Professional Experience

Professional Experience with specific focus on Innovative Practices and Achievement

Current - 2025

AI launch of EDGE program- Innovative Education using AI in practice

Principal Liverpool Network presenter on AI and Technology skills, Curriculum Policy Monitoring

HPGE Aboriginal Liverpool Network team

Pasifika Support Network executive member

PACS - Pacific and Australia Community Services board

Amazon Robotics excursions 

Esport - students competed in Beat Saber 

Guided Support project - Educational Leadership in Learning and Wellbeing project

PCYC Haka Warriors Judge - 14 schools competed and presented a Haka Warriors wellbeing and culture performance

Middle Eastern Collective - Development of Middle Eastern leadership workshops for high school students 

2024

HPGE Social Emotional Project - Looking at values based leadership development

Pasifika Support Network

2023

Aboriginal Achievement Award winner for a Non Aboriginal staff member for outstanding commitment to working with Aboriginal families and communities

Principal

Refurbish of rooms into Breakfast club and Innovation rooms Link

2022 - 2019

Deputy Principal

External Validation presentation for Fairfield Principals Network

Deputy Principal Instructional Leader

Berry Street Trainer Certified

PAX trainer certified

HPGE lead 

L3 Stage 1 and Early Stage 1 Trained

2018 - 2015

AP ICT

Phonics trained

Focus on Reading

2014

Assistant Principal Quality Teaching Mentor

Joint supervision of stage 3. Supervisor for Y6.

ICT Mentor across K-6 integrating technology into all KLA areas. Focus specifically on iPads in education.

Professional Development in ICT for staff and Parent workshops.

Masters Scholarship to attend Notre Dame University – Thesis on pedagogy of digital multimodal texts

2013

Assistant Principal Quality Teaching Mentor

ICT Mentor across K-6 integrating technology into all KLA areas. Focus specifically on iPads in education.

Professional Development in ICT for staff and Parent workshops.

HAICT - High Achieving ICT educator recipient 1 in 100 in Sydney

SOLE - Self Organised Learning Environment presenter at Inspire Innovate conferences

2012

ICT Mentor

Mentor and support ICT integration into classrooms via IWB, iPads, Laptops and other forms of technology. Set up Professional development lessons and Parent workshops.

iPad Project

Relating to the School Management plan focus of Talking and Listening. Create, assess and share an iPad resource. Present at Inspire Innovate and Computer Coordinators Conferences South West Region in Campbelltown, Liverpool and Blacktown.

1smallSTEP Support Unit project with Best Start

 Set up wiki for Support Unit. Create movie documentation for coaching purposes. Coordinate with Best Start team.

2011

 iPad Pilot Project

 Coordinate, organise and implement iPad pilot project consisting of 75 Educators in a network of best practice. Set up wiki to collaborate ideas.

 Stage 2 Wiki

 Shared Digital programming with stage 2 team. Team started to plan online.

Class teacher on Year 4 class.

2010

Mentored my Principal

My principal asked to shadow me for the year to mentor him with IWB in Mathematics, Writing and Theme.

Class teacher on Year 6 class.

ICT Curriculum Coordinator

Worked with an ICT team to support integration of technology with the purchase of webcams, video cameras and setting up a Tech tool box. Organised Professional Development workshops on webtools.

Grammar ICT Flipchart project

Project team made Smartnotebook flipcharts on Grammar for K-6. Self taught myself how to make one and then led workshops to create a school resource.

2009

Stop Animation

Worked with my class to create Stop Motion Animation using movie maker. We also worked with photostory, pivot and audacity using the school Laptops.

Class teacher on Year 5 class

2008

Integrating ICT Pedagogy Project Showcase presentation

Innovative practice. Our team chose to do a China website using google docs with our stage 3 students. We then presented this at the South West Region.

Class teacher on Year 5 class.

2007

Email homework pilot.

Smithfield West class teacher on Year 6 class.

Started email homework for students.

2006

Smithfield West class teacher on Year 5 class.

2005

Team Leader for Powerful Learning Syndicate

 Led four Year 7 and 8 classes looking at Powerful Learning which targeted G&T students with a focus on technology and metacognition.

2004 - 1999

Team Leader for Tawa  Syndicate

Led four classes of Year 7 and 8.

1998 - 1996

Classroom teacher of Year 7 and 8.

Non-crisis intervention, 

Gardners multiple intelligences and Blooms Taxonomy.

Auckland Teacher of the Year nominee due to the mutliple extra curricular activities I ran to engage difficult students such as Hip hop dance, Cultur class and ICT tech lunch groups.

1995 – 1992

Conjoint Degree and Diploma

Studied at Victoria University and completed degree in English and Education.

Studied at Wellington Teachers College Ako Pai and completed primary teaching diploma

1991

AFS Scholarship Student Exchange program

One year in Costa Rica attending Liceo Santa Cruz high school on AFS student