Leadership Within the School

As the maths coordinator for Years 1 to 6 at Nun Academy, I created the baseline tests covering all key skills included in our Maths No Problem curriculum and converted them to a Google Forms format for Year 4 to Year 6 students for online delivery. I led teacher professional development in our programme approach. I catalogued all the maths equipment in the school, organised the school order, and created classroom checklists for teachers of what should be in each classroom. I also organised a whole school review of our progress in the first year of the programme in a full-day workshop with staff.

I have held the role of team leader for a year group/ grade both in New Zealand and in Saudi Arabia. I always have the agendas for meetings prepared in advance. I support team members to deliver the curriculum effectively and monitor the planning and assessment of team members. In team leader meetings, I take the concerns of my team to upper management and convey important information back to my team.

At the American International School of Jeddah, I was the lead chaperone for three different experiences: one school based (DnD and innovation lab combined), one within Saudi Arabia, and one international trip to South Africa. This involved a large amount of planning, preparation, and liaising with external providers, bus and travel companies, and staff assigned to work on those projects.

Leadership of ICT in education

I spent six years supporting teachers with implementing ICT from 2006 to 2012: first for a group of nine schools and then as a national ICT facilitator for New Zealand.  I created a number of resources relating to ICT and best practices in teaching and learning to support teachers and school leaders. I also have led the implementation of ICT in two schools since returning to the classroom and have managed the Google Domain for one school.