tool and to understand their prior knowledge- Give targeted feedback to parents, short and succinct- Create a classroom full of curiosity and comfort both physically and through student engagement- Show evidence and photo documentation of learning in the classroom for students to refer back to the learning and make connections- Gradual release model when explicitly introducing and revising specific genres or concepts



United Nations International School of Hanoi (UNIS Hanoi)

• Primary and Secondary Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• IB Primary Years Programme Coordinator

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2016

  - Coordinate and lead curriculum planning and pedagogy sessions with 10 teams weekly - Managing tasks – coordinating, delegating, monitoring - Managing people – motivating, coaching, giving feedback, supervising - Implementing and monitoring solutions - Defining problems and contributing factors - Willing to learn in any setting * pastoral or curriculum - Being resourceful, using initiative and making decisions - Demonstrating empathy, assertiveness and tact - Chairing meetings - Support the consistent development of agreed approaches and strategies for teaching and learning that underpin the 2020 Strategy, Learning, Responsibility and Community. - Commit to reflecting personally and reflecting on the feedback given by the staff I work with and my leadership team - Guide and coach conversations around learning to build functioning, cohesive teams - Contributing to the learning community - Follow up on teacher appraisals with intentional focuses on strength and areas for improvement - Ensure that valid data was being collected by teachers - Conduct parent information sessions



Good Shepherd Lutheran College, NOOSA.

• IB Primary Years Programme Coordinator

  • Jan 2008 - Jun 2014

• Early Years Teacher

  • Jan 2005 - Dec 2007