Curriculum Vitae
Personal summary
- Passionate individual, with a strong sense of purpose for teaching and drive to achieve the very best in all things.
- Thorough and detailed with processes, such as lesson plans and databases, ensuring accuracy and a high standard of work.
- Forward thinking individual, who can anticipate upcoming units, required resources and assessment materials. Can effectively preempt issues and solve them proactively.
- Team player, who can contribute insights and resources for the department, while also welcoming the contributions and feedback from colleagues.
- Reflective practitioner, who can recognise problem areas and engage in inquiry processes to improve. Can celebrate personal successes and strengths to sustain resilience.
- Able to build effective relationships with young adults through a language of care, encouragement and high expectations.
Education
2015, Graduate Diploma of Teaching (Secondary), Bethlehem Tertiary Institute
Major achievements
- Being and Becoming: The Wise Teacher – A
- The Classroom as Context for Learning – A
- Professional Practice: Teaching Junior Secondary – Excellent
- Professional Practice: Teaching Senior Secondary – Excellent
- Teaching Performance – Highly Competent
- Record Keeping – Highly Competent
2012 – 2014, Bachelor of Arts, Double Major English/ Drama, University of Auckland
Major achievements
- Was awarded the Fulton Hogan Scholarship for my first university year
- Successfully gained entry into a Stage Two drama paper that was restricted to 30 students
- Successfully gained entry into a Stage Three drama paper that was restricted to 25 students
Experience
2020 – 2021, Tuakau College
Assistant Head of English
- Design Middle College unit plans and resources for the English Department.
- Design Middle College Common Assessment Tasks and Examinations for the English Department.
- Step in for the Head of Learning when she is absent, including attendance to Head of Learning meetings and arranging relief for absent teachers.
- Moderate student samples from all Middle College English teachers and confirm the accurate recording of assessment results.
- Lead my department in innovative pedagogy and best practice.
- Support English teachers, who require assistance with planning, assessment and understanding curriculum content.
- Design and routinely send out Department Newsletter to maintain effective communication within the department.
- Organised, judged and presented at the 2021 Middle College Speech Finals.
2016 – 2021, Tuakau College
English Teacher
- Teach the English Curriculum from Year 9 to Year 13, with three years’ experience teaching Year 13.
- Utilise digital technology, such as G Suite for Education, Classcraft, Kahoot, Quizlet, Screencastify, Zoom and Pear Deck.
- Effectively plan units and lessons that meet the interests, learning profiles and readiness of my students.
- Provide effective feedback to students on assessments and elicit student engagement in the feedback process.
- Participate in moderation processes effectively, completing marking to a deadline and contributing helpfully to the moderation discussions.
- Relate culturally to students through normative inclusion of diversity for greater learning outcomes.
- Effectively use Kamar to record student data and communicate professionally with colleagues and parents.
- Ability to inform and co-construct with parents their child’s progress through Email, Phone, Student Reports and Parent Teacher interviews.
- Implement classroom management strategies, such as seating plans, classroom rules, and restorative practices.
- Engage in the inquiry process, complete lesson observations, and collate evidence that I meet the Registered Teacher Criteria.
Major achievements
- Delivered a workshop at the 2021 NZATE conference on the effective teaching of writing and language retention.
- Awarded the 2018 NZATE Waikato English Teacher Scholarship.
- Contributed to NZATE’s publication English in Aotearoa.
- Led staff in professional development on the use of digital tools and staff relationships for greater restorative practice.
- Appointed Within School Leader in 2021 for our Kahui Ako.
- Appointed Ruaumoko House Leader in 2018.
- Asked to be a part of the school’s lead group in upskilling staff on the use of digital tools.
- Asked to apply for the Assistant Head of Department role, because of leadership skills I was already demonstrating in my capacity as a teacher.
Professional Development
- 2021 TESOL Certification from International Open Academy
- 2021 Effective Teaching of Oral Presentations
- 2021 NZATE conference, including a robust workshop on how to be an effective Middle Leader
- 2020 NZATE workshop on English Externals
- 2019/20 Led staff in professional development on digital tools: Screencastify, Google Forms and Digital Avatars
- 2020 Led staff in professional development on staff relationships as part of our Restorative Practice goals
- 2020 Evaluation Associates workshop on the use of e-asTTle
- 2018 Te Pokaitahi Reo (Rumaki, Reo Rua) (Te Kaupae 1)
- REO101 Mana Tangata 1 – A
- REO102 Mana Whenua 1 – A
- REO103 Mana Reo 1 – A
- 2018 NZATE six week online course on assessing the Writing Portfolio, Connections, and Close Viewing standards in Year 12 and Year 13.
- 2018 NZATE conference
- 2018 Autism workshop
- 2018 Gail Loane The Art of Teaching Writing
- 2017 NZATE conference
- 2017 SAATE workshop on The Writing Portfolio in Levels 1 and 2
- 2017 Flipped Classroom